Will Packer Media, the company run by Girls Trip and Night School producer Will Packer, is expanding its podcast business.The company has struck a deal with podcast publisher iHeartMedia to develop and produce a slate of original scripted and non-scripted audio series.The deal comes after Deadline revealed that it was making Fight Night, a series about an infamous robbery after Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 comeback fight, with iHeart.The first project in the deal is an urban drama scripted series centered in present-day Oakland, California that is set to launch in the second quarter of 2021.“We are excited to partner with iHeartMedia to provide innovative and entertaining content to the fast-growing podcast space,” said Alix Baudin,
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