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The 2020 Fall Podcast Upfronts will be held September 9-11 and of course they will be virtual just like every other major event these days. This year there will be 10 first-time presenters, including The New York Times and ViacomCBS. In all there will be 21 presenters.
IAB Podcast Upfront will feature presentations across a number of categories including music, comedy, entertainment, news, sports, and lifestyle.
“The streaming format for IAB Podcast Upfront has garnered record-level industry participation,” said Zoe Soon, VP, Consumer Experience Center of Excellence. “This is not only due to the flexibility of the event, but also the increased demand and popularity of podcasting.”
Presenters include Rob Lowe and Oprah Winfrey (Stitcher), Will Ferrell (iHeartRadio), Dax Shepard and Brie Larsen (PMM), Andy Cohen and Al Franken (ART 19), Scott Van Pelt and Nate Silver (ESPN), Sean Rameswaram (Vox Media Podcast Network), George The Poet (Acast featuring BBC), Michael Barbaro, Sarah Koenig, Kara Swisher, and more (The New York Times), Charli & Dixie D’Amelio and Kevin Durant (Cadence13 and Pineapple Street Studios, both part of Entercom’s podcast network), Sanjay Gupta and Lala Kent (WarnerMedia Podcast Network), Malcolm Gladwell and Jacob Weisberg (Pushkin Industries), Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark (Stitcher), BJ Armstrong and Scott Galloway (Westwood One).
Check out the full schedule below: 