EXCLUSIVE: Sister has upped its stake in podcast studio Campside Media to a majority shareholding.
The Chernobyl producer’s 2023 firm accounts, seen by Deadline, revealed that Jane Featherstone and Liz Murdoch’s transatlantic studio “now has a controlling stake” in Campside and “will proceed to assist the enterprise in its growth of audio content material and the exploitation of these rights.” Sister beforehand had a minority shareholding.
Sister took its minority stake in Campside a number of years again, quickly after it launched, at which level it landed certainly one of its most high-profile initiatives, a pod about the Hollywood con queen. Apple TV+ lately launched a docuseries on the identical subject.
Campside has since grow to be effectively regarded for a sequence of pods exploring a variety of points, together with the well-regarded Chameleon franchise. Most lately, it struck a first-look with Wondery for a multi-project slate and launched its debut unique pod, White Devil, the story of the taking pictures of Henry Jemmott, which made headlines in 2021. Different initiatives embody The Michigan Plot, Cowl Up: The Anthrax Risk and Sports activities Explains the World.
The transfer is impartial studio Sister’s newest amid the rising roster of indies in its secure. Final yr, it took stakes in Steph Curry’s Unanimous Media and Richard Bacon’s Sure Sure Media.
In 2023, the corporate doubled turnover to $264M upon the launch of quite a lot of big-budget initiatives, however revenue remained stubbornly within the crimson and adjusted debt stability rose to $80.5M.
