” comedy-interview podcast into a media company — with an expanded slate of shows and ambitions beyond the podcast space.
SmartLess Media will produce the podcasts via its partnership with Amazon Music and Wondery. In mid-2021, Amazon bought exclusive rights to “SmartLess” in a dealworth up to $80 million. Wondery will handle ad sales for all new SmartLess Media shows. Episodes of the new podcasts — like those of “SmartLess” — will be released one week early and ad-free on Amazon Music and the Wondery+ subscription service before being distributed widely across major podcast platforms.
The company, led by the founders and president Richard Korson, says its mission is to create comedy content “for the podcast space and beyond,” encompassing limited series, short-form content and live entertainment. SmartLess Media’s other projects include anfollowing Bateman, Hayes and Arnett during their SmartLess tour in North America earlier this year.
“Amy Always Wins”: Rob Corddry invites his friends to try to beat “Jeopardy!” champ Amy Schneider at her own game — but they probably won’t. Produced by Abominable Pictures; executive produced by Corddry, Schneider and Jonathan Stern.
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