![]() The acquisition was completed in December 2020. In November 2020, Spotify announced its intent to acquire Megaphone from The Slate Group for US$235 million. Pinna was spun out as a separate company owned by Slate Group parent Graham Holdings in 2019. In September 2018, it was announced that Panoply would cease production of all podcasts and shut down its editorial division in order to focus on podcast hosting, analytics, and monetization technology. Accordingly, Slate podcasts no longer carry the Panoply logo and branding. In January 2018, the Slate Group separated its Slate-branded podcasts, such as The Gist, from the rest of the Panoply lineup, for purposes of revenue control as it sought to increase membership in Slate Plus, its premium content service. Panoply launched the Pinna kid's podcast division in 2017. It has produced branded content for Purina, Umpqua Bank, Prudential and Starbucks. ![]() Īs of February 2017, Panoply had published more than 100 podcasts through partnerships with Sports Illustrated, The Huffington Post, New York magazine, Time, Inc., Vox, Real Simple, The Wall Street Journal, and Politico. ![]() Slate acquired dynamic ad-insertion company Audiometric in August 2015, and made the functionality available to other companies in January 2016 under the moniker "Megaphone". Slate began podcasting in 2005 with the Slate Political Gabfest.
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