Amazon Music to Acquire Podcast Startup Wondery

Amazon Music has agreed to buy podcast studio Wondery in a bid to bolster its fledgling audio business.
Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Amazon said that the agreement, when it is finalized next year, is not expected to change how listeners can find and access Wondery shows, which are currently distributed on a number of podcast platforms.
Wondery’s sale follows a period of frenzied M&A activity around the fast-growing podcast sector. Other startups, including Gimlet Media, S