{"id":2231,"date":"2019-05-16T16:29:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T20:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.com\/?p=2231"},"modified":"2019-12-09T18:09:21","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T23:09:21","slug":"renowned-podcast-producers-adam-davidson-and-laura-mayer-launch-new-joint-venture-with-sony-music-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.com\/sonymusic-labels\/renowned-podcast-producers-adam-davidson-and-laura-mayer-launch-new-joint-venture-with-sony-music-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"RENOWNED PODCAST PRODUCERS ADAM DAVIDSON AND LAURA MAYER LAUNCH NEW JOINT VENTURE WITH SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Original Programming to be Developed by Davidson and Mayer and Made Available Across a Variety of Podcast Platforms<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NEW YORK \u2013 May 16, 2019 \u2013<\/strong> Leading podcast developers Adam Davidson and Laura Mayer and Sony Music Entertainment today announced a new joint venture that will find and develop original podcast talent and programming. Davidson is the co-founder of NPR\u2019s \u201cPlanet Money\u201d and an award-winning contributor to \u201cThis American Life,\u201d and Mayer is a top podcast and public radio producer formerly of Stitcher, Panoply Media, and WNYC among others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\njoint venture will create and distribute original scripted and unscripted\nprogramming across multiple podcast genres and subject matters. Based in\nBrooklyn, NY, Davidson and Mayer will lead the yet-to-be-named company and\nfocus on cultivating dynamic talent and unique storytelling using Sony Music\u2019s\nexpertise in content creation and supporting new technologies for monetization.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting\non the deal, Davidson and Mayer stated, \u201cIt is a thrilling time to be in\npodcasting with major media and tech companies paying increasing attention to\nthe industry as it quickly grows. Sony Music so impressed us with their focus\non supporting artists and the creative process. They understand what it takes\nto attract the best people and create the conditions where they can do their\nbest work.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rob\nStringer, CEO, Sony Music Entertainment said, \u201cAdam Davidson and Laura Mayer\nare acclaimed, visionary journalists and leaders in the podcasting industry and\nthey share our creator-first approach to content development. We want to\nenhance opportunities for talented storytellers in this rapidly evolving audio\nentertainment segment. This partnership will help creators grow their brands\nand share their work with global audiences across a variety of services and\nplatforms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\nare more than half a million active podcast shows now in existence and,\naccording to Edison Research, the number of Americans spending time listening\nto podcasts more than doubled over the last four years. With this increased\nactivity, the need for services and solutions that can nurture and advance\ncreativity, develop brands and maximize connections between content creators\nand audiences continues to grow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\njoint venture brings to the podcast community Davidson\u2019s and Mayer\u2019s expertise\nin identifying and developing premium content alongside Sony Music\u2019s\nbest-in-class capabilities in marketing, sales and distribution, business\ndevelopment, audio production, and data and analytics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A\nleading broadcaster and podcasting voice, Davidson co-founded and co-hosted\nNPR\u2019s \u201cPlanet Money,\u201d after serving as the international business and economics\ncorrespondent for NPR. He also has been a frequent contributor to \u201cThis\nAmerican Life\u201d where his co-reporting on the episode \u201cThe Giant Pool of Money,\u201d\nreceived the Peabody, DuPont-Columbia, and Polk Awards and was named one of the\ntop works of journalism of the decade by New York University\u2019s Arthur L. Carter\nJournalism Institute. In addition, he served as a technical consultant to\nco-writer and director Adam McKay on the Academy Award-winning film \u201cThe Big\nShort.\u201d Davidson and McKay also previously served as co-hosts of the Gimlet\nMedia podcast \u201cSurprisingly Awesome.\u201d Davidson is a Contributing Writer for The\nNew Yorker. Before that he was an economics writer for The New York Times\nMagazine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayer\nstarted her career in radio as a producer across\nmultiple shows at WNYC New York Public Radio including the \u201cFishko\nFiles\u201d and \u201cOn the Media,\u201d an hour long program covering journalism and\ntechnology. She then joined podcast network Panoply Media where she served as\nthe Managing Producer for all podcast production and launched dozens of shows\nand led the production of the first season of\nthe podcast \u201cRevisionist History.\u201d Most recently, she was the Executive\nProducer for Show Development at Stitcher where she was responsible for the development,\nproduction and launch of new podcasts for the company\u2019s comedy-focused Earwolf\nnetwork and Stitcher label. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Sony Music Entertainment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sony\nMusic Entertainment is a global recorded music company with a current roster\nthat includes a broad array of both local artists and international superstars.\nThe company boasts a vast catalog that comprises some of the most important\nrecordings in history. It is home to premier record labels representing music\nfrom every genre, including Arista Records, Arista Nashville, Beach Street\nRecords, Black Butter Records, BPG Music, Bystorm Entertainment, Century Media,\nColumbia Nashville, Columbia Records, Day 1, Descendant Records, Disruptor Records,\nDistrict 18 Entertainment, Epic Records, Essential Records, Essential Worship,\nFo Yo Soul Recordings, House of Iona Records, Insanity Records, Keep Cool,\nLegacy Recordings, Masterworks, Masterworks Broadway, Ministry of Sound\nRecordings, Monument Records, OKeh, Palm Tree Records, Polo Grounds Music,\nPortrait, RCA Inspiration, RCA Nashville, RCA Records Relentless Records,\nReunion Records, Same Plate Entertainment, Six Course Music Group, Sony\nClassical, Sony Music Latin, Star Time International, Syco Music, Verity\nRecords and Visionary Records. Sony Music Entertainment is a wholly owned\nsubsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Original Programming to be Developed by Davidson and Mayer and Made Available Across a Variety of Podcast Platforms NEW YORK \u2013 May 16, 2019 \u2013 Leading podcast developers Adam Davidson and Laura Mayer and Sony Music Entertainment today announced a new joint venture that will find and develop original podcast talent and programming. 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