Shannon Sharpe Inks New Deal, Will Bring Podcast ‘Club Shay Shay’ To The Volume

FORMER NFL PLAYER AND EX-HOST OF FS1’S UNDISPUTED SHANNON SHARPE INKED A NEW DEAL FOR HIS CLUB SHAY SHAY PODCAST AND WILL ALSO WORK WITH COLIN COWHERD’S COMPANY TO DEVELOP NEW CONTENT.

UNITED STATES — Former American football tight end and NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe has found a new home for his popular podcast, Club Shay Shay, in The Volume.

In addition to moving his podcast to The Volume, the digital network and podcasting hub founded by sports host Colin Cowherd, Sharpe’s company, Shay Shay Media, will jointly produce new programming with the network.

The announcement comes after Sharpe exited Undisputed, the Fox Sports debate show, in June, which had put his podcast back on the market.

“I’m excited to partner with my friend Colin Cowherd and the creative team at the Volume,” Sharpe said. “The Volume has built an amazing platform that is the right fit to help Shay Shay Media reach the next level. That includes developing new shows and bringing on new talent under the Shay Shay Media brand.”

Sharpe’s podcast, Club Shay Shay has close to 1.25 million YouTube subscribers and more than 15 million views per month. After hosting Undisputed with Skip Bayless for seven years, Sharpe announced his departure from the show on June 13.

After several weeks of meetings and offers from other competitive, The Volume eventually struck a multiyear deal with Sharpe, in which he will have a revenue sharing deal on his multimillion-dollar podcast (and others to come), according to a source.

Club Shay Shay features weekly interviews with Sharpe and a roster of athletes and celebrities.

In other Sharpe news, it has also been rumored that he is joining ESPN’s First Take, in which he would appear on the sports debate show on Mondays and Tuesdays during football season, according to the New York Post.

Founded in 2021, The Volume hosts more than 12 podcasts from well-known sports names, including Cowherd, Draymond Green, Richard Sherman and Daniel Cormier, and produces video content across social media channels. In 2022, the podcast network generated 330 million downloads.

“There are very few people in sports media that cut through like Shannon Sharpe,” Cowherd said. “We are excited to partner with him and his team Shay Shay Media and co-produce original content with them.”

Photos Credit: Shannon Sharpe’s Instagram 

Source: The Hollywood Reporter