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Founded by Jeff Ullrich and Scott Aukerman on Aug 2010.1
Earwolf podcasting network was founded by Scott Aukerman and Jeff Ullrich in August 2010. In 2011, they announced a partnership with Funny Or Die.
In 2014, Earwolf merged with podcast advertising network The Mid Roll, a separate company founded by Ullrich, to form Midroll Media. Midroll was acquired by the E. W. Scripps Company in 2015.
In July 2020, SiriusXM acquired Midroll Media, which includes Stitcher Radio and Earwolf, for $325 million.
Wolfpop
In November 2014, Earwolf launched a sister network, Wolfpop, led by Paul Scheer. Wolfpop's podcast lineup included The Black List Table Reads, The Canon, Cardboard! With Rich Sommer, Crybabies, Denzel Washington Is the Greatest Actor of All Time Period, Get Up on This, Happy Sad Confused, I Was There Too, Maltin on Movies, Nerd Machine's Picking Favorites, Off Camera, OMFG!, Reading Aloud, Rotten Tomatoes, and The Sylvester Stallone Show. On March 7, 2016, the majority of Wolfpop's programs were folded over into Earwolf.
Howl
Howl was a podcasting app launched by Midroll Media in 2015. The premium version of the app featured the entire back catalogues of Earwolf podcasts, as well as several comedy specials and all episodes of WTF with Marc Maron. Howl also featured many limited-run podcasts exclusive to the premium version of the app, including Atlas Obscura Day, I Know It Sounds Crazy, Colt Cabana Presents: The Gathering of the Juggalos, Good Question, Hardcore Game of Thrones, Psychic Pshow with Lauren Lapkus, Spalding Gray: Great Live Performances, Superego: Forgotten Classics, The Complete Woman, The Mysterious Secrets Of Uncle Bertie's Botanarium, What's Wrong With Me?, Wild Horses: The Perspective, and Words of the Years. In 2019, Howl was discontinued, its programming still being available on Stitcher Premium.
From Wikipedia’s article on Earwolf, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4