SummitMedia is the Latest Investor in CurtCo Media’s
Mid-Seven Figure, Series A Financing Round
LOS ANGELES – March 1, 2021 – CurtCo Media and SummitMedia announced today that they have entered into a strategic partnership that is expected to accelerate growth for both companies in the fast-growing, global podcasting business. Nearly one-third of the U.S. population, 100 million people, listen to podcasts at least once per month.
Los Angeles-based CurtCo Media has spent three decades building successful media businesses across all landscapes and currently produces cutting-edge quality scripted and unscripted podcast programming including the popular Hollywood Unscripted hosted by Jenny Curtis. SummitMedia owns and operates fifty radio stations in nine states. This is SummitMedia’s first formal alliance designed to advance the company’s foray into this hot new medium.
“SummitMedia’s partnership with CurtCo Media provides us with an exciting opportunity to develop and explore the rapid-growing podcast medium,” said Carl Parmer, SummitMedia’s chairman and chief executive officer. “We’ve known and watched CurtCo create engaging and innovative content for years, and value the integrity and quality they bring to the media industry,” Parmer added.
“Having a strategic alliance and investment from SummitMedia makes this partnership the most powerful moment to date in our business development,” said Bill Curtis, CurtCo Media’s chief executive officer. “We’re so excited to work with Greg Kelly, Carl and their team to create new dynamic programming and combine Summit’s powerful radio platform with CurtCo Media in the fast-growing world of podcasting. We believe this strategic partnership will provide sustainable value for our business and expand our audience,” Curtis added.
About CurtCo Media
From its studios in Malibu, CurtCo Media podcast network celebrates this fast-growing inspirational style of media by providing millions of sophisticated podcast listeners with authoritative hosts, nationally recognized guests, and talented storytellers. Using the highest recording and editing standards, the company presents many series covering weighty topics such as politics (Meet Me in the Middle) and medicine (We’re Still Practicing), to luxury (Cars That Matter), entertainment (Hollywood Unscripted), daily inspiration (A Moment of Your Time), kids & family (A Moment For Kids) and lifestyle & wellness (Life Done Better with Supermodel Jill de Jong) with exciting new shows coming soon, including scripted
tech-sci-fi Solar. Learn more at CurtCo.com.
About SummitMedia, LLC
SummitMedia, LLC is an integrated broadcasting, digital media, direct marketing and events company. The company operates 50 radio stations in nine states. Learn more at summitmediacorp.com.
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