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EXCLUSIVE: Crime Story Media has partnered with leading global podcast company Acast on the original series Jury Duty: The Trial of Robert Durst. Acast will host, distribute, and monetize the podcast series, which will follow the upcoming Durst murder trial in real time. Durst is charged with the killing of his friend…

When Tika Sumpter sat in the virtual guest seat for Deadline’s New Hollywood Podcast, the news had just dropped that ABC renewed Mixed-ish for a second season so she was definitely in good spirits as we celebrated the news. Prior to Mixed-ish, Sumpter starred in multiple TV series including One Life to Live, Gossip Gir…

Hang on to your filler paper, The Office fans: The NBC sitcom turned 15 this year. Spotify is marking a decade and a half of mockumentary laughs with a new limited-series podcast hosted by a start-to-finish cast member. Brian Baungartner, who played the affable accountant Kevin Malone, is set to host and executive…

Sirius XM Holdings, which said last month that it planned to raise $1 billion in a private debt offering, is reportedly near a deal to acquire E.W. Scripps’ Stitcher podcast division for $300 million. The news, reported Monday by the Wall Street Journal which cited sources, comes amid a flurry of deals in the growing…

Marc Smerling and Sony Music Entertainment have entered into a strategic partnership to develop a slate of original podcast programming through Smerling's Truth Media, a podcast and television production company. The pact is to expand Truth’s overall number of podcast series it produces, including several upcoming…

ESPN’s Pablo Torre signed a multi-year contract extension to become the new host of the ESPN Daily podcast. He is due to be full-time in August after working select episodes in July.  Torre will be replacing the original host, Mina Kimes, who is leaving to join NFL Live and host The Mina Kimes Show featuring…

Hasan Minhaj is probably best known for being a correspondent on The Daily Show and his stand-up comedy, most notably his Netflix special Homecoming King in 2017 which earned him a Peabody Award. That same year he spoke at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. That said, 2017 was a good year for Minhaj — but he…

Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ superhero origins social commentary DC graphic novel series Watchmen historically has been a challenge for Hollywood to adapt due to its sprawling and complex plotting. In fact, when HBO and Warner Bros approached The Leftovers and Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof to reboot it, he turned…

One way or another, the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards look certain to take place in September, and the quality of comedy contenders that will be in the running at the Jimmy Kimmel-hosted event is no laughing matter. So, in these tense times in America, comedy and Emmy frontrunners is what we are almost all about on this…

Schitt’s Creek may have finished its run, but the spirit of the comedy will live on and continue to make us laugh — and that is all thanks to Dan Levy who not only co-created the show with his father Eugene Levy, but also stars in it alongside him. He joined us on Deadline’s New Hollywood Podcast to talk about his…

WarnerMedia Entertainment and iHeartMedia are partnering to co-produce a slate of companion podcasts for HBO Max's upcoming original and legacy shows. The podcasts will play as standalone productions but often will center on and help promote HBO Max programming, the companies said. The first to debut will include…

UDPATED with launch date and renewal: Blake Griffin’s The Pursuit of Healthiness podcast will launch on August 4 with a roster of A-list guests and has already been renewed for a second season, Audible said Monday. The podcast, announced in October, features Griffin discussing how everyday people can keep their bodies…