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[change | change source]
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]
Other websites[change | change source]
- Official website
- Gimlet Creative Archived 2019-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Documenting the Journey From Public Radio to Start-Up Owner - Eilene Zimmerman, The New York Times, December 9, 2014".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Zinsli, Christopher (2014-11-11). "'This American Life' Producer Raises $1.5 Million for Podcast Startup Gimlet". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ↑ "Gimlet Creative, an early entrant to branded podcasting, is now open for business". Poynter. 2016-06-20. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ↑ Manjoo, Farhad (2015-06-17). "Podcasting Blossoms, but in Slow Motion". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ↑ "Hot Pod: Panoply's parent company takes a stake in Gimlet Media". Nieman Lab. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ↑ "Gimlet Media's latest membership perk? A Slack channel for die-hards". Poynter. 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ↑ "Podcast network Gimlet Media scores $15 million in funding". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-05-25.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Jarvey, Natalie; Jarvey, Natalie (2018-01-31). "Hot Podcasts In Demand for TV Producers". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ↑ "Home". Gimlet. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ↑ "At Brooklyn's GimletFest, the Podcasters Meet the People". The Bridge. 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ↑ "Spotify buys Gimlet and Anchor in podcast push, earmarks $500M for more deals". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-05-25.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Warren, Tom (2019-02-06). "Spotify gets serious about podcasts with two acquisitions". The Verge. Retrieved 2021-05-25.