It has hired Jacob Bronstein as Head of Content and EVP. Bronstein previously spent eight years working at Apple, where he was latterly head of marketing for Apple Podcasts, and also worked at TikTok owner ByteDance.
He will oversee original content development at the company and has been tasked with expanding it into new formats in the traditional audio and video spaces as well as continuing to package IP for film and television.
While at Apple, Bronstein, launched its first original audiobook program and led marketing for Apple Books, Apple News, and Apple Podcasts. He began his career at publishing company Random House, producing Grammy Award-winning audiobooks with Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.
He has also worked on audio projects including The Royals of Malibu and I Am Kobe.
QCode was founded in 2019 by former CAA agent Rob Herting and has released more than 40 original podcasts. It has worked with the likes of Matthew McConaughey, Kerry Washington, Toni Colette, Carey Mulligan, and Jon Hamm on series.
It has also sold a number of its projects as film and TV properties including The Prophecy starring Washington, which has been acquired by Amazon MGM Studios and ABC Signature, and The Left Right Game starring Tessa Thompson, which was also snapped up for developed by Amazon.