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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis (Guest essay by Li Jin)

Andrew Chen

NPR sells ads on its podcasts and has teams of designers, planners, and strategists, but is technically a non-profit media organization. For instance, Gimlet’s scripted podcast Homecoming debuted as an Amazon Original Series in November 2018. Ximalaya FM, which last raised $580 million in August 2018 with a $3.6

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis

Andrew Chen

NPR sells ads on its podcasts and has teams of designers, planners, and strategists, but is technically a non-profit media organization. For instance, Gimlet’s scripted podcast Homecoming debuted as an Amazon Original Series in November 2018. Ximalaya FM, which last raised $580 million in August 2018 with a $3.6