Goalhanger Archives - Press Gazette https://pressgazette.co.uk/subject/goalhanger/ The Future of Media Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://pressgazette.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/09/cropped-Press-Gazette_favicon-32x32.jpg Goalhanger Archives - Press Gazette https://pressgazette.co.uk/subject/goalhanger/ 32 32 Goalhanger to bring ad sales and sponsorship in-house https://pressgazette.co.uk/podcasts/goalhanger-to-bring-ad-sales-and-sponsorship-in-house/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:59:56 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=257613 Goalhanger

Network to sell partnerships across audio, video, social media, newsletters, live events and branded content.

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‘The Rest Is’ producer Goalhanger is creating an in-house advertising sales operation offering partnerships across audio, video, social media, newsletters, live events and branded content. 

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Goalhanger invests in creators via new Ventures division https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/goalhanger-invests-in-creators-via-new-ventures-division/ Tue, 26 May 2026 11:07:55 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=253009 Left: young man in white t-shirt sitting at desk with microphone. Right: two young men in sports tops with cricket bat, one sitting and one standing

Goalhanger Ventures backs Youtube brands The Invisible Hand and Backyard Cricket.

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Podcast production company Goalhanger has launched an investment and partnerships arm to back creator-led media businesses.

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At least 62 English language news publishers now have 100k+ online subs https://pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/biggest-subscription-news-websites-2026/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 08:56:32 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=249510 The New York Times building, which has reported in its 2024 annual report that at least one-third of its subscribers do not subscribe to its news product

Exclusive new 100k Club ranking of top paid-for online news publishers.

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New entrants on Press Gazette’s 100k Club ranking of the biggest subscription news websites in the world include in 2026 include The Irish Times Group, Goalhanger and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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Goalhanger takes on first outside investment https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-mergers-news-tracker/goalhanger-takes-on-first-outside-investment/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:56:01 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=248263 (Left to right) Goalhanger co-founders Jack Davenport, Tony Pastor and Gary Lineker standing in front of large windows

'The Rest Is' production company to expand outside audio and in the US.

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Podcast production company Goalhanger has taken on outside investment for the first time since it was founded in 2014 to help its growth into new formats and outside the UK.

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Goalhanger exceeds 250,000 paying subscribers https://pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/goalhanger-subscribers/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:48:48 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=247718 Goalhanger subscribers total hits 250,000.

The Rest Is History production company making £15m a year from subs.

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Podcast production company Goalhanger now has more than 250,000 paying subscribers across its network of shows including The Rest Is Politics and The Rest Is History.

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Goalhanger signals expansion of written content with editorial director hire https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/goalhanger-signals-expansion-into-written-content-with-editorial-director-hire/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:11:21 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=247508 Emily Kent Smith headshot

Former Sunday Times journalist Emily Kent Smith will lead on newsletters and long features.

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Podcast company Goalhanger has recruited former Sunday Times journalist Emily Kent Smith to the new role of editorial director.

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Chief revenue officer appointed to pilot Goalhanger ‘rocket ship’ https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/chief-revenue-officer-appointed-to-pilot-goalhanger-rocket-ship/ Thu, 19 Jun 2025 13:24:12 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=240675 Conrad Withey. Picture: Goalhanger

Conrad Withey co-founded music technology company Instrumental.

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Fast-growing UK podcast production company Goalhanger has appointed Conrad Withey to the new role of chief revenue officer.

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How launching podcasts on Youtube has prompted ‘explosive’ growth for Goalhanger https://pressgazette.co.uk/podcasts/podcasts-youtube-goalhanger/ Thu, 29 May 2025 07:50:39 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=240151 Youtube UK managing director Alison Lomax interviews Tony Pastor and Jack Davenport of Goalhanger on stage at The Podcast Show in London in May 2025. They are sitting side by side on stage with a slide showing their headshots and names behind them

Founders of the UK's largest independent podcast producer say Youtube has been game-changing.

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Launching podcasts on Youtube has led to “explosive results” for The Rest Is Politics producer Goalhanger in terms of both audience and revenue.

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Goalhanger Podcasts expands team on back of summer success https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/goalhanger-podcasts-expands-team-on-back-of-summer-success/ Tue, 13 Aug 2024 08:30:34 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=231119 Nicole Logan and Andy Neilson of Goalhanger Podcasts sit in a podcast studio with microphones in front of them and a big screen saying Goalhanger behind them

A new executive producer will lead development while a PR manager has also joined.

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Gary Lineker’s burgeoning podcast business Goalhanger is expanding with the recruitment of an executive producer to lead development and a PR and communications manager.

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‘The first podcast election’: Political podcasts explode in run-up to polling day https://pressgazette.co.uk/podcasts/first-political-podcast-election-youtube-rest-is-politics-goalhanger/ Tue, 06 Aug 2024 11:47:16 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=230119 A composite image showing a range of UK political podcasts, illustrating a story about the growth of podcast downloads and listenership over the 2024 UK general election. Clockwise from top left: Promotional image for Sky News' Electoral Dysfunction, George Osborne hosting Persephonica's Political Currency, Emily Maitlis on Global's The News Agents and Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell present The Rest is Politics.

Podcast company Acast said its political podcasts saw growth of 53%.

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Top political podcasts saw downloads rise 50% or more during the 2024 UK general election, according to their publishers, leading one to dub it “the first podcast election”.

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