Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAmazon is in negotiations to buy Wondery, the four-year-old independent podcast producer and network, in a deal worth over $300 million, the Wall Street Journal reported.Hernan Lopez, formerly CEO of 21st Century Fox’s Fox International Channels, founded Wondery in 2016 with the mission of producing high-quality scripted and unscripted podcast entertainment.Lopez declined to comment.
An Amazon rep didn’t respond to a request for comment.Apple and Sony Music Entertainment also had expressed interest in bidding for Wondery, Bloomberg reported.
Back in June, Lopez told Variety that Wondery had about 20 million monthly unique listeners.Wondery has raised about $15 million to date.
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