Spotify Removes Comedy Albums In Dispute With Spoken Giants Over Publishing royalties
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Maria Bamford Will Teach You How To Write an Hour Comedy Special On Audible
Maria Bamford has developed a 15-step program for you to write your own hour-long comedy special, and you can listen to it only on Audible. But as a bonus, just know that Bamford herself will write a new hour herself. That’s why she said she has put together this tutorial …
Jim Gaffigan Becomes First Stand-Up to reach Billion Streams
Congrats to Jim Gaffigan, who has become the first stand-up comedian to attract at least one billion streaming listens of his comedy tracks in the digital age! Gaffigan recently broke the billion-stream barrier on Pandora, the streaming audio app that’s now a subsidiary of SiriusXM. Pandora noted that no other …
siriusxm launches She’s so Funny channel for women in comedy
At the end of Women’s History Month (it happens each March), SiriusXM announced the launch of a new satellite radio channel celebrating women in comedy. She’s So Funny (channel 105) features superstars and up-and-comers alike around the clock. Coincidentally, Howard Stern announced this week that everyone’s getting free access to …
Gilbert Gottfried’s podcast will premiere new episodes first on SiriusXM
Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast! will start airing its newest episodes exclusively on SiriusXM a week before they hit your ears anywhere else. Gottfried’s got actress and director Marsha Mason talking with him and Frank Santopadre today. But future episodes will show up first on SiriusXM Comedy Greats Channel 94, starting tomorrow! …
The Onion launching daily podcast in 2020 via Sony Music
Wait. The Onion doesn’t already have a regular podcast? How is that possible? Oh, right, they’re owned by the same company that just killed Deadspin. Anyhow. In brighter news, The Onion is teaming up with Sony Music Entertainment to launch a daily satirical podcast, “The Topical,” which will launch in …
Announcing TLB Records
The Laugh Button has corralled 800 Pound Gorilla Records and Robert Kelly’s RiotCast Podcast Network into launching a new, joint record label called TLB Records. They’ll debut formally next week with the release of Mike Feeney’s “Rage Against The Routine.” Feeney’s stand-up album, recorded at New York Comedy Club, will …
Will Ferrell launching comedy podcast network, Big Money Players
Will Ferrell, who recently launched his own podcast under the guise of Anchorman’s Ron Burgundy, is now ready to assemble his own comedy podcast team. Ferrell announced a new deal with iHeartMedia to launch Big Money Players Network. “The iHeartPodcast Network has been such a pleasure to work with. I love …
For October 2019, SiriusXM Channel 105 becomes “The Johnny Carson Channel”
Starting Oct. 1, 2019, and lasting only for that month, SiriusXM is launching The Johnny Carson Channel on SiriusXM Channel 105, featuring the top, handpicked episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Back in Carson’s day, a spot on his show could make or break a stand-up comedian. And Carson …
Al Franken back on the air with SiriusXM weekly show
For his next act, former U.S. Sen. and former Saturday Night Live writer and performer Al Franken is back in front of a microphone. Franken will host a weekly radio show starting this Saturday on SiriusXM. The Al Franken Show will air at 10 a.m. Eastern every Saturday on SiriusXM Progress …