Influencers Take to the Mic: Let's Not Call Podcasts a New Medium for Film Journalism

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Back on the 27th, Variety published an article about a new type of people seen at press junkets: podcasters. Now, normally press-averse actors (Leonardo DiCaprio is used as an example) are game to jump onto a podcast because there's a feeling of intimacy. The focus of the article is less on the idea how why celebrities are jumping on the podcast market and more the struggle of getting celebs who hate giving interviews out of their homes and out promoting a movie in a shaky cinematic landscape.