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Aug 28, 2024 12:25 AM IST
Kelces money in: Travis and Jason Kelce take widespread ‘New Heights’ podcast to Amazon’s Wondery
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce and his brother, former Eagles heart Jason Kelce, are taking their widespread “New Heights” podcast to Amazon’s Wondery underneath a three-year deal that offers the corporate unique promoting gross sales and distribution rights.
The monetary phrases of the deal weren’t instantly accessible, although some stories put the overall at 9 figures.
The deal, introduced by Wondery on Tuesday, will start with this week’s episode, which drops Wednesday. It consists of the again catalog of podcast content material together with unique rights to monetize and distribute audio and video episodes.
“We couldn’t be extra excited to staff up with Wondery for the subsequent section of ‘New Heights,’” the Kelce brothers stated in a press release. “We love this present and the fanbase that has grown with us during the last two seasons. Wondery understands the shared imaginative and prescient and can supply a wealth of expertise and assets to take us to ‘New Heights!’”
The personable Kelce brothers launched their podcast two years in the past. It initially was designed to peel again the duvet on the world {of professional} soccer gamers, however has since expanded to the touch different corners of the popular culture universe.
The weekly sequence was chosen podcast of the 12 months on the 2024 iHeartPodcast Awards.
“’New Heights’ on the floor is a sports activities podcast, and sports activities is such a well-listened-to class,” Wondery chief govt Jen Sargent stated, “nevertheless it’s turn out to be a cultural phenomenon. They’re in that cultural zeitgeist.”
Travis Kelce’s celeb standing reached one other degree early final season, when the tight finish of the two-time defending Tremendous Bowl champion Chiefs started courting pop famous person Taylor Swift. He has a number of crossover tasks within the works, together with a 20-episode recreation present for Amazon Prime Video referred to as “Are You Smarter Than a Celeb?”
Jason Kelce not too long ago retired after a 13-year profession spent fully with the Eagles. However his recognition additionally has been on the rise; he was incessantly seen attending the Paris Olympics and can seem on “Monday Evening Countdown” on ESPN.
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