Crooked Media
Address: 7162 Beverly Blvd #212, Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA
Crooked Media is a liberal/progressive American political media company. It was founded in 2017 by Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor, all former top Barack Obama staffers and former co-hosts of the Keepin' It 1600 podcast. Dan Pfeiffer, also a former Obama employee, co-hosts their flagship podcast Pod Save America with them. Wikipedia
Website: crooked.com
Latest news
- Jan 15: Dissident at the Doorstep was new from Crooked Media last weekend - following the story of a Chinese human-rights hero who wasn't everything that some of his fans hoped he was. It's hosted by Alison Klayman, Colin Jones and Yangyang Cheng.
- Oct 23, 2023: Crooked Media founders Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor are publishing their first book, Democracy or Else, "a useful and illustrated guide to saving American democracy", which will be out June 4 next year.
- Oct 9, 2023: Crooked Media has announced a number of new executives. Madeleine Haeringer has been named Executive Vice President and General Manager of News and Programming; Reid Cherlin has been appointed Executive Producer of Politics; Dariush Brizuela-Nothaft has been named Senior Vice President of Community and Partnerships; and Crystal Ponzio-Busto has been elevated to Executive Vice President of Marketing.
- May 11, 2023: Audacy published its Q1/23 financials. Excluding the loss of Crooked Media (which switched to SiriusXM in May), podcast revenues would have been up 14%; but they fell in real terms (the company didn't say by how much). However, locally-produced podcasts are the most profitable part of the business, the company said.
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