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Quentin Tarantino And Roger Avary are going back to their South Bay roots. The duo, who first met and bonded while working together at the fabled Video Archives movie rental store in Manhattan Beach, California, are launching a podcast this summer based on the long-closed store’s collection of close to 8,000 VHS tapes…

EXCLUSIVE: Naked Lunch, the first podcast hosted by Phil Rosenthal (Everybody Loves Raymond) and from SiriusXM’s Stitcher, has lined up its inaugural set of guests. Former Raymond stars Brad Garrett and Ray Romano will join Rosenthal and co-host David Wild, along with Brad Paisley, Elaine May, Jimmy Kimmel, Nancy…

EXCLUSIVE: Carlos King, who has exec produced series including The Real Housewives of Atlanta and Love and Marriage: Huntsville, is getting into the podcast game. King is launching Reality with the King podcast, which will go behind the scenes from some of the most iconic moments from the biggest reality shows on…

EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Rivas, who stars in Fox sitcom Call Me Kat, is moving into the audio world. The actor, who stars opposite Mayim Bialik in the comedy series, has signed a podcast development deal with SiriusXM’s Stitcher and has set his first two projects. The actor will release two podcast series in 2022. The…

On the eve of the podcast upfronts, Sirius XM Holdings has created a new ad sales group to encompass the combined resources of SiriusXM, Pandora and Stitcher. The new entity, SXM Media, will handle ad sales across the three audio outlets in radio, streaming music and podcasting. Together, they reach 150 million…

The company behind 99% Invisible, the podcast created by Roman Mars, has been bought by SiriusXM. The satellite radio company has acquired the 99% Invisible Inc, which produced the eponymous podcast that exposes the unseen and overlooked aspects of design, architecture and activity that shapes the world as well as What…

EXCLUSIVE: The #FreeBritney movement is growing increasingly larger following the launch of FX's Framing Britney Spears documentary. The film, part of the network's New York Times Presents strand, aired last week and was a viral sensation, explaining the situation around the I’m A Slave 4 U pop star and the…

SiriusXM swung to a $677 million net loss last quarter from a $243 million profit the year before on a one-time, noncash charge of $976 million at Pandora. The anticipated hit was based on Pandora's royalty cost structure. Quarterly revenue rose 6% to $2.19 billion, beating Wall Street expectations. The shares were up…

SiriusXM CEO Jim Meyer said the company’s in contract talks with star host Howard Stern, whose agreement expires at year end. He said he “knows what Howard wants” and is trying to make it work. “I don't want to be overly optimistic, but I want Howard here. …. This process isn't any different to me than the last time…

SiriusXM has clinched its deal to buy podcasting business Stitcher from E.W. Scripps. The satellite radio giant and Pandora parent, which has been bulkign up in podcasting, said the acquisition will create “the premier full-service platform for podcast creators, publishers, and advertisers.” Stitcher Podcasts Include…

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…

As the world continues to navigate the coronavirus pandemic, audiences are binging many forms of entertainment, primarily TV and films. But there is another binge-worthy medium that is providing a more personal form of entertainment: podcasts. There are thousands upon thousands of podcasts out there, ranging from…