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# Why L.A. podcast firm Maximum Fun is going employee-owned
- URL: https://werd.io/why-la-podcast-firm-maximum-fun-is-going-employee-owned/
- Published: 2023-03-20T15:48:56.000Z
- Updated: 2023-03-20T15:48:56.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:21

“On Monday, Thorn — who has co-owned Maximum Fun with his wife since it was incorporated 2011 — announced his company would become a workers cooperative, a novel business model in the podcast industry, but one that has been tried by many small businesses including bakeries and pizza places. The ownership will be shared equally by at least 16 people, including Thorn, the company said.” [#Media](https://werd.io/tag/Media)

\[[Link](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-03-20/maximum-fun-jesse-thorn-podcasts-cooperative)\]