SiriusXM makes a move for podcasts, buying Stitcher for around $300 million

Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 265, dated July 7, 2020. Stitcher has been sold to SiriusXM. And there you have it: Stitcher has a new parent company. The Wall Street Journal’s Anna Steele had the scoop Monday night, reporting that SiriusXM will buy Stitcher from EW Scripps in a...