Sony Music Acquires Podcast Company Neon Hum Media
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Sony Music’s Global Podcast Division has acquired podcast production company Neon Hum. Neon Hum is behind series including Dinner’s On Me, led by Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson and true-crime franchise Smoke Screen.
The move comes five years after Sony Music announced a strategic investment in Neon Hum, which was founded by Jonathan Hirsch.
As part of the move, Hirsch becomes VP, Global Podcasts and Head of U.S. Creative at Sony Music’s Global Podcast Division, reporting to Steve Ackerman, EVP and Head of Global Podcasts at Sony Music.
The deal will allow Sony Music to broaden its work for hire services; the company is responsible for series such as Max’s And Just Like That… The Writers Room and Discovery+’s The Rise and Fall of LuLaRoe.
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