New media company Puck is launching a podcast hosted by Dylan Byers, the founding partner and senior correspondent at the company.
The Grill Room, named as an homage to the exclusive dining room in The Four Seasons New York where a generation of media executives did deals and traded gossip, is produced in partnership with Audacy Podcasts.
The series will cover what’s happening in the media industry, featuring the television personalities, media moguls, political pundits and industry executives making the day’s headlines. Guest lined so far include Brian Williams, David Zaslav, Jim VandeHei, Emma Tucker, Don Lemon, and many other top executives and talent.
Host Dylan Byers, a veteran media reporter covering the business of entertainment and news media, joined Puck as a founding partner in September of 2021.
Before Puck, Dylan worked at NBC News, CNN, and Politico as a media reporter. His private email newsletter, In the Room, reports on the inner workings of American media, reporting on the biggest stories and egos in the industry.
“In three years, In the Room has become an absolute must-read newsletter for power players in media, entertainment, and politics looking for the inside view on what’s really going on,” said Dylan Byers. “In The Grill Room, we want to bring you inside the conversations I’m having with those power players and offer listeners the real stories taking place behind the headlines.”
Jon Kelly, co-founder of Puck said: “Dylan isn’t simply required reading in the media business – he’s a combination of Must See-TV, the Voice of God, and the industry’s ultimate arbiter-referee-biographer.
“His audience has been waiting for this podcast for ages, and I’m thrilled that we are able to deliver it for them during an exciting inflection point in our business.”
Jenna Weiss-Berman, EVP, Audacy Podcasts added: “Dylan is the best at what he does by a long shot–he’s the smartest and best sourced journalist on the media beat, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to further expand our thriving Puck slate with The Grill Room.”
New episodes of The Grill Room will release every Tuesday and Friday starting on 29 October.
