Crooked Media, the progressive political podcast network run by former Obama administration staffers whose flagship show Pod Save America has been downloaded more than 100 million times since January, is branching out into text. On Wednesday, the L.A.-based company announced the launch of Crooked.com, a website whose editor-in-chief is Brian Beutler, formerly a senior editor at The New Republic, where he also hosted the podcast Primary Concerns.
Crooked.com aims to be a “staging ground for an honest and productive debate about what American liberalism is and how the Democratic Party should represent it,” Beutler wrote in an editor’s note. Politics aside, Crooked Media views its “pivot to text” as a way to better use the content trapped in its podcasts. On tap: A newsletter, more editorial hires, and even investigative reporting. (Crooked Media also announced on Wednesday a new, longer interview podcast, Crooked Conversations, and a new contributors network.)
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