Alex Cooper, Kelce Brothers Are Shopping Their Hit Podcasts

While mega-deals come roaring back, rank-and-file podcasters are seeking basic labor protections

Travis Kelce and his brother Jason Kelce are shopping for a new podcasting deal

Photographer: Jamie Squire/Getty Images

Welcome back to Soundbite. Today we’re looking at the podcast industry’s bifurcated reality — that of the megastars who command massive audiences and paychecks and that of the in-house producers who power most of the industry.

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