Travis and Jason Kelce reaches new heights in his podcast career as the football stars sign a $100 million+ deal with Amazon’s Wondery.
The Super Bowl-winning brothers’ three-year deal, which takes effect Wednesday, provides podcast network exclusive rights to ad sales and global distribution for their “New Heights” podcast, a source familiar with the deal said Amount.
“We couldn’t be more excited to partner with Wondery for the next phase of ‘New Heights,'” Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis, 34, and recently retired Philadelphia Eagles center Jason, 36, said in a statement to the outlet. .
“We love this show and the fan base that has grown with us over the past two seasons. Wondery understands the shared vision and will bring a wealth of experience and resources to take us to ‘New Heights’! We will create some groundbreaking moment together through this partnership. We’re excited to begin Season 3 — see you soon, 92%ers!”
The show – which ended its second season last month – was this time launched in 2022 but attracted a new demographic when Travis started dating Taylor Swift last year and people tuned in to hear his point of view their headline-making love story.
“‘New Heights’ on the surface is a sports podcast, and sports is such a well-listened-to category,” Wondery CEO Jen Sargent told Variety, noting that the network has followed “New Heights” since its inception. “But it’s become a cultural phenomenon — they’re in the cultural zeitgeist.”
The deal applies to all audio and video episodes of the podcast, including its entire back catalog. It also means that Wondery can exclusively monetize and distribute these episodes, which will remain on YouTube and all podcast services, including Wondery channels. The agreement also applies to “New Heights” goods.
In the months since Travis and the Grammy winneralso 34, went public, he has made many new opportunities off the field. They include a cameo at one of the Swifts London Eras Tour showsa role in Ryan Murphy’s “Grotesquerie”, a gig host of “Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?” and, as Adam Sandler confirmed last week, “a nice something” in the “Happy Gilmore” sequel.