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A major new podcast investment company has been launched in Sweden. PodX Group will invest in international podcast IP rights, and offer financing, business development, internationalisation and commercialisation to emerging podcast producers and creators. The company has been founded by leading media figures in the country.
Acast has signed the Canadian Politics Is Boring podcast to the Acast Creator Network. The show is hosted by Jesse Harley and Rhys Waters.
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Moves and hires

Lindsay Smith has been promoted to VP of Audio Insights at Ad Results Media. She’s worked for the company for seven years.
Sam Cosby has joined Ad Results Media as Senior Director of Creator Content. Cosby will be responsible for leading all co-created YouTube brand experiences for the company. He joins from Polygenius.
Gitte Bendzulla is to join Deezer as COO. She says: “I couldn’t be more thrilled about joining the amazing Deezer team and being part of the company’s future success story. Let‘s rock!” She joins from Spark Networks, a dating company.

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