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EXCLUSIVE: Mordeo, the web thriller series from Crypt TV, is getting the audio treatment. Crypt TV has teamed up with Blumhouse Television and iHeartMedia to turn the property into a scripted podcast series with J. Alphonse Nicholson, who starred in Starz' P-Valley featuring. The ten-part podcast series, directed by…

Will Packer Media, the company run by Girls Trip and Night School producer Will Packer, is expanding its podcast business. The company has struck a deal with podcast publisher iHeartMedia to develop and produce a slate of original scripted and non-scripted audio series. The deal comes after Deadline revealed that it wa…

EXCLUSIVE: Former MGM film boss Jonathan Glickman is getting into the podcast space and has struck a co-production deal with iHeartMedia for a series of music-driven shows. Glickman, who recently oversaw James Bond feature No Time To Die, has signed the deal with the podcast publisher via his company Glickmania Media…

EXCLUSIVE: The mysterious death of former NFL player Jim Duncan is the subject of a new narrative podcast series from publishing company McClatchy and iHeartMedia. The two companies are launching Return Man, eight-part documentary series that is to be the first in an anthology of character-driven audio series, titled L…

The number of podcasts being adapted for television is set to explode over the course of the next few years, with audio IP rivaling books as Hollywood's go-to source for inspiration. The podcasting business has been a growing source of intellectual property for the small screen for the last couple of years with the…

EXCLUSIVE: Rising comedians Alysia Brown, Sarah Aument and Sophie Dinicol have created an LGBTQ scripted comedy podcast series for iHeart Podcast Network and Canadian audio firm Anthem. Tampon Rock is a Flight of the Conchords-style musical comedy that centers around characters from the LGBTQ community. Tampon Rock…

Happy Face, the podcast about Dr. Oz contributor Melissa Moore, whose father was a notorious serial killer, is the latest audio series to be adapted for television. CBS All Access is developing the adaptation with Your Honor writer Jennifer Cacicio and The Good Fight creators Robert and Michelle King. The podcast…

ViacomCBS is expanding its podcast business with a three year deal with iHeartMedia. The deal will include the return of Yo! MTV Raps, the seminal hip hop series, as a podcast and the extension of shows from the team behind The Daily Show. Trevor Noah's Comedy Central show will produce additional original podcasts…

Shondaland Audio, the podcast arm of Shonda Rhimes' production company, has set its debut podcast slate with a slew of scripted and non-scripted series. This comes after the Grey's Anatomy creator partnered with iHeartMedia on a tranche of original podcasts. Dylan Brown, a writer and producer on Power prequel Raising K…

Fox Soul, iHeartMedia, and Motown Records are teaming on limited series Motown Countdown, which will stream each Tuesday in July. The four-part music and talk series will be hosted by Angela Yee, who co-hosts iHeartRadio's nationally syndicated show The Breakfast Club. Fox Soul, a free, ad-supported streaming network…

EXCLUSIVE: iHeartRadio is doubling down on original scripted podcasts with a dystopian sci-fi series, The Second Oil Age, that is already being set up for a television adaptation. iHeart's podcast chief Conal Byrne tells Deadline about the new series as well as deals with Blumhouse, Shonda Rhimes and Will Ferrell as…