Sony Music’s World Podcast Division companions with broadcasters Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo

Sony Music Leisure (SME) has been making a variety of noise within the podcast house over the previous few years.

In September 2020, the corporate confirmed it will be launching practically 40 new podcast reveals throughout 2020, having beforehand struck offers with podcast producers together with Neon Hum, Adam McKay’s Hyperobject Industries, and Renay Richardson’s Broccoli Content material. 

Sony Music was additionally reportedly within the working to amass US-based podcast maker Wondery, which was ultimately offered to Amazon in a $300 million-plus deal late final 12 months.

Now, movie critic Mark Kermode and host Simon Mayo has partnered with Sony Music Leisure (SME) and its World Podcast Division.

The veteran broadcasters will current Kermode and Mayo’s Take, a twice weekly podcast sequence specializing in theatrical, streaming and bodily movie releases, in addition to world tv within the UK and US starting Thursday Might 5.

Sony says that Kermode and Mayo’s Take will “characteristic the best opinions and previews, huge visitor interviews and a cornucopia of viewers correspondence in each episode”.

Kermode will even current his views on serialized fiction.

The information comes shortly after Sandbox Leisure President/CEO Jason Owen and SME’s Premium Content material Division inked a growth settlement.

The settlement will see Sandbox and SM produce a slate of authentic long-form tasks throughout a number of platforms and distributors.

Final 12 months additionally noticed Sony Music purchase the UK’s largest impartial podcast maker, Somethin’ Else.

“Simon Mayo is kind of merely top-of-the-line broadcasters within the phrase.”

Mark Kermode

Mark Kermode, stated: “Simon Mayo is kind of merely top-of-the-line broadcasters within the phrase and I’m thrilled to be teaming up with him once more for this new Sony podcast, which is able to enable us to bicker about films and television (and skiffle, clearly) to our hearts’ content material.”

“We stated it wasn’t the top.”

Simon Mayo

Simon Mayo says: “We stated it wasn’t the top.

“The sequel is right here… this time with sequins’

“Kermode and Mayo have made an unimaginable impression in UK audio for many years.”

Jez Nelson, Sony Music Leisure

Jez Nelson, Govt Vice President and Co‑Head of World Podcasts at Sony Music Leisure, stated: “Kermode and Mayo have made an unimaginable impression in UK audio for many years.

“They’re radio icons but additionally pioneers of podcasting.

“We’re thrilled to welcome them to Sony Music and to now work with them to take their wonderful partnership and peerless tackle films to the following stage globally.”Music Enterprise Worldwide