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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…

Minnie Driver is bringing her curiosity to the podcast world, partnering with iHeartMedia to launch Minnie Questions with Minnie Driver later this month. In the talk show-style podcast, the Will & Grace and Speechless actress will ask an array of celebrity guests the same seven “mini” questions to uncover larger…

Calm Down with Erin and Charissa, a talk show podcast hosted by sportscasters and longtime friends Erin Andrews and Charissa Thompson, bowed today on iHeartRadio with comedian/actor Kevin Hart as its first guest. Andrews is a sports broadcaster and can be seen weekly on Fox NFL Sunday doing sideline coverage and…

IHeartMedia said Wednesday that it’s buying Triton Digital, a leading ad tech provider in the podcast and audio space, from E.W. Scripps Company for $230 million. As an explosion of podcasts is accompanied by deals to monetize them effectively, Triton will help provide audio content to producers and advertisers with…

EXCLUSIVE: Brian Baumgartner, who played Kevin Malone in The Office, is staying in Scranton for his latest podcast – a deep dive on the hit NBC comedy. Baumgartner and Propagate Content have teamed up with podcast network group iHeartMedia to launch The Office Deep Dive with Brian Baumgartner. The series, which…

Charlamagne Tha God is staying in business with iHeartMedia. The multimedia mogul, co-host of New York’s Power 105’s nationally syndicated hit radio show The Breakfast Club, has renewed and extended his deal with the company. Under the new five-year pact, Charlamagne will continue his trademark interview style on the…

EXCLUSIVE: Former President Bill Clinton is partnering with iHeartMedia to launch a new podcast in early 2021. The podcast will build on one that Clinton hosted last year for the Clinton Foundation, which is also a partner in the new project, according to a source familiar with the plans. The podcast will be…

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…

In-person Pride events may have been put on paucse, but that is not stopping the LGTBQ+ community from celebrating. P&G and iHeartMedia have teamed for "Can't Cancel Pride: A COVID-19 Relief Benefit for the LGBTQ+ Community.”  The special will raise funds for LGTBQ+ communities most impacted by COVID-19. It will…

Tribeca Studios is dipping its toe into podcasting in partnership with iHeartMedia, teaming up on a new series called Fierce about formidable women from history. The branded entertainment and production arm of Tribeca Enterprises — parent of the flagship film festival — is launching Fierce today (May 6). New episodes…

Graduations have been curtailed by COVID-19 so iHeartMedia has teamed up with a raft of celebrities including Jimmy Fallon, Hillary Clinton and Eli Manning to give their own special commencement addresses. The company is launching a podcast, Commencement: Speeches for the Class of 2020, that will feature special…