Vox Media

Congratulations to Vox Creative! The award-winning brand studio at Vox Media is celebrating multiple Muse award wins across film and podcasts. The Muse Creative Awards celebrate excellence and innovation in creative design, advertising, and digital media and honor the extraordinary craft that shapes compelling narratives and leaves a lasting impact on audiences. Sensory Overload, a feature-length documentary with Sensodyne (Haleon), explores the needs of the neurodivergent and sensory-sensitive communities and aims to raise awareness of the need for more sensory-inclusive spaces. Now streaming on Hulu, the film was recognized as a platinum winner in multiple categories including Video: Public Service and Activism; Video: Cause/Awareness, and Video: Film & Movie. It was named a gold winner for Video: Entertainment, Branded Content: Public Service & Activism, Video: Documentary, Branded Content: Diversity/Equity/Inclusion, Branded Content: Cause/Awareness, and Video Consumer Product/Service. Lastly, it also earned a Silver for Branded Content: Entertainment. Two of Vox Creative’s podcasts were also recognized. Crucible Moments, produced with Sequoia Capital, features interviews with founders from today’s biggest companies, was named a platinum winner in Audio: Podcast, and Into the Mix, with Ben & Jerry's about joy and justice, was named a gold winner in the same category. https://lnkd.in/gUNzeNg

ADWEEK spoke to Vox Creative's Kiana Moore and Haleon's Sue Vlcko about "Sensory Overload," a new documentary from Vox Creative and Sensodyne, now streaming on Hulu, that explores the needs of the neurodivergent and sensory sensitive communities and how to better serve them. When asked about the partnership, Vlcko said “Vox Creative?s ability to profile individuals and tell real, compelling stories made them the perfect partner." Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gEseRAqX

Eater’s newest guidebook will bring its travel expertise to Paris. Together with longtime Eater contributor Lindsey Tramuta and publisher Abrams, Eater put together a seminal guide for everything you need to know about where to eat, drink, and shop in Paris. The book is available for preorder now, wherever you buy books. More info (and a discount code) here: https://lnkd.in/esxXYvNF

On the final day of the Vox Media Podcast Stage at SXSW we hosted Served with Andy Roddick featuring special guest Brené Brown; Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel; Prof G Markets with Scott Galloway and Ed Elson; and Not Just Football with Cam Heyward, Hayden Walsh, and Adam Ray. Our Pam Wasserstein kicked off the day's programming and Intuit's Meg Beaudet introduced Prof G Markets. Thank you to the thousands of guests who joined us in Austin, and to our sponsors Smartsheet, Bulleit Frontier Whiskey, Intuit SMB MediaLabs, and L'Oréal.

If you're at SXSW today, join Ray Chao, Ben Davis, and Paige Port at the Austin Convention Center for a conversation about the multi-platform present and future of podcasting. Details here: https://lnkd.in/e78DRH9a

CEO Jim Bankoff kicked off day two of the Vox Media Podcast Stage at South by Southwest, followed by live tapings of Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway's Pivot; Channels, hosted by Peter Kafka with special guest Dan Clancy, Twitch CEO; On with Kara Swisher featuring Chelsea Handler; and A Touch More with Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe, featuring special guests Gabby Thomas and Nikki Hiltz.

Today at South by Southwest we kicked off the second annual Vox Media Podcast Stage presented by Smartsheet with a full day of live podcast tapings. Waveform’s?Marques Brownlee, Andrew Manganelli and David Imel discussed hot topics in tech, from the return of Digg to why tech for babies is so terrible; Today, Explained's Sean Rameswaram interviewed Minnesota Governor Tim Walz; Kara Swisher sat down with Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren; and Your Rich BFF Vivian Tu talked money with actor Nico Santos. Our Ray Chao and Smartsheet's John Newall opened the day.

Vox Media Studios announced that they have signed with CAA for scripted television and film and that Dana Olkkonen has been named Head of the studio. She will work closely with scripted executive, Scoop Wasserstein, to develop projects around Vox Media's conversation-starting IP. https://lnkd.in/gHKwAYqH

Vox Media is returning to SXSW with its biggest presence yet, featuring podcast tapings, panel discussions, special events, and a documentary premiere. Starting Saturday, March 8th, the company will host the second annual?Vox Media Podcast Stage?presented by Smartsheet with live tapings of fan-favorite shows hosted by leading voices including journalist?Kara Swisher?and professor?Scott Galloway, world champion athletes?Sue Bird?and?Megan Rapinoe, tech creator?Marques Brownlee,?and many more. Vox Media’s executives, editorial leaders, and star talent will be participating in panels throughout the festival, and the company will celebrate the world premiere of?Deepfaking Sam Altman, a documentary from Vox Media Studios and?New York?Magazine. Check out the entire schedule and be sure to stop by the Vox Media Podcast Stage. https://lnkd.in/gsGhFjyk