PodcastOne (Nasdaq: PODC) Expands Network with Multi-Year Exclusive Rights to Dumb Gay Podcast

PodcastOne (NASDAQ: PODC), a leading podcast platform and a subsidiary of LiveOne (NASDAQ: LVO), announced today that it has acquired the exclusive sales and distribution rights to top society and culture podcast, Dumb Gay Podcast hosted by Bravo stars and comedians Julie Goldman and Brandy Howard. Dumb Gay Podcast launches on PodcastOne on May 7, 2024.

If you know who NeNe Leakes is but not Nancy Pelosi, then this is the podcast for you! Join Bravo stars and comedians Julie Goldman (the gay) and Brandy Howard (the dumb) as they talk about politics & current events, like they are talking about reality TV. Dumb Gay Podcast is a weekly comedy podcast with lots of feelings, lots of facts, and zero f*cks. Hosts Goldman and Howard rose to popularity as cast members of Bravo’s hit show, The People’s Couch.

“Julie and Brandy are the comedic voices of a generation and we’re excited to have them join our roster of smart, outspoken and headline-making podcasters at PodcastOne. Dumb Gay Podcast is the perfect blend of reverence and irreverence delivering hot takes on the most topical subjects from breaking news to reality tv breakups. Our hands-on team is looking forward to growing this podcast with both listeners and advertisers,” said Kit Gray, President and Co-Founder of PodcastOne.

“We are so excited that our Dumb Gay Podcast will be joining the elite roster of shows at PodcastOne. An absolute juggernaut in the podcast space, PodcastOne has defined what a modern podcast company should look like, and we are honored to call them home. They have impeccable taste, and our show is no exception,” said Goldman and Howard. With over 450 episodes to date, Dumb Gay Podcast featured Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2020 CNN LGBTQ Town Hall, and was nominated for LGBTQ podcast of the year at the 2018 iHeart Podcast Awards. Past guests include Congressman Eric Swalwell, Rosie O’Donnell, Andrew Yang, Congressman Mondaire Jones, Sarah Silverman, Lt Col. Alexander Vindman, Lea Black, Rick Wilson, Congressman Mark Takano, Tom Arnold, Charles Booker, Heather McDonald, Paula Poundstone, Dorinda Medley, Scott Dworkin and many others.

PodcastOne’s full roster of top ranked podcasts includes programming across top genres such as news, comedy, true crime and society and culture, including shows such as The Adam Carolla Show, Camp Counselors, Bitch Bible, Bad Bad Thing, Varnamtown, The Prosecutors, Court Junkie, Baby Mamas No Drama, The Jordan Harbinger Show, Off the Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe, LadyGang, and The Schaub Show. PodcastOne shows are available through PodcastOne, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart, Amazon and wherever podcasts are heard.

About PodcastOne

PodcastOne (Nasdaq: PODC) is a Los Angeles based podcast network founded in 2012 by Kit Gray and Norm Pattiz providing creators and advertisers with a full 360-degree solution in sales, marketing, public relations, production, and distribution delivering over 2.1 billion downloads per year with a community of 250 of the top podcasters, including Adam Carolla, Kaitlyn Bristowe, Jordan Harbinger, LadyGang, A&E’s Cold Case Files and Varnamtown. PodcastOne has built a distribution network reaching over 1 billion listeners a month across all of its own properties, LiveOne (Nasdaq: LVO), Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Samsung and over 150 shows exclusively available in Tesla vehicles. PodcastOne is also the parent company of LaunchpadOne, an innovative self-serve platform developed to launch, host, distribute and monetize independent user-generated podcasts. For more information, visit PodcastOne.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter at @podcastone. For more investor information, please visit ir.podcastone.com/overview/default.aspx.

About LiveOne, Inc.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, LiveOne (Nasdaq: LVO) is an award-winning, creator-first, music, entertainment, and technology platform focused on delivering premium experiences and content worldwide through memberships and live and virtual events. LiveOne’s wholly-owned subsidiaries include Slacker Radio, PodcastOne (Nasdaq: PODC), PPVOne, CPS, LiveXLive, DayOne Music Publishing, Drumify and Splitmind. LiveOne is available on iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Spotify, Samsung, Amazon Fire, Android TV, and through STIRR’s OTT applications. For more information, visit liveone.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter at @liveone. For more investor information, please visit ir.liveone.com.