List of podcasting companies

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This is a list of notable companies, networks, and organizations which are primarily known for the production and distribution of podcasts in both audio and video format. Although the accessibility of the medium means that many media, news, and radio organizations have produced podcasts, the scope of this list is concerned only with organizations and companies which are primarily involved with, or significantly known for, the production and distribution of podcasts.

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Entries are organized alphabetically, with country of origin listed. Entries which are subsidiaries of other organizations have their parent organization noted.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">XM Satellite Radio</span> Company

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">ESPN Radio</span> Sports radio network

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">KIIS-FM</span> Contemporary hit radio station in Los Angeles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fox News Radio</span> American radio network

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stitcher</span> American media company

Stitcher was 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.

iHeartRadio is an American freemium broadcast, podcast, radio streaming and Music Streaming platform owned by iHeartMedia. It was founded in August 2008 and iHeartRadio serves as the national umbrella brand for iHeartMedia's radio network, the largest radio broadcaster in the United States with 128 million registered users as of 2019 and its other consumer-facing brands. Its main radio competitors are Audacy, TuneIn and Sirius XM.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">BYU Radio</span> University radio station in Provo, Utah, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">NBC Sports Radio</span> American sports radio network

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The Cavaliers AudioVerse is an American radio network composed of 20 radio stations which carry English-language coverage of the Cleveland Cavaliers, a professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Cleveland sister stations WTAM and WMMS serve as the network's two flagships; WTAM also relays its signal over a low-power FM translator. The network also includes eighteen affiliates in the U.S. states of Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia: thirteen AM stations, ten of which supplement their signals with low-power FM translators; and five full-power FM stations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gimlet Media</span> Digital media company

Gimlet Media LLC is a digital media company and podcast network, focused on producing narrative podcasts and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. The company was founded in 2014 by Alex Blumberg and Matthew Lieber, who served as the company's CEO and president respectively until Lieber stepped down in 2022. In February 2019, Spotify announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Gimlet for $230 million. In 2023, Spotify announced that they were merging Gimlet and Parcast into Spotify Studios.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sam Roberts (radio personality)</span> American radio personality

Samuel Wood Roberts is an American professional wrestling personality, radio host, and podcaster. Since October 2016, he has been the co-host of Jim Norton & Sam Roberts on SiriusXM Satellite Radio. Roberts was an intern and producer of the Opie and Anthony radio show from 2005 until the show's end in 2014. He is also the host of Notsam Wrestling and Satisfying with Nicole Ryan.

Parcast was a digital media firm and podcast network, that specialized in producing scripted podcasts and audio dramas. It was founded in 2016 by podcaster Max Cutler and his father Ron Cutler in Los Angeles California.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Max Cutler</span> American podcaster and business man

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