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Mediaite is making “a major investment” in a new video operation and YouTube channel, launching new programs and inking deals with prominent media personalities.
A new video iteration of the daily Dan Abrams Show on SiriusXM, featuring commentary and interviews from Abrams, as well as unique content designed specifically with the YouTube audience in mind, will headline the new video offering, the company says.
The new Mediaite YouTube channel also features Spin Room, which will air twice each week and is hosted by Jesse Weber. Spin Room tackles the media and political topics of the week “in a fun, rollicking format similar to Sidebar — the hit show on Law&Crime that is also hosted by Weber.”
Colby Hall, Mediaite’s founding editor and a Peabody Award-winning television producer, will host and produce videos for the channel. Joe DePaolo, Mediaite’s co-managing editor, will serve as the executive producer of both Spin Room and the video version of The Dan Abrams Show.
The Mediaite channel will feature original shows, news and opinion, live commentary on major political events, and video podcasts like Mediaite editor-in-chief Aidan McLaughlin’s weekly interview show Press Club.
Mediaite says it is also recruiting journalists and media personalities to contribute to Mediaite’s page, as well as offering development deals for their own pages.
Abrams, who sold Law&Crime in a nine-figure deal in 2023, described this as the “biggest new initiative for Mediaite since its launch in 2009. YouTube is the future for politics and news content and Mediaite is positioned perfectly to be a leader in