Podcasts
Sarah van Mosel Returns to SiriusXM as Podcast Strategy Executive
Sarah van Mosel is returning to SiriusXM in the newly-created position of senior vice president of podcast strategy. In the role van Mosel will be charged with creating “a targeted podcast acquisition strategy as well as source and attract up and coming new talent to the SiriusXM Podcast Network,” according to a memo sent to […]
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‘It Happened in Hollywood’ Podcast: 5 Secrets of ‘Priscilla, Queen of the Desert’ As Drag Classic Turns 30
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert premiered to a rapturous, midnight-screening reception at Cannes on May 15, 1994. The tart, feel-good comedy follows a trio of Sydney drag queens — Terrence Stamp, Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce — who travel by bus (that’s Priscilla) to a gig in the Outback, finding their way […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast: Cillian Murphy on ‘Oppenheimer,’ Potential ‘Peaky Blinders’ Movie and Making a Musical
Cillian Murphy, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is a terrific Irish actor who The New York Times has said is “known for his electrifying, typecast-defying turns in a range of movies, big and small.” Backstage has called him “a chameleonic performer, a character actor trapped in a leading […]
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‘The Very Worst Thing that Could Possibly Happen’ Podcast Tops Ambies Nominations List
The Very Worst Thing that Could Possibly Happen, a fictional podcast from Wolf at the Door about a man who can write letters to his favorite deceased author, topped the Ambies 2024 nominations list with five nods, including podcast of the year. Other contenders for the podcast of the year award include 50 Years of […]
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Tonya Mosley to Launch ‘She Has a Name’ Family Mystery Podcast With APM Studios
Fresh Air radio co-host Tonya Mosley is set to launch the She Has a Name podcast next month, about a young Detroit mother lost amid that city’s economic collapse and crack cocaine epidemic. The 10-part documentary podcast from APM Studios will kick off March 28. Mosley, who grew up in Detroit in the 1980s and […]
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After Spotify Deal Ends, Brené Brown Moves Podcasts to Vox Media
Brené Brown has found a new podcasting home at Vox Media. Brown, a bestselling author and research professor, will bring her podcasts, Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead to the Vox Media Podcast Network. Vox will lead sales, marketing and distribution for the podcasts and distribute prior episodes and as well new seasons across all […]
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Meghan Markle Strikes New Podcast Deal With Lemonada Media
Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has formed a creative partnership with Lemonada Media to develop a new podcast series. As part of the partnership, Lemonada Media, which is behind shows such as Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, will also distribute the first season of Markle’s podcast Archetypes across all audio platforms and oversee […]
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2024 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards: Full List of Nominees Unveiled (Exclusive)
SmartLess, Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, On Purpose with Jay Shetty and Normal Gossip are among the titles in contention for the 2024 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards. The category, which will be voted on by fans from Feb. 5 through Feb. 18, also includes popular podcasts Crime Junkie, The Daily, My Favorite Murder, New Heights, […]
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Alex Cooper’s ‘Call Her Daddy’ Podcast Is No Longer Exclusive to Spotify
Alex Cooper’s popular Call Her Daddy podcast is no longer exclusive to Spotify. As of Jan. 30, the back catalog of the podcast is available on all audio platforms, with the first new episode released on all platforms Wednesday. Video will remain exclusive to Spotify. Cooper’s podcast had been airing exclusively on Spotify since July […]
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Silver Tribe Media Taps Jen Simons and Lagen Nash for C-Suite Roles
Silver Tribe Media, the management and production venture founded by former CAA agent Michael Klein, is adding to its C-suite. The company, which specializes in podcast and digital creator deals, development and production, has hired Jen Simons as its chief content officer and Lagen Nash as its chief revenue officer. Nash joins Silver Tribe from […]
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Amazon’s Audible Cuts 5 Percent of Staff
Audible is laying off 5 percent of its staff with the goal of setting the company up for “continued success” amid an “ increasingly challenging landscape,” according to a memo sent to employees Thursday. In the memo from Audible CEO Bob Carrigan, which was shared with The Hollywood Reporter by an Audible spokesperson, Carrigan says […]
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Ike Barinholtz Listened to “Chernobyl Levels of Poison” to Prep for His Spoof of Ignorant Male Podcasters
Ike Barinholtz is going full dumbass. That’s how The Mindy Project writer-star describes his latest character, Chris Chatman, who he’ll play for his newest project, The Chris Chatman Do-Over podcast, beginning Jan. 11. The weekly show, which is being billed as an original improvised comedy, is the second of three installments in a series of […]
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