Earlier this year, podcast house Gimlet Media launched a division focused on translating its audio creations into visual media. Now that Gimlet Pictures branch has hired its first development executive. Continue Reading
Gimlet Media recently announced the debut of Sandra, a scripted audio drama about a virtual assistant and the people who operate and use it, as part of its spring lineup. The podcast quickly became a hot property, and has already been picked up for premium television development. Continue Reading
Gimlet Media is hosting a contest to find a new, original voice to be the next big podcast host. The company is partnering with perennial podcast advertiser Squarespace for the competition. The duo is encouraging applicants who have perspectives outside what has become mainstream for podcasting. Continue Reading
The 2017 Peabody Awards winners for radio/podcast have been chosen. Serial Productions maintains its success rate, securing a win for its new podcast S-Town. Uncivil: The Raid by Gimlet Media also took a win for its depiction of an event during the Civil War. Continue Reading
Gimlet Media has shared its spring lineup of three new original podcasts. The programming includes some new ventures for the company, such as its first foray into a sports show. Continue Reading
Gimlet Media has had some shifts in its upper ranks. Three of its employees are taking on new roles, and one position is currently vacant as the company pursues new strategies in the podcasting and multimedia space. Continue Reading
Gimlet Media has released a new show that targets two recent trends in the podcast space: children and voice systems. Chompers is a twice-daily podcast designed to encourage good dental hygiene in kids. It is sponsored by Oral B and Crest Kids, both dental health companies, and will have new episodes twice a day for all of March. Continue Reading
Podcast company Gimlet Media has added a unit for film and television. Gimlet Pictures will be led by Chris Giliberti. The new division creates a home for the three projects Gimlet has already launched in film and TV, and will oversee any future developments in that same vein. Continue Reading
Gimlet Media has hired Jenny Wall as its new chief marketing officer. Wall will be responsible for marketing and audience growth for the podcasting business, including its adaptations into film and television projects. Continue Reading
Podcasting company Gimlet Media has raised $15 million in a new financing round. Stripes Group led the financial support for the business, which may now be valued at as much as $70 million. Continue Reading
Amazon has ordered two seasons of a television adaptation of the podcast Homecoming. The Gimlet Media show is an audio drama, and is the second program from that podcast network to receive television treatment (a version of Start Up was picked up by ABC this spring). Hollywood’s recent forays into podcasting are further evidence that the audio format has entered mainstream awareness. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Apple Music shifts focus on exclusive music releases; Amazon building up multiple music strategies; Gimlet Media podcast getting a TV season. Continue Reading