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Digiday+ Deep Dive podcast: The fire sale of AwesomenessTV

The Digiday+ Deep Dive is a new podcast available exclusively to Digiday+ members. Digiday editors discuss the week’s biggest stories, and offer a glimpse into what’s being talked about in the newsroom. 

This week, Digiday senior reporter Sahil Patel joins Digiday+ managing director Jack Marshall to discuss the big news of the small-size sale of Awesomeness TV. They talk about how Comcast’s accidental venture with the brand, the plausibility of a future with Viacom and the management conflicts may have been the bane of Awesomeness TV.

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