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EXCLUSIVE: Broken English has optioned an original screenplay by Erick Galindo and Patty Rodriguez for the holiday ensemble film A Christmas to Remember. The film tells the story of Rose Klug, who has turned White Elephant into a war of attrition, one where bringing the best or most creative gift is more important…

EXCLUSIVE: Eva Longoria is launching a new slate of podcasts—both scripted and unscripted—in collaboration with iHeartMedia‘s My Cultura Podcast Network. Among the three new projects are a mix of scripted and unscripted projects that furthers My Cultura’s dedication to celebrating and elevating Latinx voices and…

Former President Bill Clinton is launching a second season of his iHeart podcast Why Am I Telling You This? on Thursday, with singer-songwriter Jason Isbell as his first guest. Among the topics in their wide-ranging conversation is that of Covid vaccine deniers and the challenge of changing their minds about taking…

EXCLUSIVE: Frolic Media, an entertainment media company co-founded by former E! President Lisa Berger and former AwesomenessTV executive Sarah Penna, has struck a podcast deal with iHeartMedia and has set a daily romance show as its first series. The two companies are launching LoveStruck Daily, a 20-minute series…

EXCLUSIVE: Raffi Cavoukian, the famed children's entertainer and musician, is getting the podcast treatment. iHeartMedia and parenting site Fatherly have teamed up to produce Finding Raffi. It marks the second audio series in its Finding strand, following Finding Fred, telling the story of Fred Rogers. The ten-episode…

EXCLUSIVE: Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine is doubling down on podcasting. The Morning Show star's company, which was recently sold to Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs' Blackstone-backed business, has teamed with iHeartMedia to launch a new talk show. Time Out: A Fair Play Podcast with Eve Rodsky and Dr. Aditi Nerurkar…

A majority of the 125 writers, producers, hosts, editors and researchers at the iHeartPodcast Network have signed union cards to organize with the WGA East, which is calling on the company to recognize the guild voluntarily as the bargaining representative of its staff. "We are pleased to welcome the storytellers at…

Shondaland Audio, in partnership with iHeartMedia, has teamed with author, television personality and spiritual life coach Iyanla Vanzant (Iyanla: Fix My Life), on new weekly podcast series The R Spot. It’s set to launch in early 2022. Hosted by Vanzant, The R Spot will offer listeners an opportunity to engage in…

EXCLUSIVE: Sports Illustrated and 101 Studios-backed joint venture Sports Illustrated Studios are to launch a slate of original podcasts after striking an audio deal with iHeartMedia. The deal will see the companies co-produce eight new audio series and will also see Sports Illustrated's existing podcasts run through…

EXCLUSIVE: The mysterious death of Danyé Jones, a prominent activist in Ferguson, MO, is the subject of podcast series After The Uprising. The 11-part investigative series comes from mobile news brand NowThis, podcasting start-up Double Asterisk and iHeartMedia will tell the story of the 24-year-old activist Danyé…

EXCLUSIVE: Bloomberg Media is ramping up its podcast business. The company has struck an exclusive deal to co-produce and distribute audio series with iHeartMedia. The agreement will see the two companies team up on a dozen new original podcasts over the next three years. It will also include the distribution of…

EXCLUSIVE: Ibram X. Kendi, the esteemed author and scholar behind How To Be An Antiracist, is moving into the podcast business. Kendi has teamed up with Malcolm Gladwell's Pushkin Industries and iHeartMedia to launch Be Antiracist with Ibram X. Kendi. The series will see the historian and Founding Director of the…