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‘Cheers,’ ESPN Hobey Baker Podcasts Among Titles Announced at IAB Upfront

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) held their 2024 Podcast Upfront in New York on Thursday, May 9. IAB gathered brands, agencies and media buyers to provide an exclusive glimpse into upcoming podcast programing. The event, of which The Hollywood Reporter was a media sponsor, included presentations from Wondery, iHeartPodcasts, Acast, NPR, SiriusXM Media, Libsyn Ads, […]

Podcast Advertising Growth Slowed in 2023, But This Year Looks Better So Far

After many years of double-digit growth, U.S. podcasting advertising revenue growth slowed down in 2023. But there is hope ahead. Per a new Interactive Advertising Bureau study, released Thursday and prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers, podcast advertising revenue in the U.S. increased 5 percent to $1.9 billion in 2023, due to an overall challenging ad market that […]

How Michelle Rodriguez Foresaw Blockbuster Success for ‘Fast & Furious’ Franchise

With one movie, Michelle Rodriguez went from a Toys “R” Us employee with zero acting experience to a bona fide movie star. That movie was 2000’s Girlfight. Karyn Kusama, the writer-director of that indie — which tied for the grand jury prize at Sundance — joined The Hollywood Reporter‘s It Happened in Hollywood podcast to […]

Inside The New York Times’ Next Big Bet: ‘The Interview’ (Exclusive)

The New York Times features interviews every day. In its news report, in its podcasts like The Daily, in The New York Times Magazine. But there was, to hear deputy managing editor Sam Dolnick explain, something missing. “We didn’t have the really big flagship audio show that interviewed the biggest names in culture, and a […]

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 […]

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 […]

‘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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]