Five For Fox
Fox News Audio has added five new podcasts to its programming catalogue. There will be one slated to debut each week beginning March 8.
The Wynn in Vegas Adding Podcast Studios
A deal was announced Thursday between Wynn Resorts and sports podcasting network Blue Wire. Wynn is investing $3.5 million in the network and that will include a podcast studio in the lobby of the hotel.
ChaiChi Drops Two Episodes
Benztown CEO Dave "Chachi" Denes has released two more episodes of his podcast of Chachi Loves Everybody. One features National Radio Hall of Famer Blair Garner, the other Beasley Media Group Communications Officer Heidi Raphael. LISTEN
Entercom Hires Showtime Exec.
Entercom has named Brian Swarth to the newly created position of Head of Marketing, Podcasts. Swarth is the former Showtime Networks SVP/ Digital Media & Marketing.
Sound That Brands/FreeWheel Partner
The LA Based Sound That Brands podcasting studio has formed a partnership with Comcast’s FreeWheel. The agreement will give FreeWheel’s Strata agencies access to Sound That Brands production services.
IHeartMedia Teams With Novel
Novel, a UK based independent podcast company, is partnering with iHeartMedia to co-produce a series of programs. The partnership calls for eleven new, original podcast series over the next three years.
Podcast Movement University Now Free – FOR LIFE
That decision was announced Tuesday after the management at Podcast Movement sent around an e-mail that said, after the first month, the University has not grown very much.
SummitMedia Jumps Into The Podcasting Pool
The radio company with 47 stations in 9 states announced Tuesday it was investing in L.A. based podcast network CurtCo Media. While many other radio companies have been trying to make money podcasting for years this is the first alliance in the space for Summit.
Women’s History Month Podcast
ABC News will kick off Women’s History Month with a new podcast In Plain Sight: Lady Bird Johnson. Best Case Studios is co-producing the program hosted by author Julia Sweig.
Podcast Details Life in Puerto Rico
WNYC Studios and Futuro Studios are launching La Brega: Stories of the Puerto Rican Experience, a seven-part podcast series created by a team of Puerto Rican journalists, producers, musicians, and artists about life, politics, history, and “the hustle” on the island
