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- After a former Barstool Sports podcaster, the comedian Grace O’Malley, made claims about her pay, Barstool Sports CEO Dave Portnoy clarified her exact wages in a TikTok video: a base salary of $175,000 a year, and earnings of 70% of ads sold on her personal socials (a further $75,000 last year). “I just don't like when people make it seem like we scam our creators because we don’t,” he said.
- Goalhanger is to turn The Rest Is History into TV and film formats, according to Bloomberg. The show claims 12.5mn downloads a week (the article suggests This American Life “only” does 11.5mn).
- The Brand Podcast Summit has announced “Extreme Makeover - Podcast Edition”, taking one attendee’s show and giving it a full overhaul from the ground up. The event is part of the Brand Podcast Summit next week, and is free.
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