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Miami Herald
21-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Bert Kreischer shares text he meant to send to daughter to rehab their relationship
On Thursday, March 19, comedian Bert Kreischer joined fellow comedian Grace O'Malley on her podcast, 'DisGRACEful.' During their conversation, the pair discussed Kreischer's more personal role of being a girl dad. Kreischer and his wife, LeeAnn Kreischer, share two daughters: Ila Kreischer, 18, and Georgia Kreischer, 20. (Warning: The below link contains language some people may find offensive.) During their conversation, Kreischer told O'Malley that he and Georgia disconnected when she was about 15 years old, during the pandemic. 'As anyone knows that a little girl and their dad disconnected at a certain age, so Georgia and I disconnect at like 15 during the pandemic,' he explained, adding that right before Georgia went off to college, he knew he had to try to make an effort to mend their relationship. 'We're still having a hard time when she's getting ready to go to college, so we're getting ready to go to look at Boulder. […] And I'm like, 'Yo, I gotta reconnect with my daughter.'' As a result, Kreischer crafted a heartfelt and heartbreaking message that he intended to send to his daughter before their trip to Colorado. Kreischer read the text he sent to O'Malley. 'Georgia, Mom and I are getting ready to head to Colorado, and I want to tell you that I love you ... more than anything in the world,' he began. 'And whatever I've done to make you angry or mad at me, I would love to try to make it work, and work it out and get past it so we can start having a great relationship again.' 'Let's start this weekend in Colorado,' the dad of two continued. 'We're gonna have a great three day trip, laughing in the car, staying in nice hotels, having room service and seriously, no pressure, just fun.' 'I love you more than anyone will ever love you in this entire world. Dad,' the text ended. Here's the problem. Kreischer had two Georgia's in his phone. His daughter, and television host and host of the podcast 'My Favorite Murder,' Georgia Hardstark. 'Georgia, my daughter has saved her name in my phone as 'Georgia, my favorite daughter.' Georgia Hardstark, who is saved on my phone as 'Georgia, my favorite murder.'' 'I sent that (text) to Georgia Hardstark,' Kreischer admitted as he broke into laughter. Kreischer revealed that Hardstark ended up replying, offering him sage advice. 'She wrote back, 'Oh my god, I'm reading this crying, thinking it was from my dad, And how sweet this is,'' he revealed. 'I've got to tell you, you have the wrong number,' Hardstark told Kreischer before offering some advice from a daughter who had a rocky relationship with her own father. 'Once, I was a teenage girl who hated her dad, so all I'll say is just be patient.' Kreischer didn't share an update on his relationship with his daughter today but told O'Malley that he's 'so glad' he has daughters.
Vox
07-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Vox
Does America's biggest true crime podcast share true crime's biggest problems?
By 2017, the true crime podcasting space might have already seemed crowded — but perhaps what it was missing was full body chills. That was the year Ashley Flowers and her pal Brit Prawat launched their true crime podcast Crime Junkie into an arena that already included pioneers like Serial (2014), Generation Why (2012), and My Favorite Murder (2016). The casual way Flowers narrated crimes to her friend, who responded with dramatic gasps and her trademark exclamation ('Full. Body. Chills.'), resonated and their breezy takes on everything from local Indiana cold cases to high-profile murders (they think Scott Peterson's innocent) drew in legions of listeners — so many, in fact, that Flowers was able to quickly quit her day job and turn her attention to podcasting, full time. Over the years, that dedication has paid endless dividends. Crime Junkie rapidly shot to the top of the podcast charts and never left; last year it was Apple's second most-popular podcast — beating out Joe Rogan. Its success enabled Flowers to launch her own expanded podcast network, Audiochuck, publish a bestselling thriller novel, and rake in a staggering $45 million a year. Bloomberg recently reported Flowers's revenue, along with news of an investment of $40 million from the Chernin Group, a venture capital firm that's funded cultural cornerstones like Tumblr and entertainment projects like Reese Witherspoon's production company. That likely means the sky's the limit for Flowers and Audiochuck, which according to Bloomberg was valued at $250 million. But with great opportunity comes great scrutiny — and scrutiny hasn't always done Crime Junkie many favors. There's no question that Crime Junkie is a juggernaut. But because it's a juggernaut, it inevitably plays an outsized role in the broader conversation around true crime itself. So far, it sits uneasily within larger debates about responsible content creation, fan engagement, the rights of victims' families, and the ultimate question of whether true crime is journalism or entertainment. Before 2016, Ashley Flowers wasn't an investigator — her only interaction with the world of criminal justice was as a volunteer with her local Crime Stoppers branch, where she served on the board of directors. But that year, Flowers, then a 27-year-old startup worker, proposed a true crime radio segment to air on a local Indianapolis station in order to promote the Crime Stoppers organization. After about a year of doing the local segment, Flowers's lifelong bestie Prawat suggested she listen to Serial . Soon, Flowers had decided to expand her radio gig to a true crime podcast. 'It really started as a way to get the Crime Stoppers name out there, and it has grown into so much more and allowed for the platform to bring attention to a lot of really amazing nonprofits,' Flowers said in a 2019 radio interview. That's a slightly different narrative than the one she gave the New York Times in 2022. In that version, she said, 'I never saw this as a hobby.' A telltale sign that she meant business: Instead of signing with an established podcast network, as most true crime podcasters do, Flowers launched Crime Junkie under her own studio, named Audiochuck after her dog. (Every Audiochuck podcast ends with a callout to Chuck, followed by an approving doggie yowl, presumably from the pup himself.) If Flowers was always gunning for success and independence through Crime Junkie , she found it fast. Crime Junkie 's growth from the outset was phenomenal; its listeners had an incredible zeal for the show. For fans of talky 'comedy' true crime podcasts like My Favorite Murder , Crime Junkie offered a slightly more serious mode of delivery: Ashley got right down to narrating the story, with Brit chiming in to ask leading questions the way a listener might. Was it highly scripted and occasionally awkward? Sure. Did audiences care? Not a whit. 2022 seemed to be a breakout year. Flowers gained new mass media attention when the New York Times covered the launch of her show The Deck , which she hosts. (The show focuses on the cold cases so far gone that law enforcement puts them on the backs of playing card decks that they distribute to prisons, hoping to find answers among inmates). That year, per the Times, the Crime Junkie fan club had 'tens of thousands' of subscribers; that same year, Crime Junkie entered the No. 2 spot among top-ranked podcasts, behind Joe Rogan and ahead of The Daily , and has stayed there ever since, refusing to be dislodged. The show's massive popularity with women undoubtedly has a hand in its staying power; Edison Research has reported ever since 2022 that Crime Junkie reaches more women than any other podcast. While total listenership is hard to quantify, the stats are staggering: as of this year, Crime Junkie has racked up 500 million streams on Spotify alone, while the Audiochuck network boasts jaw-dropping stats of over 2.6 billion total downloads. Along the way, Flowers has launched multiple additional podcast series, most notably The Deck . She's also brought multiple series to the network, including three series from journalist Delia D'Ambra and Anatomy of Murder , co-hosted by former prosecutor and Investigation Discovery host Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi. In addition to Flowers writing her debut novel, All Good People Here — a second novel arrives in May — she and Prawat regularly tour the country, performing the show for sold-out audiences. The pair will soon play Radio City. On top of all this, Audiochuck recently announced that it would be moving into film and TV, which gives it the potential to expand an already massive platform even further. But whether that expansion is a net good for true crime itself depends on who you ask. The answer lies in whether Audiochuck is ultimately about serving journalism, entertainment, or an unholy mix of both. In 2019, journalist Adam Wren put together a longform profile of Flowers for Indianapolis Monthly dubbed 'The Problem with Crime Junkie .' In it, he wrote scathingly about a live show performance in which Flowers and Prawat heavily implied the guilt of the victim's father, even though he was provably innocent. The man who was indicted by a grand jury on 22 felony counts, including the murder of another child, is not the little girl's father. Any armchair detective could tell you that straight away. Indeed, charges of irresponsible and unethical handling of cases have dogged Crime Junkie ever since its inception. Case in point — the show's treatment of the Scott Peterson case, which was its second episode (a multi-parter) and among its most popular. 'It seems like the sole source for that Crime Junkie episode was them watching the A&E documentary series about the Peterson case, which was heavily biased and left out a lot of incriminating information pointing to his guilt,' Robin Warder, host of long-running podcast The Trail Went Cold , told me. 'And they probably did not do any additional research.' Warder also points to the show's conspiratorial take on the Kendrick Johnson case, a death he explains is generally understood to be a tragic accident. 'This can definitely be an issue when your show has a larger audience than anyone.' Still, Warder is quick to acknowledge that many of these concerns are much, much larger than Crime Junkie itself. The true crime podcasting community has long struggled with ethical considerations and questions about how to pay respect to victims and their families while balancing the need for scrutiny of the criminal justice system. Then there's the fact that, well, this is entertainment. Flowers and Prawat have never identified as journalists, though they have hired and worked with journalists in the past. That lack of journalism training became a major source of controversy for the show fairly early in its run. As Wren reported, Cathy Frye, a journalist formerly of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, inadvertently ran across a Crime Junkie episode in which she claimed Flowers had thoroughly plagiarized her reporting on a 2002 murder. In a since-deleted Facebook comment, Frye alleged that not only did Flowers replicate details, story structure, and fail to give attribution, the podcast cheapened her award-winning reporting, turning it into entertainment. After Frye's post, multiple podcasters, including Warder, went on to allege that Flowers was routinely stealing their content, without giving them credit nor directing any of her massive listenership toward their shows. This 2019 dust-up wound up not only catching the attention of mainstream media, but prompted a community-wide conversation about plagiarism, both in true crime and podcasting writ large. 'The plagiarism scandal was beneficial at helping change the industry and making people recognize the issue,' Warder acknowledged. In the end, Flowers made a habit that continues to this day of extensively listing her sources — though Warder claimed that she never actually apologized to him or other podcasters who accused her of theft. Another major criticism of Flowers involves her podcast, Red Ball , which was meant to be a deep dive into the notorious unsolved Burger Chef murders. Instead, as Wren profiled, a lead investigator on the case wound up being reprimanded for giving Flowers and Crime Junkie unauthorized access to the case files — a move that ultimately led to Red Ball being truncated. Other podcasters have since claimed that the debacle left the Indiana State Police unwilling to work with other media outlets, to the detriment of solving cases. (Audiochuck was unavailable for comment.) Last year, Charlene Shunick, whose sister Mickey was murdered in 2012, blasted Crime Junkie for releasing a paywalled episode about the crime. While Flowers did remove the episode, Shunick told me she wasn't happy with the response she received from the company. In an email exchange provided to Vox, Shunick reached out to thank the podcast for removing the episode and encourage Crime Junkie producers to undergo ethics training. She also wanted to know why her family's pleas for privacy in a closed case hadn't been respected. After a note assuring her that Audiochuck was 'taking [her] message to heart,' her next question — about what the company would do differently in the future — received no response. Shunick told me that other victims' family members had shared similar stories with her about their own interactions with the show. 'I don't think it's absurd to expect to be asked for permission to tell our life stories,' she said. 'In my opinion, it doesn't really seem like Crime Junkie cares about the family members of the people whose stories they profit off of.' Still, while these criticisms arise, other families have nothing but praise for Flowers and her dedication to advocacy and using her platform to promote actual crime-solving. Crime Junkie has also focused more heavily on unsolved cold cases and missing persons cases as it's grown more popular, sometimes despite complaints from fans. Flowers herself has donated money to criminal justice groups, DNA testing funds, and other investigative non-profits. She also founded her own cold-case fund, Season of Justice, which has proven to be remarkably effective at creating movement and even solving cases. The organization claims to have generated 20 'SOJ Solves' since its inception. Warder himself is quick to note what a difference Crime Junkie 's massive platform has made in solving cases — both because it's enabled Flowers's financial philanthropy and because it's gotten listeners involved. 'Years ago,' he said, 'I covered this murder case on The Trail Went Cold , and it wound up being solved and an innocent man was exonerated because the right listener just happened to be listening to a Crime Junkie episode about it and took action.' Warder speculated that Crime Junkie listeners may not explore the community outside of the realm of Audiochuck. While there are ample examples of Crime Junkie listeners asking for and receiving recs for other podcasts, it is true that Crime Junkie , and the Audiochuck network, can seem like its own isolated archipelago in the true crime ocean. Perhaps the bigger question is: Does that matter? If you're on an island of true crime, who cares if that island is your version of a five-star resort? If all of this is ultimately about entertainment, then by any standard, Crime Junkie is a roaring success. But if true crime strives to enlighten as well as entertain, then Crime Junkie may still have lots of room to grow. See More: Culture Influencers Internet Culture True crime
Vox
07-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Vox
How Crime Junkie built its true crime empire atop an ethical minefield
By 2017, the true crime podcasting space might have already seemed crowded — but perhaps what it was missing was full body chills. That was the year Ashley Flowers and her pal Brit Prawat launched their true crime podcast Crime Junkie into an arena that already included pioneers like Serial (2014), Generation Why (2012), and My Favorite Murder (2016). The casual way Flowers narrated crimes to her friend, who responded with dramatic gasps and her trademark exclamation ('Full. Body. Chills.'), resonated and their breezy takes on everything from local Indiana cold cases to high-profile murders (they think Scott Peterson's innocent) drew in legions of listeners — so many, in fact, that Flowers was able to quickly quit her day job and turn her attention to podcasting, full time. Over the years, that dedication has paid endless dividends. Crime Junkie rapidly shot to the top of the podcast charts and never left; last year it was Apple's second most-popular podcast — beating out Joe Rogan. Its success enabled Flowers to launch her own expanded podcast network, Audiochuck, publish a bestselling thriller novel, and rake in a staggering $45 million a year. Bloomberg recently reported Flowers's revenue, along with news of an investment of $40 million from the Chernin Group, a venture capital firm that's funded cultural cornerstones like Tumblr and entertainment projects like Reese Witherspoon's production company. That likely means the sky's the limit for Flowers and Audiochuck, which according to Bloomberg was valued at $250 million. But with great opportunity comes great scrutiny — and scrutiny hasn't always done Crime Junkie many favors. There's no question that Crime Junkie is a juggernaut. But because it's a juggernaut, it inevitably plays an outsized role in the broader conversation around true crime itself. So far, it sits uneasily within larger debates about responsible content creation, fan engagement, the rights of victims' families, and the ultimate question of whether true crime is journalism or entertainment. Before 2016, Ashley Flowers wasn't an investigator — her only interaction with the world of criminal justice was as a volunteer with her local Crime Stoppers branch, where she served on the board of directors. But that year, Flowers, then a 27-year-old startup worker, proposed a true crime radio segment to air on a local Indianapolis station in order to promote the Crime Stoppers organization. After about a year of doing the local segment, Flowers's lifelong bestie Prawat suggested she listen to Serial . Soon, Flowers had decided to expand her radio gig to a true crime podcast. 'It really started as a way to get the Crime Stoppers name out there, and it has grown into so much more and allowed for the platform to bring attention to a lot of really amazing nonprofits,' Flowers said in a 2019 radio interview. That's a slightly different narrative than the one she gave the New York Times in 2022. In that version, she said, 'I never saw this as a hobby.' A telltale sign that she meant business: Instead of signing with an established podcast network, as most true crime podcasters do, Flowers launched Crime Junkie under her own studio, named Audiochuck after her dog. (Every Audiochuck podcast ends with a callout to Chuck, followed by an approving doggie yowl, presumably from the pup himself.) If Flowers was always gunning for success and independence through Crime Junkie , she found it fast. Crime Junkie 's growth from the outset was phenomenal; its listeners had an incredible zeal for the show. For fans of talky 'comedy' true crime podcasts like My Favorite Murder , Crime Junkie offered a slightly more serious mode of delivery: Ashley got right down to narrating the story, with Brit chiming in to ask leading questions the way a listener might. Was it highly scripted and occasionally awkward? Sure. Did audiences care? Not a whit. 2022 seemed to be a breakout year. Flowers gained new mass media attention when the New York Times covered the launch of her show The Deck , which she hosts. (The show focuses on the cold cases so far gone that law enforcement puts them on the backs of playing card decks that they distribute to prisons, hoping to find answers among inmates). That year, per the Times, the Crime Junkie fan club had 'tens of thousands' of subscribers; that same year, Crime Junkie entered the No. 2 spot among top-ranked podcasts, behind Joe Rogan and ahead of The Daily , and has stayed there ever since, refusing to be dislodged. The show's massive popularity with women undoubtedly has a hand in its staying power; Edison Research has reported ever since 2022 that Crime Junkie reaches more women than any other podcast. While total listenership is hard to quantify, the stats are staggering: as of this year, Crime Junkie has racked up 500 million streams on Spotify alone, while the Audiochuck network boasts jaw-dropping stats of over 2.6 billion total downloads. Along the way, Flowers has launched multiple additional podcast series, most notably The Deck . She's also brought multiple series to the network, including three series from journalist Delia D'Ambra and Anatomy of Murder , co-hosted by former prosecutor and Investigation Discovery host Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi. In addition to Flowers writing her debut novel, All Good People Here — a second novel arrives in May — she and Prawat regularly tour the country, performing the show for sold-out audiences. The pair will soon play Radio City. On top of all this, Audiochuck recently announced that it would be moving into film and TV, which gives it the potential to expand an already massive platform even further. But whether that expansion is a net good for true crime itself depends on who you ask. The answer lies in whether Audiochuck is ultimately about serving journalism, entertainment, or an unholy mix of both. In 2019, journalist Adam Wren put together a longform profile of Flowers for Indianapolis Monthly dubbed 'The Problem with Crime Junkie .' In it, he wrote scathingly about a live show performance in which Flowers and Prawat heavily implied the guilt of the victim's father, even though he was provably innocent. The man who was indicted by a grand jury on 22 felony counts, including the murder of another child, is not the little girl's father. Any armchair detective could tell you that straight away. Indeed, charges of irresponsible and unethical handling of cases have dogged Crime Junkie ever since its inception. Case in point — the show's treatment of the Scott Peterson case, which was its second episode (a multi-parter) and among its most popular. 'It seems like the sole source for that Crime Junkie episode was them watching the A&E documentary series about the Peterson case, which was heavily biased and left out a lot of incriminating information pointing to his guilt,' Robin Warder, host of long-running podcast The Trail Went Cold , told me. 'And they probably did not do any additional research.' Warder also points to the show's conspiratorial take on the Kendrick Johnson case, a death he explains is generally understood to be a tragic accident. 'This can definitely be an issue when your show has a larger audience than anyone.' Still, Warder is quick to acknowledge that many of these concerns are much, much larger than Crime Junkie itself. The true crime podcasting community has long struggled with ethical considerations and questions about how to pay respect to victims and their families while balancing the need for scrutiny of the criminal justice system. Then there's the fact that, well, this is entertainment. Flowers and Prawat have never identified as journalists, though they have hired and worked with journalists in the past. That lack of journalism training became a major source of controversy for the show fairly early in its run. As Wren reported, Cathy Frye, a journalist formerly of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, inadvertently ran across a Crime Junkie episode in which she claimed Flowers had thoroughly plagiarized her reporting on a 2002 murder. In a since-deleted Facebook comment, Frye alleged that not only did Flowers replicate details, story structure, and fail to give attribution, the podcast cheapened her award-winning reporting, turning it into entertainment. After Frye's post, multiple podcasters, including Warder, went on to allege that Flowers was routinely stealing their content, without giving them credit nor directing any of her massive listenership toward their shows. This 2019 dust-up wound up not only catching the attention of mainstream media, but prompted a community-wide conversation about plagiarism, both in true crime and podcasting writ large. 'The plagiarism scandal was beneficial at helping change the industry and making people recognize the issue,' Warder acknowledged. In the end, Flowers made a habit that continues to this day of extensively listing her sources — though Warder claimed that she never actually apologized to him or other podcasters who accused her of theft. Another major criticism of Flowers involves her podcast, Red Ball , which was meant to be a deep dive into the notorious unsolved Burger Chef murders. Instead, as Wren profiled, a lead investigator on the case wound up being reprimanded for giving Flowers and Crime Junkie unauthorized access to the case files — a move that ultimately led to Red Ball being truncated. Other podcasters have since claimed that the debacle left the Indiana State Police unwilling to work with other media outlets, to the detriment of solving cases. (Audiochuck was unavailable for comment.) Last year, Charlene Shunick, whose sister Mickey was murdered in 2012, blasted Crime Junkie for releasing a paywalled episode about the crime. While Flowers did remove the episode, Shunick told me she wasn't happy with the response she received from the company. In an email exchange provided to Vox, Shunick reached out to thank the podcast for removing the episode and encourage Crime Junkie producers to undergo ethics training. She also wanted to know why her family's pleas for privacy in a closed case hadn't been respected. After a note assuring her that Audiochuck was 'taking [her] message to heart,' her next question — about what the company would do differently in the future — received no response. Shunick told me that other victims' family members had shared similar stories with her about their own interactions with the show. 'I don't think it's absurd to expect to be asked for permission to tell our life stories,' she said. 'In my opinion, it doesn't really seem like Crime Junkie cares about the family members of the people whose stories they profit off of.' Still, while these criticisms arise, other families have nothing but praise for Flowers and her dedication to advocacy and using her platform to promote actual crime-solving. Crime Junkie has also focused more heavily on unsolved cold cases and missing persons cases as it's grown more popular, sometimes despite complaints from fans. Flowers herself has donated money to criminal justice groups, DNA testing funds, and other investigative non-profits. She also founded her own cold-case fund, Season of Justice, which has proven to be remarkably effective at creating movement and even solving cases. The organization claims to have generated 20 'SOJ Solves' since its inception. Warder himself is quick to note what a difference Crime Junkie 's massive platform has made in solving cases — both because it's enabled Flowers's financial philanthropy and because it's gotten listeners involved. 'Years ago,' he said, 'I covered this murder case on The Trail Went Cold , and it wound up being solved and an innocent man was exonerated because the right listener just happened to be listening to a Crime Junkie episode about it and took action.' Warder speculated that Crime Junkie listeners may not explore the community outside of the realm of Audiochuck. While there are ample examples of Crime Junkie listeners asking for and receiving recs for other podcasts, it is true that Crime Junkie , and the Audiochuck network, can seem like its own isolated archipelago in the true crime ocean. Perhaps the bigger question is: Does that matter? If you're on an island of true crime, who cares if that island is your version of a five-star resort? If all of this is ultimately about entertainment, then by any standard, Crime Junkie is a roaring success. But if true crime strives to enlighten as well as entertain, then Crime Junkie may still have lots of room to grow. See More: Culture Influencers Internet Culture True crime
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
iHeartMedia and Exactly Right Media Partner to Bring "My Favorite Murder" and the Full ERM Lineup of Shows to iHeartPodcasts
The deal will expand iHeartMedia's podcast network with exclusive co-production, sales representation, marketing and distribution of 14 ERM shows as well as a roster of new podcasts NEW YORK, February 05, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--iHeartMedia, the No. 1 podcast publisher globally according to Podtrac, today announced a partnership agreement with Exactly Right Media (ERM), the audio production company co-founded by "My Favorite Murder" creators Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff. The agreement makes iHeartMedia the exclusive sales, marketing and distribution partner for Exactly Right Media's full slate of premium podcasts including the flagship show and fan favorite "My Favorite Murder," as well as "Buried Bones," "Ghosted! by Roz Hernandez," "This Podcast Will Kill You" and more. This partnership comes on the heels of the 9th anniversary of "My Favorite Murder," a milestone that marks nearly a decade of global success for the show. "My Favorite Murder" has approximately two billion lifetime downloads, and hosts Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff have sold out more than 100 live shows around the world. "My Favorite Murder" has gone on to win several industry recognitions including as an iHeartPodcast Awards recipient of the Audio Pioneer Icon Award, a Silver Spotify Creator Milestone Award and Webby People's Voice Winner in Podcasts: Best Co-Hosts – showing that Exactly Right Media has built an unwavering community of listeners. "We couldn't be more excited to partner with Exactly Right Media, especially as we celebrate the incredible success of 'My Favorite Murder' on its 9th anniversary," said Will Pearson, President of iHeartPodcasts. "Exactly Right's bold approach to storytelling and their passionate, engaged listener base make them an exceptional partner for us. We're proud to have their existing shows joining our family and can't wait to create new podcasts with them." In addition to sales, marketing and distribution of ERM's 14 current shows, the deal will include the creation and co-production of new shows, further expanding the breadth of content available to millions of podcast listeners worldwide. These new shows will leverage Exactly Right Media's world-class production capabilities powered by their new audio and video studio, which opened in May 2024. "We're thrilled to join forces with iHeartMedia to amplify our shows and reach even more listeners," said Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, co-founders of Exactly Right Media. "The 9th anniversary of 'My Favorite Murder' is the perfect time to join forces with iHeartMedia. We're looking forward to working together to create even more compelling, thought-provoking content." For a full list of shows visit About My Favorite MurderMy Favorite Murder is a true crime comedy podcast hosted by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. Each week, Karen and Georgia share compelling true crimes and hometown stories from friends and listeners. Since its inception in January 2016, the show has broken global download records and sparked an enthusiastic and dedicated community of listeners. Visit for more information. About Exactly Right MediaFounded in 2018, the Exactly Right podcast network provides a platform for bold, creative voices to bring to life provocative, entertaining and relatable stories for audiences everywhere. Created by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, hosts of the hit podcast My Favorite Murder, the Exactly Right roster of podcasts covers a variety of topics and voices, serving the highly engaged listenership of My Favorite Murder and beyond. Visit for more company information. About iHeartMedia, Inc. [Nasdaq: IHRT] is the leading audio media company in America, with 90% of Americans listening to iHeart broadcast radio in every month. iHeart's broadcast radio assets alone have a larger audience in the U.S. than any other media outlet; twice the size of the next largest broadcast radio company; and over four times the ad-enabled audience of the largest digital only audio service. iHeart is the largest podcast publisher according to Podtrac, with more downloads than the next two podcast publishers combined, has the most recognizable live events across all genres of music, has the number one social footprint among audio players, with seven times more followers than the next audio media brand, and is the only fully integrated audio ad tech solution across broadcast, streaming and podcasts. The company continues to leverage its strong audience connection and unparalleled consumer reach to build new platforms, products and services. Visit for more company information. View source version on Contacts Jenn Powers, JennPowers@ Exactly Right Media, press@ Sign in to access your portfolio
