The company behind 99% Invisible, the podcast created by Roman Mars, has been bought by SiriusXM.
The satellite radio company has acquired the 99% Invisible Inc, which produced the eponymous podcast that exposes the unseen and overlooked aspects of design, architecture and activity that shapes the world as well as What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law, and it will become part of its podcast division Stitcher.
The move will see Mars, who set up the podcast as a Kickstarter-backed independent series in 2010, develop new projects with SiriusXM’s backing.
99% Invisible joins other SiriusXM podcasts such as Wtf with Marc Maron and Office Ladies.
Mars said that he explored a “number of potential homes” and was encouraged by Stitcher’s ability to launch new projects and help to free him of of thinking about the business of podcasting to focus on the creative.
“I have made a career by telling...
The satellite radio company has acquired the 99% Invisible Inc, which produced the eponymous podcast that exposes the unseen and overlooked aspects of design, architecture and activity that shapes the world as well as What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law, and it will become part of its podcast division Stitcher.
The move will see Mars, who set up the podcast as a Kickstarter-backed independent series in 2010, develop new projects with SiriusXM’s backing.
99% Invisible joins other SiriusXM podcasts such as Wtf with Marc Maron and Office Ladies.
Mars said that he explored a “number of potential homes” and was encouraged by Stitcher’s ability to launch new projects and help to free him of of thinking about the business of podcasting to focus on the creative.
“I have made a career by telling...
- 4/26/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Judas And The Black Messiah producer will create event-driven content across film, television, music podcasts.
Ryan Coogler, fellow Judas And The Black Messiah producer Zinzi Coogler, writer-producer Sev Ohanian, Oscar-winning music producer Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther), RCA Records SVP of marketing Archie Davis, and filmmaker Peter Nicks (The Waiting Room) have launched multi-media company Proximity.
Proximity’s first producer credit was on Warner Bros/HBO Max release Judas And The Black Messiah alongside MacRo, Participant Media, and Bron Creative.
The true story of FBI informant William O’Neal (Lakeith Stanfield) and Illinois Black Panthers chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) is in...
Ryan Coogler, fellow Judas And The Black Messiah producer Zinzi Coogler, writer-producer Sev Ohanian, Oscar-winning music producer Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther), RCA Records SVP of marketing Archie Davis, and filmmaker Peter Nicks (The Waiting Room) have launched multi-media company Proximity.
Proximity’s first producer credit was on Warner Bros/HBO Max release Judas And The Black Messiah alongside MacRo, Participant Media, and Bron Creative.
The true story of FBI informant William O’Neal (Lakeith Stanfield) and Illinois Black Panthers chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) is in...
- 4/15/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ryan Coogler, producer Zinzi Coogler and writer and producer Sev Ohanian have teamed with Oscar- and Grammy-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, Senior VP of Marketing at RCA Records Archie Davis and Emmy-winning filmmaker Peter Nicks to launch Proximity, a new multimedia company.
“It has been a great joy to form Proximity with some of my closest loved ones and collaborators whose work and commitment to their craft I have long admired,” Ryan Coogler said in a statement announcing the launch.
Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler and Ohanian will oversee all of Proximity’s operations. Göransson will serve as Proximity’s principal music executive, with Davis overseeing marketing, soundtrack and podcast production, and Nicks spearheading the non-fiction division of the company and directing select projects.
“It is such an honor to be working alongside my partners and friends to launch Proximity. We’re looking forward to telling meaningful stories that we...
“It has been a great joy to form Proximity with some of my closest loved ones and collaborators whose work and commitment to their craft I have long admired,” Ryan Coogler said in a statement announcing the launch.
Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler and Ohanian will oversee all of Proximity’s operations. Göransson will serve as Proximity’s principal music executive, with Davis overseeing marketing, soundtrack and podcast production, and Nicks spearheading the non-fiction division of the company and directing select projects.
“It is such an honor to be working alongside my partners and friends to launch Proximity. We’re looking forward to telling meaningful stories that we...
- 4/15/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Proximity Media founders Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian (Searching) have bolstered their production banner with the addition of Oscar and Grammy-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, RCA Records senior veep of marketing Archie Davis and Emmy winning filmmaker Peter Nicks.
They form an intriguing brain trust for a production company that while relatively new is fast establishing, with a Best Picture nominee in the Oscar race. That is for the company’s first production, Judas and the Black Messiah. Ryan Coogler, who has been shooting the Black Panther sequel, is a producer on Judas and Zinzi Coogler exec producer. Coogler & Coogler have made a five year exclusive Disney Television deal for Proximity media that includes bringing to Disney+ a spinoff series set in the Wakanda world that Coogler brought to life with the Best Picture-nominated global blockbuster Black Panther. The Shaka King-directed Judas And The Black Messiah is nominated for six Oscars,...
They form an intriguing brain trust for a production company that while relatively new is fast establishing, with a Best Picture nominee in the Oscar race. That is for the company’s first production, Judas and the Black Messiah. Ryan Coogler, who has been shooting the Black Panther sequel, is a producer on Judas and Zinzi Coogler exec producer. Coogler & Coogler have made a five year exclusive Disney Television deal for Proximity media that includes bringing to Disney+ a spinoff series set in the Wakanda world that Coogler brought to life with the Best Picture-nominated global blockbuster Black Panther. The Shaka King-directed Judas And The Black Messiah is nominated for six Oscars,...
- 4/15/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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