Podcasts and the Companies Behind Them (With Actual Documents)

What is your favorite podcast? If you don’t have one, the odds are excellent you eventually will as this industry only continues to add more content. In fact, market research indicates the global podcast industry is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 20% from 2020 to 2025. This growth is being driven by increasing advertiser interest in this arena, as well as improvements in technology and infrastructure that make it easier to produce and distribute podcasts. 

The ever increasing availability of strong Wi-Fi connections and smartphones has helped to fuel growth and interest as podcast producers expand their content and niches. 


Here is a sampling of the some the most prominent US companies involved with podcast productions either though producing their own podcasts or hosting and distributing podcasts for others: 

• NPR (National Public Radio)
• iHeartMedia
• Spotify
• Apple Inc. (Apple Podcasts)
• WNYC Studios
• Gimlet Media (owned by Spotify)
• Acast
• Anchor (owned by Spotify)
• Stitcher (owned by SiriusXM)


Following please find a sampling of documents from some of the companies listed above in the RealDealDocs database: 

Term Sheet Provided By Certain Debt Holders Of Iheart

Spotify Technology S.A. S-8

Apple Inc. Officer’s Certificate, Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., CEDE & CO, GLOBAL SECURITY ARE LIMITED

Siriusxm Reports Third Quarter 2020 Results for SIRIUS XM HOLDINGS INC.


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