Sony Music’s global podcast division acquires Neon Hum Media

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Podcast production company Neon Hum has been acquired by Sony Music’s global podcast division.

The move will streamline the company’s U.S. creative division and broaden its work for hire services under Neon Hum Founder/CEO Jonathan Hirsch.

Witnessed new season explores string of serial bombings in Austin TX

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A new season of Witnessed explores the 2018 investigation of deadly serial bombings in Austin, Texas leading up to the South by Southwest Festival.

Hosted by journalist Sean Flynn, Witnessed: 19 Days goes inside the journey of a ticking countdown as the FBI, police and bomb squad hunt for a mysterious bomber with one week leading up to the start of the 2018 SXSW Festival, when hundreds of thousands of tourists would begin to descend into their city.

New season of Cover Up explores FBI investigation into bioterrorism attack

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Sony Music and Campside Media have launched The Anthrax Threat, a new season of Cover Up.

The podcast explores the FBI investigation of the first lethal act of bioterrorism in October 2001 when letters laced with the deadly powder anthrax began appearing in U.S. mail.

Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the FBI reassigned thousands of agents to the counterterrorism unit to prevent another domestic tragedy.