founded 2014 founders alex blumberg matthew lieber headquarters new york new york united states key people alex blumberg ceo matthew lieber president products startup reply all mystery show surprisingly awesome science vs sampler number of employees 60 2016 website http gimletmedia.com gimlet media is a digital media company and podcast network focused on producing high quality narrative podcasts founded by alex blumberg and matthew lieber who serve as the company s ceo and president respectively . gimlet is headquartered in brooklyn new york . 1 contents 1 history 2 people 3 current shows 3.1 startup 3.2 reply all 3.3 surprisingly awesome 3.4 science vs 3.5 sampler 3.6 heavyweight 4 former shows 4.1 mystery show 5 references 6 external links history edit gimlet was founded in august 2014 and was originally billed as the american podcasting corporation apc . blumberg was eventually convinced to change the company s name . after working with lexicon branding blumberg and lieber chose the name gimlet media for the venture . 2 the company has raised 1.5 million in seed funding at a 10 million valuation . 3 after raising most of its initial capital from investment firms betaworks lowercase capital and knight enterprise fund gimlet invited the listeners of its shows to help raise the last 200 000 through crowdfunding platform quire . 4 the company is estimated to bring in 2 million in advertising revenue in 2015 . 5 in december 2015 gimlet closed a series a round of funding that raised 6 million at a 30 million valuation . 6 in july 2015 gimlet announced it would add the option to pay for membership a decision motivated by a desire to diversify revenue streams to include more than advertising . members are given early access to pilots for new gimlet shows as well as other benefits . gimlet is exploring other ways to diversify its revenue . 4 people edit alex blumberg an award winning radio journalist producer for this american life and co founder of planet money came up with the idea of a for profit podcast network after the success of a t shirt fundraising campaign for planet money . he chose to document the foundation of gimlet in the first season of startup the company s first show . gimlet s co founder matthew lieber holds an mba from the mit sloan school of management is a former radio producer at wnyc and worked as a management consultant with the boston consulting group . current shows edit title host s genre debut startup 7 alex blumberg season 1 and lisa chow season 2 business documentary april 8 2014 reply all 8 pj vogt and alex goldman internet culture november 23 2014 surprisingly awesome 9 adam davidson and adam mckay 2015 2016 rachel ward 2016 documentary november 3 2015 sampler 10 brittany luse podcasts january 20 2016 science vs 11 wendy zukerman science july 28 2016 12 heavyweight 13 jonathan goldstein documentary september 23 2016 14 science vs was originally launched and produced by the australian broadcasting corporation abc as part of abc radio s first run digital first podcast program before gimlet announced in october 2015 the podcast was moving to and relaunching on their network in 2016 . startup edit main article startup podcast startup s first episode aired on september 5 2014 and was hosted by alex blumberg . through documentary style storytelling the podcast shares blumberg s experience building gimlet media from an idea through to a startup business . in episode 12 of season 1 blumberg announced his new co host lisa chow . the second season of startup focused on online dating company dating ring . 15 dating ring differentiates itself from other dating companies by offering access to offline matchmakers as opposed to purely algorithm based date generating . 16 the company was incubated at y combinator . 1 the second season explored the difficulties of gaining success in the competitive online dating market as well as the sexism ingrained in silicon valley culture . 17 reply all edit main article reply all podcast on november 24 2014 gimlet s second show reply all made its debut . the show is billed as a show about the internet and is hosted by pj vogt and alex goldman . vogt and goldman previously worked on wnyc s on the media before creating and hosting the technology and culture podcast tldr . 18 surprisingly awesome edit main article surprisingly awesome gimlet launched surprisingly awesome originally featuring adam davidson and adam mckay on november 3 2015 . 19 producer rachel ward filled in for davidson or mckay throughout season 1 when one or both were unavailable . on october 5 2016 ward announced at the beginning of season 1 episode 22 that davidson and mckay had left the podcast . the premise of the show is to take something that on the face of it is uninteresting and by exploring its story show that it is actually of interest . science vs edit in october 2015 it was announced that the podcast science vs hosted by australian science journalist wendy zukerman would move to gimlet media 20 21 after previously having a season of the show produced by the australian broadcasting corporation abc as part of abc radio s first run digital first podcast program . 22 23 the program dissects fads that are framed as scientific facts . the second season started on july 28 2016 . 12 sampler edit in january 2016 gimlet launched the podcast sampler hosted by brittany luse which according to the producers is devoted to bringing you the best moments from the world of podcasting by presenting excerpts from other non gimlet podcasts and interviewing their makers . 24 heavyweight edit in september 2016 gimlet released the first episode of the podcast heavyweight with jonathan goldstein . the company describes the format as stories about journeying back to the moment when everything went wrong . 13 former shows edit title host s genre debut last episode mystery show 25 starlee kine mystery may 22 2015 july 31 2015 mystery show edit main article mystery show mystery show gimlet s third show was launched on may 22 2015 . 26 the show features host starlee kine solving mysteries that can not be solved by using the internet that are brought to her by listeners and friends . 27 the mysteries tend to deal with missing objects people or other day to day questions eschewing the season long investigation of a serious crime as done in serial . 28 29 30 31 the final episode of mystery show s first season was released in july 2015 . on october 6 2016 alex blumberg announced on the fourth season premiere episode of startup that mystery show had been canceled . references edit a b bloomgarden smoke kara 2 february 2015 . can former planet money host build the hbo of podcasts . new york observer . retrieved 26 july 2015 . documenting the journey from public radio to start up owner eilene zimmerman the new york times december 9 2014 manjoo farhad 17 june 2015 . podcasting blossoms but in slow motion . the new york times . retrieved 25 july 2015 . a b zinsli 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fitzpatrick molly 5 june 2015 . fall in love with mystery show your new favorite podcast . fusion media . retrieved 25 july 2015 . stephens brittney 27 june 2015 . jake gyllenhaal s sexy phone voice will make you giggle like a schoolgirl . popsugar . retrieved 25 july 2015 . lyons margaret 26 june 2015 . mystery show is your next podcast obsession . vox media vulture . retrieved 25 july 2015 . lawson richard 21 july 2015 . mystery show is our new podcast obsession and not just for jake gyllenhaal . vanity fair . retrieved 25 july 2015 . larson sarah october 9 2014 . serial the podcast we ve been waiting for . the new yorker . retrieved october 12 2014 . external links edit official website v t e gimlet media personalities alex blumberg starlee kine pj vogt shows mystery show reply all startup retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gimlet media & oldid 743728201 categories companies based in brooklynpodcasting companiesmedia companies established in 20142014 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