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'''Exactly Right Podcast Network''' is an American podcast network founded by Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff in 2018. It produces 16 podcasts including ''My Favorite Murder'', which Hardstark and Kilgariff have co-hosted since 2016.
==History== {{multiple image | caption_align = center | header_align = center | align = left | total_width = 336 | image1 = KAREN-KIL-PP.jpg | width1 = 380 | image2 = Georgia Hardstark at 2015 Taste Awards.jpg | width2 = 380 | footer = Founders of the network Karen Kilgariff (left) and Georgia Hardstark (right) }} The creation of the network was announced on August 15, 2018,<ref name="Quah">{{cite news |last1=Quah |first1=Nicholas |author-link=Nicholas Quah |date=August 15, 2018 |title=My Favorite Murder's Creators Are Launching a Podcast Network |work=Vulture |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/stitcher-strikes-10-million-deal-with-my-favorite-murder-hosts-11575630001}}</ref> and officially launched on November 28, 2018<ref name="RS">{{cite news |last1=McDonell-Parry |first1=Amelia |title='My Favorite Murder' Hosts Launch Podcast Network |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/my-favorite-murder-hosts-podcast-network-760885/ |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=November 28, 2018}}</ref> with five podcasts: ''My Favorite Murder'', ''Do You Need A Ride?'', ''This Podcast Will Kill You'', ''The Purrrcast'', and ''The Fall Line''.
The network signed a two-year deal with Stitcher in 2019, which ''The Wall Street Journal'' estimated to be worth $10 million. As part of the deal, Stitcher provided additional funding, advertising, and development tools to the network, and set the plan to create over a dozen more podcasts.<ref name="WSJ">{{cite news |last1=Steele |first1=Anne |title=Creators of 'My Favorite Murder' Podcast Land a Deal With Scripps's Stitcher Unit |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/stitcher-strikes-10-million-deal-with-my-favorite-murder-hosts-11575630001 |publisher=Wall Street Journal |date=December 6, 2019}}</ref>
In 2022, Exactly Right Media signed an ad sales and distribution agreement with Amazon and Wondery. Under the agreement, episodes of shows such as ''My Favorite Murder'' and ''This Podcast Will Kill You'' are available a week early in Amazon Music and Wondery+.<ref name="Hollywood Reporter">{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=J. Clara |title=Amazon, Wondery Acquire Exclusive Rights to 'My Favorite Murder' Podcast |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/amazon-wondery-my-favorite-murder-podcast-1235080023/ |publisher= Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
==Podcasts== === Current podcasts === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title !! Host(s)|| Genre |- |''My Favorite Murder''|| Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff||True Crime, Comedy |- |''This Podcast Will Kill You''||Erin Welsh and Erin Allmann Updyke||Infectious diseases |- |''The Purrcast''|| Steven Ray Morris || Cats |- |''Do You Need a Ride?''|| Chris Fairbanks and Karen Kilgariff|| Comedy |- |''I Said No Gifts!''|| Bridger Winegar || Comedy |- |''Lady to Lady''|| Babs Gray, Brandie Posey, and Tess Barker || Comedy |- |''Tenfold More Wicked''|| Kate Winkler Dawson || True Crime |- |''Dear Movies, I Love You''|| Millie De Chirico and Casey O'Brien|| Film |- |''That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast''|| Liza Treyger and Kara Klenk || Television |- |''Bananas''|| Kurt Braunohler and Scotty Landes || Comedy, News |- |''The True Beauty Brooklyn Podcast''|| Elizabeth Taylor and Alix Shapiro || Beauty |- |''Tenfold More Wicked Presents: Wicked Words''|| Kate Winkler Dawson || True Crime |- |''Parent Footprint with Dr. Dan''|| Dr. Dan Peters || Parenting |- |''Waiting for Impact''||Dave Holmes||Pop music history |- |''Adulting with Michelle Buteau and Jordan Carlos'' |Michelle Buteau and Jordan Carlos |Advice |- |''Buried Bones'' |Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes |True Crime |- |''Ghosted! by Roz Hernandez'' |Roz Hernandez |Comedy, paranormal |}
===Former podcasts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title !! Host(s)|| Genre |- |''The Fall Line''|| Laurah Norton and Brooke Hargrove || True Crime |- |''Jensen & Holes: The Murder Squad''|| Paul Holes and Billy Jensen || Unsolved Crime |- |''I Saw What You Did''|| Danielle Henderson and Millie De Chirico || Film |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://www.exactlyrightmedia.com/ Official website]
Category:Podcasting companies Category:American companies established in 2018 Category:Mass media companies established in 2018