Audiochuck, the podcast company founded by Ashley Flowers, host of the hit Crime Junkie show, is moving into television and film.
The company has launched the new division under the leadership of Matt Shanfield, who was EVP, Development at Sony Pictures Television-owned The Intellectual Property Corporation, which is behind series such as Netflix’s With Love, Meghan and Bravo’s Surviving Mormonism.
Shanfield becomes Head of Television and Film at Audiochuck. He has been tasked with acquiring and developing IP as well as adapting Audiochuck’s podcast franchises for global streamers.
It comes after a busy twelve months for Audiochuck, which signed a major deal with Tubi for exclusive distribution and advertising sales rights to podcasts such as Crime Junkie, The Deck, So Supernatural, Dark Downeast, and Park Predators. It also received $40M investment from The Chernin Group last year.
Shanfield spent the last eight years at IPC, where he worked on series including ABC’s Shark Tank, A&E’s Secrets of Playboy and Netflix’s upcoming competition series based on Clue.
“Audiochuck has built one of the strongest franchise engines in podcasting,” said Matt Starker, CEO of Audiochuck. “TV and film are the next step. We are adapting, developing and acquiring premium IP for global platforms, delivering it with the same discipline and storytelling standards that define our work.”
“Audiochuck has cultivated a level of audience loyalty that is unparalleled in the industry,” added Matt Shanfield. “The opportunity to build a sustainable, in-house screen content division from such a rich well of IP is a dream scenario. We aren’t just adapting podcasts; we are building a premium production ecosystem that honors authentic storytelling while dominating the global media landscape.”
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