EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Majors has signed with WME, reuniting with his first agent Elan Ruspoli at the agency.
17.06.2022 - 20:33 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Goalhanger, the company formed by legendary England striker Gary Lineker, is looking to further expand its audio output after signing its podcast division with WME.
The agency has signed London-based Goalhanger Podcasts, which the former Barcelona and Leicester footballer set up in January with Tony Pastor and former BBC podcast executive Jack Davenport. It comes after Lineker and Pastor set up TV production company Goalhanger Films, which has produced sports docs including Wayne Rooney: The Man Behind the Goals and Hand of God, in 2015.
It comes on the back of a number of growing audio series for the company including The Rest Is History, The Rest Is Politics and Match of the Day: Top Ten. These three shows have collective monthly downloads of around 5M.
The Rest is History, which is fronted by historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, has around 2.7M downloads a month, and The Rest is Politics, which is hosted by Tony Blair’s former Comms Chief Alastair Campbell and Tory politician Rory Stewart, has scored 900,000 per month, despite being less than twelve weeks old.
Agent Alex Bewley has been growing WME’s international podcast presence over the last five years with shows such as Casefile, Table Manners and Idris and Sabrina Elba’s Coupledom.
Meanwhile, the U.S. team, which is overseen by podcasting chief Ben Davis, works with the likes of Malcolm Gladwell’s Pushkin Industries, Pod Save America producer Crooked Media and Rob Lowe, who hosts his own Literally! show.
“Podcasting has become a huge part of what we do and I’ve loved getting involved both in front of the microphone and behind the scenes. In three years we’ve gone from recording pods on my kitchen table to producing history and politics shows which
EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Majors has signed with WME, reuniting with his first agent Elan Ruspoli at the agency.
The Morning Show executive producer and director Mimi Leder is sticking around Apple TV+. The Emmy-winning filmmaker (On The Basis of Sex, ER) has signed a multi-year, overall deal with the streamer.
Gary Lineker stood in solidarity with railway workers on a picket line in Manchester today on day two of national strikes.
Former Love Island star Marcel Somerville has been living it up on his stag do in Ibiza, however, there was drama when security had to drag him from a top Ibiza beach club after he was stormed by fans. The 36 year old father of one, who his due to marry his fiancé Rebecca Viera, 26, in August, was enjoying one of the famous parties at Wayne Lineker's iconic beach club, O Beach Ibiza when he was reportedly dragged into the pool by fans who swarmed him wanting to have a photograph with him.The ruckus caused burly security guards to swoop in and pluck the former Blazin' Squad rapper to safety.
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Gemma Collins donned a bright red sequinned suit as she took part in a new campaign in the town of Sandwich, Kent.The former TOWIE star joined Gary Lineker and Fred Sirieix to decide once and for all whether crisps should be eaten in a sandwich or out as part of Walkers' "Big Sandwich Vote". The TV personality led team "Crisp IN" while chef Fred was in charge of team "Crisp OUT", and both could be seen riding around Sandwich on tractors to represent their teams.
There are plenty of professional sportsmen who in their younger years were avid lovers of both football and cricket.
Gary Lineker shared the sweetest tribute on social media on Wednesday, as he took to his Instagram Stories to wish his ex-wife a happy birthday in a very heartfelt message.MORE: Gary Lineker addresses surprising rumour: 'It's only fair I give you the bad news'The Match of the Day presenter uploaded a gorgeous picture of Danielle Bux looking super stylish in a black-and-white photo that showed her in a strappy summer dress with her hair pulled back in a loose ponytail as she cut into a towering cake.Gary gushed in his caption: "Happy **rd birthday to this wonderful human being. The most thoughtful, funny and kind person I know.
Coleen Rooney took to her Instagram page for the first time since jetting off on the last day of the 'Wagatha Christie' trial. Coleen set off for Dubai for a family holiday with her husband Wayne, their four kids - Kai, 12, Klay, 8, Kit, 6, and Cass, 4 - and her parents.