Podcaster Joe Budden is partnering with Wolf Entertainment and Advance Local to debut a weekly true-crime video series on August 11.
Key facts
- •The podcast "Crime in America" is set to premiere on Tuesday, August 11.
- •The series is the first project from Prime Crime Productions, founded by Joe Budden and Ian Schwartzman.
- •Wolf Entertainment is known for producing the "Law & Order" and "One Chicago" franchises.
- •Episodes will feature Budden collaborating with journalists from Advance Local to cover breaking cases.
- •Budden previously built "The Joe Budden Podcast" as the flagship of the Joe Budden Network.
Podcaster and cultural commentator Joe Budden is entering the true-crime genre with a new weekly video podcast titled "Crime in America." The series is a partnership between Budden, Wolf Entertainment, and news publisher Advance Local’s Headline Studio. It is scheduled to premiere on August 11 across major podcast platforms.
Production and Format
The podcast is the inaugural series from Prime Crime Productions, a venture established by Budden and his business partner Ian Schwartzman. The show is designed to highlight developing or breaking national cases, allowing the team to follow stories week-to-week. Budden will be joined by journalists from the Advance Local network to analyze the details and evolution of each case.
Partnership Objectives
The collaboration aims to combine Budden’s audience reach with Wolf Entertainment’s history in crime storytelling and the local reporting network of Advance Local. According to the companies, the series intends to provide a national platform for local journalists who are often the first to report on crime stories. Budden noted that he and Schwartzman chose to finance and build the series independently rather than selling it to a traditional buyer.
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This article was independently rewritten by ManyPress editorial AI from reporting originally published by Variety.
