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Inside JAWS is a tale of a modest thriller that became an ordeal and then a disaster and then a phenomenon and then a classic. Steven Spielberg, a fresh-faced, inexperienced director nearly wrecked his promising career, but became the most important filmmaker of our era. On Tuesday, day one of the series’ release, Inside JAWS hit the Apple Podcast chart at #2.

Westwood One has launched another podcast series. My Side of the Story With Judith Regan, hosted by the publisher and media maven, features today’s newsmakers, trendsetters, cultural influencers, and troublemakers telling their side of the story.

Don’t Be Tardy reality star Kim Zolciak-Biermann now has her own podcast in partnership with PodcastOne. In addition to real-time updates on life, family, and music every week, Kim invites fans to join her in achieving their dreams

The Big 12 Podcast, on PodcastOne, will feature everything going on in the conference. The show debuts Thursday, June 28. Veteran sports radio personality Chuck Cooperstein will host.

iHeartMedia has signed a unique deal with actor Anna Faris to bring her podcast, Anna Faris is Unqualified, to Top 40 radio and the iHeartRadio Podcast Network. Unqualified features interviews with celebrities about dating and relationships.

Larj Media and The Young Turks Network have joined forces to co-produce a series of new podcasts that will be distributed on Panoply. TYT Network is an  online talk, news, and entertainment network. Larj Media is a podcast production house started by Tina Nole.

Award-winning hospitality legend, New York Times best-selling author, entrepreneur, and top-rated television personality, Jon Taffer, takes on his latest business venture in partnership with PodcastOne. His new podcast, Jon Taffer: No Excuses premiered this week and is available now on PodcastOne.com, the PodcastOne app, and Apple Podcasts.

Podcast and media company Cadence13 has announced a partnership with talent and entertainment company United Talent Agency to create Ramble, a podcast network dedicated to digital talent. The goal of the company is to expand how audiences connect with digital talent. 

Streaming company ZenoRadio announced, Wednesday, the acquisition of AudioNow and a rebranding to Zeno Media. Zeno Media streams to 6 million-plus monthly active users .

Matty Staudt is joining the iHeartRadio podcast team as Vice President of Podcast Programming. Staudt moves over to iHeartRadio from his role as Digital PD for iHeart in San Francisco, where he launched more than 30 original podcasts and developed a local branded podcast strategy.