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Will Packer Media Inks Podcast Slate Deal With iHeartMedia
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorVeteran producer Will Packer is cranking up the volume on his company’s push into podcasting.Will Packer Media signed a deal with iHeartMedia to produce a slate of original scripted and unscripted podcasts for the iHeartPodcast Network. The first project under the partnership is an urban scripted drama series set in present-day Oakland, Calif., slated to launch in the second quarter of 2021; more details are to be released in the coming weeks.The pact comes after iHeartMedia’s October 2020 debut of true-crime podcast “Fight Night,” co-produced by Packer and James Lopez, president of Will Packer Productions.
