Scandi podcast major PodX has bought the UK’s Platform Media in an eight-figure deal.
The highly-acquisitive PodX said the move for a majority stake in Platform will be the UK podcast market’s “most significant deal ever by the time it completes in full.” The deal is also the Stockholm-based company’s largest, and is its third in the UK.
Platform Media was founded three years ago by Matthew Sherry and Matt Sayward and its original content label, Folding Pocket, makes the likes of The Good, The Bad & The Rugby, Football’s Greatest with Jeff Stelling and The Fast & The Curious. The company also advises brands on strategy and has worked with companies including Amazon Music, Audible and the BBC.
With more than 50 members of staff and its own studio in London, Platform will continue to be led by Sherry, Sayward and executive director Rick Ankers. It has hired...
The highly-acquisitive PodX said the move for a majority stake in Platform will be the UK podcast market’s “most significant deal ever by the time it completes in full.” The deal is also the Stockholm-based company’s largest, and is its third in the UK.
Platform Media was founded three years ago by Matthew Sherry and Matt Sayward and its original content label, Folding Pocket, makes the likes of The Good, The Bad & The Rugby, Football’s Greatest with Jeff Stelling and The Fast & The Curious. The company also advises brands on strategy and has worked with companies including Amazon Music, Audible and the BBC.
With more than 50 members of staff and its own studio in London, Platform will continue to be led by Sherry, Sayward and executive director Rick Ankers. It has hired...
- 5/20/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
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