Steven Wettenstein
Entertainment Talent and Development Specialist
- Role
- Director of Development and Talent at Podcastone
- Location
- Stamford, CT, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Steven Wettenstein
Creative self-starter with experience in development and production from both network…
Experience
Director of Development and Talent
Jul 2021 — Present · Stamford, CT, US
Oversees podcast development and acquisition, from solicitation of initial pitch through contract negotiation and onboarding. Utilizes relationships to seek new hosts, podcasts, formats and creative business opportunities to promote growth and listener conversion to PodcastOne. • Developed and/or acquired twenty-plus shows, resulting in multimillion dollar revenue to company.• Engaged with top-tier talent, from all categories, including sports, politics, film/tv, health and society and culture.• Led deal term and contract negotiations with both agents and lawyers.• Implemented creative strategy for acquired shows resulting in 10X growth.• Built external relationships with key players in the audio space including talent, representatives, bookers and producers.• Created organizational systems to seek out and streamline new content development and acquisition.• Pointed emerging business opportunities for existing podcasts to increase revenue including PPV and live shows.• Placed 50-plus hosts on over 100 shows, resulting in multi-million impressions.• Created and executed launch strategies for over twenty-five new podcasts.
Skills
- Television
- Artist Management
- Screenwriting
- A&R
- Film
- Feature Films
- Media Production
- Entertainment
- Comedy
- Artist Development
- Artist Relations
- Film Production
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