Spotify Acquires Bill Simmons’ The Ringer
Audio streaming service to expand its sports vertical
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Spotify in Talks to Acquire Bill Simmons’ Sports and Pop-Culture Outlet The Ringer
Acquisition would add The Ringer’s 30-plus podcasts to Spotify’s 50 million-plus tracks
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Evan Shapiro Really Thinks His ‘National Lampoon Radio Hour’ Class Is as Talented as the Original
And that sketch comedy on TV isn’t attracting as many 16 to-24-year-olds as ”it should be“
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How ESPN’s ’30 for 30 Podcasts’ Season 6 Pushed Boundaries to Be More ‘Culturally Impactful’ Than Ever
”The first three episodes sound very different to anything listeners have heard before and are very different to each other,“ host and producer Jody Avirgan tells TheWrap
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Podcasts Boomed in 2019, But 2020 Will Be Even Bigger
”You have a lot of celebrities who have traditionally been outside of podcasting coming into the space,“ Ad Results Media CMO Kurt Kaufer says
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Does Corey Graves, the Voice of WWE, Prefer the Commentary Setup for ‘Raw’ or ‘SmackDown’?
”After the Bell“ podcast host tells TheWrap how he handles his TV gig when their work desk gets smashed
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NHL Launches New ‘Puck Culture’ Podcast Series Featuring Hockey’s Most Famous Fans
”We have discovered so many from the worlds of music, television and film who love the NHL,“ chief content officer and executive vice president Steve Mayer says
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Marvel Entertainment to Produce Scripted Podcasts for SiriusXM and Pandora
Ten-episode stories will debut each week beginning in 2020
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Why Stand-Up Comics All Need Podcasts of Their Own
”I can count maybe three comedians that don’t have one,“ comedian and podcaster Natasha Leggero told TheWrap
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‘Joker': What We Want, and Why We Have Modest Hopes (Podcast)
On the latest ”Low Key“ podcast, we talk about why we didn’t need a new Joker movie but are happy to have one
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Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey Are Doing an ‘Office’ Re-Watch Podcast
”Office Ladies“ is described as ”the ultimate podcast for nostalgic fans“
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Steve Austin on His New USA Show and the ‘Rocket Scientists’ That Canceled ‘Broken Skull Challenge’
Plus: WWE’s iconic ”Stone Cold“ tells TheWrap why his podcast is down to one original per week
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Inside the Democrats’ Podcast Presidential Primary, Where Marianne Williamson and Andrew Yang Rule
Democrats have made more than 1,200 podcast appearances ahead of the 2020 election
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How Podcast Companies Wondery, Gimlet Are Going Global
Yes, finding the right translators can be a key to success in overseas markets
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Former Netflix Exec Sarah Geismer Joins Crooked Media as Head of Development
Geismer will lead development for all of Crooked Media’s active and upcoming podcast, television, and film projects
