NEW YORK, Aug. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM
announced today that Jess Cagle, award-winning entertainment
journalist and former editor of People and Entertainment Weekly,
will host The Jess Cagle Show, exclusively on SiriusXM
starting this fall.
The daily program, airing live from SiriusXM's Los Angeles studios, will feature pop culture
news and interviews from Cagle and his co-host, SiriusXM's
Julia Cunningham. Segments will
include "The Jess Cagle Interview," featuring long-form
conversations with the biggest stars in Hollywood.
In addition to hosting his daily show, Jess Cagle, SiriusXM's
Chief Entertainment Anchor, will host special SiriusXM Town Hall
events and will appear across channels. Jess Cagle will also
host and produce exclusive podcasts that will be made available on
Pandora, and appear in video content exclusively for
SiriusXM.
"As a magazine editor, I've done a lot of work with SiriusXM,"
said Jess Cagle, "and the producers and executives there have been
magnificent partners—smart, strategic and innovative. Over the
years SiriusXM has become a kind of second home to me, and I've
always wanted to do a news and talk show with a lot of humor, smart
commentary, and in-depth interviews. I'm so grateful for the
opportunity to make that a reality, and excited to work with
SiriusXM on their growing podcast and video content. I'm also a
longtime fan of Julia Cunningham,
and am really looking forward to working with her every day."
"We are thrilled to announce a new live daily show hosted by
Jess Cagle. It's hard to think of anyone who knows Hollywood better or could bring more insight
and expertise to the conversation about pop culture. 'The Jess
Cagle Show,' cohosted by Julia
Cunningham, will be a destination for the biggest stars in
movies and television and a must-listen for entertainment
fans," said Megan Liberman,
Senior Vice President of News, Talk, and Entertainment at
SiriusXM.
The Jess Cagle Show will air live from the SiriusXM Los
Angeles studios daily from 3:00 pm PT to
5:00 pm PT on SiriusXM Stars (ch. 109) on SiriusXM radios,
the SiriusXM app and web player.
Jess Cagle previously hosted The Jess Cagle
Interview on SiriusXM's Entertainment Weekly Radio and
spoke to Hollywood stars including
Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Ryan
Reynolds, Blake Lively,
Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Idris Elba, Hugh
Jackman, Mellissa McCarthy,
Will Smith and many more.
Jess Cagle began his career as a reporter at People, worked on
the launch of Entertainment Weekly, and covered Hollywood for Time magazine. As Editor in
Chief of People magazine (2014-2019), Cagle grew its audience to
100 million across print, digital and video, and led People's
successful expansion into television. As Editor in Chief of EW
(2009-2014), Cagle integrated print and digital editorial
operations and transformed EW into a multiplatform breaking-news
brand and spearheaded the partnership with SiriusXM to launch
Entertainment Weekly Radio. Cagle recently joined the USC Annenberg Center of Communication Leadership
& Policy as a Senior Fellow.
SiriusXM subscribers are able to listen to SiriusXM Stars (ch.
109) on SiriusXM radios, and those with streaming access can listen
online, on-the-go with the SiriusXM mobile app and at home on a
wide variety of connected devices including smart TVs, Amazon Alexa
devices, Apple TV, PlayStation, Roku, Sonos speakers and more. Go
to www.SiriusXM.com/streaming to learn more.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the world's largest
audio entertainment company, and the premier programmer and
platform for subscription- and advertising-supported audio
products. With the recent addition of Pandora, the largest
streaming music provider in the U.S., SiriusXM reaches more than
100 million people with its audio products. For more about the new
SiriusXM, please go to: SiriusXM.com.
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