[4][9] Lopez was joined by Jeffrey Glaser, previously head of current programming at 20th Century Fox Television, where he oversaw series including 24, American Dad!, Arrested Development, Bones, Empire, Family Guy, Glee, How I Met Your Mother, Modern Family and The X-Files.

[4] The company's series A funding round in March 2018 brought in $5 million from investors including Greycroft, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, and Shari Redstone's Advancit Capital venture-capital firms.

With the closing of the round, Former National Geographic Partners Chief Executive Declan Moore became Wondery's international programming head.

[16] That year, Bravo released the Dirty John TV series starring Connie Britton and Eric Bana.

[17] Wondery announced plans to adapt other podcasts to TV, including Dr. Death, Over My Dead Body, The Shrink Next Door, WeCrashed, American Sports Story and Joe vs.

[18][19][20][21][22][23] That year, Wondery also partnered with several celebrities who launched shows on the platform, including Ellen DeGeneres, Jillian Michaels, and Tina Brown.

[26] In early May 2019, Wondery and Cumulus Media announced a strategic alliance for new advertising opportunities and growing podcast listeners.

[36] On May 16, 2020, Wondery was accused of negotiating with the Call Her Daddy podcast hosts while they were still under contract with their parent company, Barstool Sports.

[37] It was reported in early 2021 that Wondery, together with Barstool Sports, NPR, iHeartRadio, and The Daily Wire comprised a group of companies that accounted for one-third of all advertising revenue generated by the entire podcasting industry during 2020.

[39] In June 2021, Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes’s podcast SmartLess was obtained by Wondery and Amazon Music.

[40] In August 2021, Wondery and Amazon Music announced they had arranged an exclusive licensing and ad sales deal with another podcast company, Tinkercast.

Under the terms of the partnership, Wondery obtained exclusive rights to licensing, distribution, marketing, and advertising sales for a minimum of 18 podcasts, which are available ad-free on Wondery+ Kids.

[43] In February 2022, How I Built This hosted by NPR's Guy Raz entered into an exclusive three year ad and licensing agreement with Wondery and Amazon Music.

[44] In May 2022, Wondery became the first podcast platform to support Dolby Atmos, an audio format that allows for 3D surround sound.

[54][55] Amazon announced that the acquisition would enable the growth of podcasts and bring greater accessibility to their domestic and international audiences.

[56] Prior to the announcement of Amazon’s acquisition of Wondery, it was reported that Apple Inc. and Sony Music Entertainment had explored the possibility of purchasing the podcast publisher.

[60] Wright is also serving as the general manager, overseeing revenue, new market expansion, partnerships, operations and licensing.