Gimlet Media

Gimlet Media is an American media company. The activity is focused on creating podcasts. The main office is in Brooklyn, New York.

History

The company was founded in 2014 by Alex Blumberg and Matthew Lieber.[1] Later, Blumberg's spouse started working there and launched Gimlet Creative in 2016.[2][3]

Then Gimlet Media raised $1.5 million in seed funding and later another $200,000.[2][4]

In 2015, the company raised $6 million.[5]

That year Gimlet Media launched a new kind of paid membership.[6]

In 2017, the company received a $15 million investment.[7] That year Gimlet Pictures was created.[8]

In 2018, Gimlet started GimletFest.[9][10]

In 2019, Spotify announced its entering to the agreement to acquire Gimlet.[11][12]

Gimlet Media Media

Other websites

References

  1. "Documenting the Journey From Public Radio to Start-Up Owner - Eilene Zimmerman, The New York Times, December 9, 2014".
  2. 2.0 2.1 Zinsli, Christopher (2014-11-11). "‘This American Life’ Producer Raises $1.5 Million for Podcast Startup Gimlet" (in en-US). Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660 . https://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/11/11/this-american-life-producer-raises-1-5-million-for-podcast-startup-gimlet/. Retrieved 2021-05-25. 
  3. "Gimlet Creative, an early entrant to branded podcasting, is now open for business". Poynter. 2016-06-20. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  4. Manjoo, Farhad (2015-06-17). "Podcasting Blossoms, but in Slow Motion" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/18/technology/personaltech/podcasting-blossoms-but-in-slow-motion.html. Retrieved 2021-05-25. 
  5. "Hot Pod: Panoply's parent company takes a stake in Gimlet Media". Nieman Lab. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  6. "Gimlet Media's latest membership perk? A Slack channel for die-hards". Poynter. 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  7. "Podcast network Gimlet Media scores $15 million in funding". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-05-25.[dead link]
  8. Jarvey, Natalie; Jarvey, Natalie (2018-01-31). "Hot Podcasts In Demand for TV Producers". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  9. "Home". Gimlet. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  10. "At Brooklyn's GimletFest, the Podcasters Meet the People". The Bridge. 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  11. "Spotify buys Gimlet and Anchor in podcast push, earmarks $500M for more deals". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-05-25.[dead link]
  12. Warren, Tom (2019-02-06). "Spotify gets serious about podcasts with two acquisitions". The Verge. Retrieved 2021-05-25.