iHEART TO PRODUCE HBO MAX PODCASTS

iHeartRadio and WarnerMedia Entertainment will co-produce a slate of companion podcasts for HBO Max’s original and legacy shows.

iHeartMedia will also get a first-look priority to produce HBO Max companion podcasts. Both companies will commit marketing resources to promote the podcasts and other HBO Max content across the iHeartPodcast Network and other iHeartMedia broadcast and digital platforms. Together, WarnerMedia Entertainment and iHeartMedia may also produce podcasts for WarnerMedia Entertainment’s television networks: TNT, TBS and truTV.

The first podcasts to debut will be for the comedy thriller series Search Party and the sci-fi drama Raised by Wolves.

Conal Byrne, President, iHeartPodcast Network, said: “WarnerMedia Entertainment’s networks and brands have long been a marvel in the entertainment industry, and we’re ecstatic for the opportunity to be a part of their legendary storytelling and to bring this trove of new content to the iHeartPodcast Network.”