Podcorn
This company is no longer trading under this name
Owned by: Audacy
Latest news
- Jun 27: Audacy shut Cadence13 (a $50mn purchase) in Mar 2024, and rebranded Podcorn ($22.5mn) as Audacy Creator Lab in April this year. Meanwhile, Audacy’s purchase of Moonbeam, a podcast discovery app in Jul 2022, also appears to have come to nothing: the website is now owned by a company in Ukraine. An Audacy spokesperson didn’t return our request for more detail about Moonbeam.
- Apr 18: Audacy’s Podcorn, now called Audacy Creator Lab, has been accused by some podcast hosting companies of dirty tactics. Podcorn partnered with a number of podcast hosting companies to offer monetisation opportunities for their customers; but, when the company rebranded to Audacy Creator Lab and added a free podcast hosting service themselves, Audacy emailed those customers directly, encouraging them to switch hosting company. A cautionary warning to anyone to insist on non-solicitation clauses when setting up partnerships, perhaps.
- Apr 2: Audacy announced the Audacy Creator Lab. It’s a enhancement of Podcorn, which the company acquired in 2021, and will offer free “limitless” hosting and monetisation services for emerging podcasters.
- Apr 1: Audacy is reported to be rolling out new podcast advertising tools based on Podcorn.
- Feb 4: Audacy’s Podcorn has some helpful advice.
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