Podcasts
Conan O’Brien’s Excellent Adventure
When Conan O’Brien began looking for a new base of operations, he wanted a walkable neighborhood, a space that was cozy enough to entice younger staffers to actually come in and something big enough for events. Three years later, he’s yet to host a single party. “The amount of electricity we need for all of […]
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Rooster Teeth Podcast Network Sold to Night Talent Management
Night, the talent management company that represents YouTubers and Twitch Streamers, has acquired the Roost Podcast Network from Warner Bros. Discovery. As part of the acquisition, Night will retain the majority of the podcast network team, including A.J. Feliciano, Head of The Roost Podcast Network. The network includes 47 original shows, with more than 350 million […]
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‘Las Culturistas’ Culture Awards Hosts Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers on Show’s New Venue for 2024
The Las Culturistas Culture Awards, hosted by Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers, is moving to the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn for its third annual show satirizing and celebrating moments in culture that could only be dreamt up on their podcast. The ceremony, which will take place June 15, typically consists of 100 categories brainstormed by […]
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Stockard Channing Recalls a Lovelorn Will Smith on ‘Six Degrees’ Set: “I Felt Very Motherly Towards Him”
Will Smith may have fallen in love with Stockard Channing on the set of 1993’s Six Degrees of Separation, but Channing only felt “motherly” to the rising star, who was 23 and a newly married, first-time father at the time. Channing — who earned an Oscar nomination playing a New York socialite who connects with […]
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Wondery’s Genre-Defying Plans to Transform Podcasts
It seems unnecessary to say about one of the top three podcast publishers, but “Wondery Means Business” is the name of the first of six innovative marketing campaigns being pushed out by the Amazon company this year. Not that anybody doubts it. With 220 active shows, 72 million streams and more than 55 pods reaching No. 1 on […]
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Bill Maher to Launch Podcast Network, Hires Ex-ESPN Anchor Sage Steele as First Host
HBO Real Time host Bill Maher is launching a podcast network. The Club Random Studios network (the name is derived from Maher’s Club Random podcast), will seek to host podcasts built on an idea of “freedom of expression,” the late night host tells The Hollywood Reporter. “I am looking for people who are not talking-point […]
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Audacy Reorganizes Podcast Division, Sunsets Cadence13 Brand
Radio broadcast company Audacy is reorganizing its podcast division under the new branding of Audacy Podcasts. As part of the move, the company will be sunsetting the brand names of Cadence13, the podcast studio home to We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle and Fly on the Wall with […]
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Why Robert Redford Was “Chronically Late” to ‘The Sting’ Set
Screen legends Paul Newman and Robert Redford’s second and final screen pairing, in 1973’s The Sting, proved even more popular at the box office than their first, 1969’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The film — about a syndicate of confidence men planning cons in the Great Depression — was a dream shoot on […]
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Higher Ground Sets ‘Ways to Win’ Podcast Hosted by Basketball Coaches John Calipari and Craig Robinson
Higher Ground, the media company founded by former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, is adding another podcast to its portfolio. The latest show is called Ways to Win, hosted by executive director of the National Association of Basketball Coaches Craig Robinson and Head Coach of Kentucky Men’s Basketball John Calipari. President Obama is set […]
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LeBron James and JJ Redick Set Basketball Podcast ‘Mind the Game’
Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is getting into the podcast game, partnering with former NBA star JJ Redick on a new project, Mind the Game. Unusually for a sports podcast hosted by bona fide stars, Mind the Game does not have any advertisers as of now, nor does it have a media or distribution […]
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Where To Get Tickets for ‘Pod Save America’ and ‘Lovett or Leave It’ Tour Dates Online
Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, Crooked Media’s Pod Save America and Lovett or Leave It podcasts will go on a nationwide tour starting this spring. Although one tour date overlaps with back-to-back start times — on Jun. 28 in Boston, Mass. at The Wilbur — the podcast tours are separate, as they both will […]
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Ambie Awards Host Trixie Mattel: Podcasting Is “Not a Very Hard Job”
Why did drag superstar Trixie Mattel start a podcast with her fellow RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Katya? In one word, “Insanity.” “ ‘Podcast’ is such a strong word,” Mattel says. “I don’t know what she and I do over there.” But after more than 150 episodes of The Bald and the Beautiful, Mattel says it’s the […]
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