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Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway (Pivot Podcast) seek deal

The Pivot Podcast, hosted by Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway, is looking for a new home as its contract with Vox Media expires, and the deal could be worth eight figures, according to Bloomberg business reporter Ashley Carman.

Carman tweeted that CNN was “in the mix of possible suitors” for the tech-focused podcast. Swisher, a technology journalist, joined CNN in November 2023 as an on-air contributor. She was a regular panelist on “The Chris Wallace Show,” which airs Saturdays at 10 a.m. ET.

Her most recent episode with Elton John and Martha Stewart documentarian RJ Cutler delved into the internet’s obsession with accused assassin Luigi Mangione and President Joe Biden’s pardons before he left office.

Per Carman, Galloway, a professor of marketing at NYU’s Stern School of Business, said in his “Prof G. Pod” that Pivot will bring in $10 million in revenue this year. He’s bringing in $6 million from the Prof G podcast, and his latest work, “Raging Moderates,” “could make $2 million next year.”

“The revenue data makes it clear why Galloway and Swisher are confident of reaching eight figures,” Carman writes.

Swisher also hosts the podcast “On with Kara Swisher” and is an editor-in-chief at New York Magazine.

Vox Media has hosted The Pivot since its debut in 2018. Last week, the company experienced a new round of layoffs that resulted in its Thrillist brand effectively shutting down.

In addition to Thrillist and Eater, the company also owns New York, The Dodo, Grub Street, Intelligencer, Polygon, SB Nation, The Cut, The Strategist, Seeker, The Verge, Vox and Vulture magazines.

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