Veteran media govt Geoff Isenman has been named CEO of Campside Media, the award-winning podcasting firm recognized for formidable, non-fiction storytelling like Suspect, Chameleon, and its most up-to-date world hit, White Satan, which has been lodged on the podcast charts for its whole run, reaching #6 on the Apple Podcast chart and approaching 3 million downloads.
“The standard and breadth of Campside’s work is inspiring. It’s a testomony to the dedication and keenness of the founders and crew they’ve constructed,” stated Isenman. “I’m thrilled to guide the corporate, with Sister’s partnership, throughout this transformative interval for the whole audio trade.”
Campside co-founder Adam Hoff, who has been serving within the CEO function, will now shift to full-time to supervise the corporate’s fast-growing movie and tv slate as Head of Movie and TV for the corporate.
Mentioned Hoff: “Geoff’s deep expertise goes to be an incredible asset to Campside and we’re past thrilled to welcome him to the crew. It’s been a pleasure serving as CEO and now I’m trying ahead to specializing in the artistic aspect of the enterprise.”
Isenman brings with him an intensive resume in deal-making within the media and know-how house, with a concentrate on audio-forward corporations. He joins Campside from AccelPro, the place he was founder and Normal Supervisor of Kaplan Inc.’s audio-first profession improvement platform. Isenman not too long ago produced the Webby-nominated podcast Large Sugar, launched in partnership with Think about Leisure and iHeartMedia.
From 2017-2021, Isenman was Chief Enterprise Officer of Cafe Studios, a podcast firm co-founded by Preet Baharara, former U.S. Legal professional for the Southern District of New York (acquired by Vox Media) and likewise Some Spider Studios, a portfolio of the main digital-first parenting manufacturers (acquired by BDG Media).
From 2008-2015, Isenman was an govt at The New York Instances. As Vice President, Company & Enterprise Growth he oversaw the corporate’s partnerships and M&A, together with its enterprise investing portfolio which targeted on early stage SaaS companies.
Isenman started his profession within the leisure trade, at Tribeca Productions. Moreover, he has independently suggested and invested in early stage corporations throughout know-how and media for greater than ten years.
Mentioned Campside Media co-founders Josh Dean, Vanessa Grigoriadis, Matt Shaer, and Hoff, “We’re very pleased to welcome Geoff to Campside and excited for him to speed up the expansion of our enterprise. With Geoff’s arrival and Adam’s shift to concentrate on the exploration of our deep effectively of IP, Campside is well-positioned for the long run.”
About Campfire
Specializing in deeply-reported narrative non-fiction podcasts, Campside Media’s award-winning reveals have been downloaded greater than 100 million occasions, and featured on “better of” lists compiled by editors at The New Yorker, The New York Instances, Rolling Stone, Vulture, Esquire, and New York Journal.
Campfire, which was co-founded in 2020 by the veteran journal journalists Josh Dean, Vanessa Grigoridias, and Matt Shaer, and the screenwriter/producer Adam Hoff, is the creator of the Chameleon and Suspect franchises, the types of which received the Podcast Academy Award for “Podcast of the Yr” in 2022 for its third season “Wild Boys.”
With over 40 restricted collection podcasts produced to this point, Campside has labored with over a dozen totally different companions in audio and at present has 25 tasks in varied phases of improvement for tv and movie. Additional, Campside has 15 documentary tasks within the works, together with current gross sales to Hulu and Netflix. Campside was named one in every of Quick Firm’s 10 most modern media corporations in 2022.
