Audio Up Media

{{Short description|Podcast network and production studio}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Audio Up Media

| type = Private

| industry = Music and entertainment

| founded = 2020, United States

| founder = Jared Gutstadt

| hq_location = Los Angeles, California

| website = https://www.audioup.com/

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Audio Up Media is a podcast studio and network in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2020 by Jared Gutstadt. Its collaborators include Stephen King,{{Cite magazine|last1=Ehrlich|first1=Brenna|date=July 20, 2021|title=Stephen King Gets into the Podcast Game With a Series Based on 'Night Shift'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/strawberry-spring-stephen-king-podcast-1199678/|access-date=October 6, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}} James Ellroy,{{Cite web|last1=White|first1=Peter|date=April 14, 2021|title=James Ellroy Moves Into Podcasting With 'Hollywood Death Trip' Via Audio Up|url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/james-ellroy-moves-into-podcasting-with-hollywood-death-trip-via-audio-up-1234733729/|access-date=October 6, 2021|website=Deadline|language=en-US}} Machine Gun Kelly,{{Cite web|date=November 13, 2020|title=Machine Gun Kelly shares new collaboration with Tommy Lee and 24kGoldn|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/machine-gun-kelly-shares-new-collaboration-with-tommy-lee-and-24kgoldn-2816307|access-date=October 6, 2021|website=NME|language=en-GB}} Michael Cohen,{{Cite web|last=Mangan|first=Dan|date=March 2, 2021|title=Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen wields podcast in fight against ex-president|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/02/trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-pushes-podcast-as-criminal-probe-continues.html|access-date=October 6, 2021|website=CNBC|language=en}} Anthony Anderson,{{Cite web|last1=White|first1=Peter|date=April 8, 2021|title=Anthony Anderson To Lead Scripted Podcast 'Sonic Leap' From Audio Up|url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/anthony-anderson-to-lead-scripted-podcast-sonic-leap-audio-up-1234730260/|access-date=October 6, 2021|website=Deadline|language=en-US}} Miranda Lambert,{{Cite magazine|last1=Hudak|first1=Joseph|date=August 3, 2020|title=Miranda Lambert to Detail Female Experience in Country Music in Scripted Podcast|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/miranda-lambert-podcst-make-it-up-as-we-go-1038487/|access-date=October 6, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}} JaVale McGee{{Cite web|date=August 25, 2020|title=JaVale McGee Explores His Alter Ego In His Podcast 'Finding Pierre'|url=https://uproxx.com/dimemag/javale-mcgee-lakers-new-podcast-finding-pierre/|access-date=October 6, 2021|website=UPROXX|language=en-US}} Maejor,{{Cite web |last=Perloff |first=Catherine |date=2022-08-08 |title=Maejor Frequency Listened to the Universe to Create Podcast |url=https://www.adweek.com/media/how-maejor-frequency-made-a-winning-podcast-by-listening-to-the-universe/ |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=adweek. |language=en-US}} Anna Delvey,{{Cite web |last=White |first=Peter |date=2023-05-30 |title=Fake Heiress Anna Delvey To Launch Weekly Podcast Series & Drop Debut Single |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/anna-delvey-to-launch-weekly-podcast-series-drop-debut-single-1235382440/ |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} and Jason Alexander.{{Cite web|last1=White|first1=Peter|date=May 12, 2021|title=Jason Alexander & Lance Bass Lead Scripted Podcast 'Bedtime Stories Of The Ingleside Inn' For Audio Up & Sugar23|url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/jason-alexander-lance-bass-scripted-podcast-bedtime-stories-of-the-ingleside-inn-audio-up-1234754355/|access-date=October 6, 2021|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}

The majority of podcasts are scripted musicals with original scores. "We start with the songs and then we build the stories around them," Gutstadt says.{{Cite web|last1=Willman|first1=Chris|date=June 25, 2021|title=Jared Gutstadt of Audio Up on the New Podcasting Revolution: 'We're Making Movies for Your Ears'|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/jared-gutstadt-podcasts-audio-up-founder-interview-1235005011/|access-date=October 6, 2021|website=Variety|language=en-US}}

In 2020, Gutstadt was awarded Adweek's "Podcast Innovator of the Year" and "Podcast Producer of the Year."{{Cite web|date=October 27, 2020|title=Jared Gutstadt of Audio Up Media named as Adweek's Podcast Innovator of the Year!|url=https://primarywave.com/jared-gutstadt-of-audio-up-media-named-as-adweeks-podcast-innovator-of-the-year/|access-date=October 6, 2021|website=Primary Wave Music|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last1=Griner|first1=David|last2=Gamboa|first2=Julian|date=October 26, 2020|title=Adweek's Podcasts of the Year for 2020|url=https://www.adweek.com/agencies/these-are-adweeks-podcasts-of-the-year-for-2020/|access-date=October 6, 2021|language=en-US}}

Investors include The Weeknd, Wassim “Sal” Slaiby, Larry Rudolph, Entertainment One CEO Darren Throop, producer Will Ward, and Howard Draft, as well as media companies SiriusXM, MGM/Amazon, Primary Wave and Reservoir Media{{Cite web|last1=Hayes|first1=Dade|date=May 7, 2020|title=MGM Takes Stake In Audio Up, A Podcast Producer And Network|url=https://deadline.com/2020/05/mgm-takes-stake-in-audio-up-podcast-producer-network-dennis-quaid-1202928709/|access-date=October 6, 2021|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Audio Up Rides the Wave|url=https://hitsdailydouble.com/pub_crawling&id=322161&title=AUDIO-UP-RIDES-THE-WAVE|access-date=October 6, 2021|website=HITS Daily Double|language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=2022-12-15 |title=Podcast Media Company Audio Up Raises Nearly $10 Million in Series C Funding |url=https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/audio-up-podcast-funding-1235462027/ |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}