SiriusXM has signed a wide-ranging deal with SmartLess Media and its founders, Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes.
The three-year pact will see flagship podcast SmartLess shift to SirirusXM. Media outlets including Bloomberg reported the deal is worth $100 million, a step up from what Amazon had been paying to host SmartLess, an interview show that has become one of the most popular weekly podcasts in existence since launching in 2020. HBO also turned it into a docuseries, filming Arnett, Bateman and Hayes as they took part in a live tour for the podcast.
In addition to the namesake podcast, select other SmartLess Media titles will also change addresses when the deal kicks in this summer. SiriusXM subscribers will gain early access to new episodes of SmartLess as well as Just Jack & Will, Bad Dates and Owned, plus the opportunity to be in the live audience for special tapings. The majority...
The three-year pact will see flagship podcast SmartLess shift to SirirusXM. Media outlets including Bloomberg reported the deal is worth $100 million, a step up from what Amazon had been paying to host SmartLess, an interview show that has become one of the most popular weekly podcasts in existence since launching in 2020. HBO also turned it into a docuseries, filming Arnett, Bateman and Hayes as they took part in a live tour for the podcast.
In addition to the namesake podcast, select other SmartLess Media titles will also change addresses when the deal kicks in this summer. SiriusXM subscribers will gain early access to new episodes of SmartLess as well as Just Jack & Will, Bad Dates and Owned, plus the opportunity to be in the live audience for special tapings. The majority...
- 1/29/2024
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Today, SiriusXM announced a new, multi-year agreement with SmartLess Media and its founders, Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes, that will bring certain exclusive advertising and distribution rights, content, events, and more for their iconic flagship podcast SmartLess and select shows from the SmartLess Media slate to the audio entertainment company and its industry-leading SiriusXM Podcast Network. The deal will commence late in the summer.
As part of the new agreement, SiriusXM gains access to extensive exclusive content for its subscribers, consisting of early access to new episodes of “SmartLess” and SmartLess Media podcasts “Just Jack & Will,” “Bad Dates,” and “Owned,” as well as the opportunity to be in the live audience for special tapings, and more. Additionally, the majority of the “SmartLess” library will be available exclusively to SiriusXM, making it the only destination for fans to access the podcast’s complete catalog.
The award-winning “SmartLess” podcast was...
As part of the new agreement, SiriusXM gains access to extensive exclusive content for its subscribers, consisting of early access to new episodes of “SmartLess” and SmartLess Media podcasts “Just Jack & Will,” “Bad Dates,” and “Owned,” as well as the opportunity to be in the live audience for special tapings, and more. Additionally, the majority of the “SmartLess” library will be available exclusively to SiriusXM, making it the only destination for fans to access the podcast’s complete catalog.
The award-winning “SmartLess” podcast was...
- 1/29/2024
- Podnews.net
SiriusXM has acquired certain exclusive rights to the popular podcast SmartLess, hosted by Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes, in a multiyear agreement.
As part of the deal, which is said to be over $100 million, according to sources familiar with the matter, SiriusXM will provide exclusive content from the podcast for its subscribers, including early access to new episodes of SmartLess and SmartLess Media podcasts Just Jack & Will, Bad Dates and Owned. The majority of the SmartLess library will also be available only on SiriusXM.
The deal begins late this summer. SmartLess launched in July 2020 and Amazon’s Wondery acquired exclusive rights to the podcast in June 2021 for a three-year deal. The podcast was in the top 10 most popular podcasts globally on Chartable last week and has featured guests such as President Joe Biden, Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Greta Gerwig, Idris Elba, Pedro Pascal and Selena Gomez. SmartLess is produced by Michael Grant Terry,...
As part of the deal, which is said to be over $100 million, according to sources familiar with the matter, SiriusXM will provide exclusive content from the podcast for its subscribers, including early access to new episodes of SmartLess and SmartLess Media podcasts Just Jack & Will, Bad Dates and Owned. The majority of the SmartLess library will also be available only on SiriusXM.
The deal begins late this summer. SmartLess launched in July 2020 and Amazon’s Wondery acquired exclusive rights to the podcast in June 2021 for a three-year deal. The podcast was in the top 10 most popular podcasts globally on Chartable last week and has featured guests such as President Joe Biden, Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Greta Gerwig, Idris Elba, Pedro Pascal and Selena Gomez. SmartLess is produced by Michael Grant Terry,...
- 1/29/2024
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Here’s the elevator pitch: follow wildly successful actors and podcasters Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes on a celebrity-filled North American tour.
HBO Max pulled the trigger on the concept, and has now released the first trailer for “Smartless: On The Road.”
Directed by Sam Jones, the six-part docuseries provides fly-on-the-wall, intimate access of the three friends as they travel through Boston, Brooklyn, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Madison, Wisconsin, and Los Angeles.
The trailer was shown today exclusively during Warner Bros. Discovery’s unveiling of the Max streaming service on the Warner Bros. lot in Los Angeles. It debuts May 23 on the streamer.
The sold-out live tour of their wildly successful podcast, “SmartLess,” saw the three popular actors traveling and talking with Conan O’Brien, Will Ferrell, Matt Damon, Jimmy Kimmel, Kevin Hart, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, David Letterman,...
HBO Max pulled the trigger on the concept, and has now released the first trailer for “Smartless: On The Road.”
Directed by Sam Jones, the six-part docuseries provides fly-on-the-wall, intimate access of the three friends as they travel through Boston, Brooklyn, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Madison, Wisconsin, and Los Angeles.
The trailer was shown today exclusively during Warner Bros. Discovery’s unveiling of the Max streaming service on the Warner Bros. lot in Los Angeles. It debuts May 23 on the streamer.
The sold-out live tour of their wildly successful podcast, “SmartLess,” saw the three popular actors traveling and talking with Conan O’Brien, Will Ferrell, Matt Damon, Jimmy Kimmel, Kevin Hart, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, David Letterman,...
- 4/13/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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