| General info : | | Stitcher is the brand name used by Stitcher, Inc., a media company that specialized in the creation, distribution, and monetization of podcasts.
Stitcher created original shows through networks such as Earwolf and Witness Docs. Stitcher provided ad sales and distribution services to 300+ shows. Stitcher was home to one of the largest podcast listening apps.
In July 2020, it was acquired by SiriusXM. The acquisition was finalized by 19 October 2020.
Stitcher was founded in 2008 by Noah Shanok, Mike Ghaffary, and Peter deVroede. The company began with just its listening app, entitled "Stitcher", and was venture-backed until 2014 when the company was acquired by Deezer.
In 2016, Deezer sold Stitcher for $4.5 million to Midroll Media, a digital media company founded in 2012 which had been acquired by E.W. Scripps Company in 2015.
In 2017, Midroll Media underwent a rebranding, making Stitcher the parent company to Midroll Media and Earwolf, another entity under the E.W. Scripps network.
In July 2020, Sirius XM acquired the Stitcher company for $325 million. Following the acquisition, Sirius XM integrated Stitcher's exclusive podcasts into its additional music and podcast listening service, Pandora. At the peak of its popularity, Stitcher was reported to have nearly 14.5 million weekly users.
In June 2023, Stitcher announced that the podcast service would be discontinued on August 29, 2023, as the parent company, SiriusXM, wanted to focus on incorporating podcasts into the flagship SiriusXM subscription. The production side of the company, Stitcher Studios and Earwolf, are expected to continue. | |
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| Source : | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stitcher (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stitcher) | |
| Websites | | https://www.stitcher.com/ (www.stitcher.com/) | |
| Source : | | https://www.stitcher.com/terms (www.stitcher.com/terms) | |
| Relations : | | Founded by : Mike Ghaffary2008 | |
| Relations : | | Founded by : Noah Shanok2008 | |
| Relations : | | Founded by : Peter deVroede2008 | |
| Relations : | | Brand name used by : Stitcher, Inc. | |
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