The move comes nearly five years after Amazon acquired Wondery as part of a push to expand its catalog of original audio content.

Wondery needs to focus more on “video podcasting” because “creator-led, video-integrated shows have different audience needs and require distinct discovery, growth, and monetization strategies compared to audio-first,

Four years after Amazon’s acquisition of podcast network Wondery, the tech giant is dismantling its $300 million purchase and reorganizing various audio properties into separate teams at the company. As first reported by Bloomberg, this reorg will see the studio lose about 110 employees, and CEO Jen Sargent is departing the company.