The new podcast oligopoly has arrived, and monopoly is on the horizon. Later that year, Liberty bought podcast monetization company Adwizz, followed in 2020 by host Simplecast, and folded them into Pandora to create “a full-on podcast distribution and monetization system” (RAIN News, 6/17/20). Last year Apple bought Scout FM, an application that creates podcast playlists, and just introduced paid subscriptions to its long-standing podcast app (triggering Spotify to do the same). Today National Public Radio (NPR) competes with iHeartMedia for the top spot, with the Public Radio Exchange (PRX) coming in fifth and American Public Media (APM) 19th. PRX’s Radiotopia is a bold experiment in organizing and funding a podcast network that blends pieces from the commercial and public podcasting world.