Crooked Media
Progressive political media company behind Pod Save America, founded in 2017 by three former Obama staffers.
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Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and 3 others
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- Crooked Media is an American progressive political media company based in Los Angeles.
- Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor, former Obama staffers who had hosted The Ringer's Keepin' It 1600, founded it in January 2017 and launched Pod Save America the following month.
- It now runs a network of podcasts, including Pod Save the World with Vietor and Ben Rhodes, plus a news site, live shows and video, funded by advertising.
Why it matters
- Pod Save America is one of the most listened-to political podcasts in the United States.
Key facts
- Founded
- January 2017, by Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor; Pod Save America launched the following month1
- Headquarters
- Los Angeles, California1
- Pod Save America
- Flagship podcast, three times a week; over 20 million monthly listeners by 20241
- Other shows
- Pod Save the World (Tommy Vietor and Ben Rhodes), Pod Save the People, Lovett or Leave It, Strict Scrutiny1
- Crooked.com
- Text journalism site launched in October 20171
- MS NOW
- Weekly compilation program Crooked on MS NOW from 28 February 20261
- Funding
- Advertising1
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