Versant, the parent company of CNBC and MS NOW, is one of several suitors in talks to buy the Vox Media podcast network, producer
of around 40 podcasts, The New York Times reports. Podcasts are only one of Vox Media’s businesses attracting potential buyers. Others are the Vox portfolio of websites,
including Vox.com, The Verge and Eater, and New York magazine.