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Radiotopia is a podcast network run by Public Radio Exchange incorporating 13 podcast shows. Podcasts in the network are downloaded over 8.5 million times per month.

History

Radiotopia, founded by Roman Mars,[1] was launched in February 2014 with an initial group of seven shows.[2] Initially supported by $200,000 USD from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the network is run by the Public Radio Exchange (PRX) who described it as "somewhat like an independent record label".[3] In October 2014 a Kickstarter was started to support the growth of the network,[4] raising over $600,000 USD and making it the most-funded radio or podcast project on the site.[5] This money went partly towards including four new shows.[6] In May 2015 the network received a further $1 million USD from the Knight Foundation to add more shows to the network as well as hiring an executive producer.[6] This executive producer would be Julie Shapiro, hired in September 2015.[7]

Around the time of Radiotopia's launch the network's podcasts received around 900,000 downloads per month. This figure had increased to 7.5 million by May 2015 and 8.5 million in September 2015.[6][7]

Podcasts

Radiotopia's current network of podcasts is:[8]

References

  1. ^ Eric Steuer (28 January 2015). "Roman Mars: The Man Who's Building a Podcasting Empire". Wired. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  2. ^ Whitney Matheson (February 5, 2014). "Radiotopia: Plug in to this new podcast network". USA Today. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  3. ^ Edirin Oputu (February 5, 2014). "A new podcast network will focus on story-driven radio shows". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  4. ^ Mark Frauenfelder (October 14, 2014). "Radiotopia: a collective of amazing storytelling radio shows". Boing Boing. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  5. ^ Elizabeth Jensen (November 16, 2014). "Kickstarter Campaign Focuses on Public Radio". New York Times. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  6. ^ a b c Benjamin Mullin (May 12, 2015). "Radiotopia, an early podcast network, is going strong and expanding". Poynter. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  7. ^ a b Jack Newsham (2 September 2015). "Cambridge's Radiotopia podcast network hires executive producer". The Boston Globe. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  8. ^ "Radiotopia". Retrieved September 23, 2015.
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