{"id":2135262,"date":"2025-11-04T19:37:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T19:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2135262"},"modified":"2025-11-04T19:37:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T19:37:04","slug":"fox-entertainment-acquires-meet-cute-a-rom-com-podcast-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/fox-entertainment-acquires-meet-cute-a-rom-com-podcast-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox Entertainment Acquires Meet Cute, a Rom-Com Podcast Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/fox-entertainment\/\" id=\"auto-tag_fox-entertainment\" data-tag=\"fox-entertainment\">Fox Entertainment<\/a>, making another move to embrace creator-driven content, has acquired rom-com podcast company <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/meet-cute\/\" id=\"auto-tag_meet-cute\" data-tag=\"meet-cute\">Meet Cute<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTerms of the deal weren\u2019t disclosed. Founded in 2019, New York-based Meet Cute had raised $9.25 million in funding from investors including Union Square Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/digital\/news\/shari-redstone-advancit-capital-meet-cute-1203480794\/\">Shari Redstone\u2019s Advancit Capital<\/a> and LocalGlobe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMeet Cute founder and CEO <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/naomi-shah\/\" id=\"auto-tag_naomi-shah\" data-tag=\"naomi-shah\">Naomi Shah<\/a> (<em>pictured above<\/em>) has joined Fox Entertainment as senior VP, operations and strategy. In that role, she will focus on \u201cAI innovation, entertainment technology and IP expansion,\u201d according to the company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tUnder Fox Entertainment, Meet Cute will serve as \u201ca rapid-development content incubator, producing premium scripted and soon-to-launch unscripted series,\u201d the company said. Meet Cute\u2019s \u201cagile, cost-efficient production model\u201d is a valuable collaboration tool for Fox Entertainment Studios \u201cas it widens its storytelling reach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cInnovation in digital storytelling is shaping the future of entertainment, and with Meet Cute, we\u2019re building a space where creators can move fast, take risks, and shape what\u2019s next,\u201d said Hannah Pillemer, head of scripted at Fox Entertainment Studios, who is overseeing Meet Cute. \u201cIt\u2019s a creative lab for storytelling \u2014 developing and testing new voices and IP in real time and connecting bold emotionally resonant stories to audiences everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMeet Cute has released more than 200 hours of original \u201cbite-sized\u201d scripted audio programming, reaching more than 2.5 million listeners globally, the company claims. It has published 51 shows to date, per its Apple Podcasts channel, including \u201cBurn, Baby,\u201d \u201cArlo\u2019s Type,\u201d \u201cEinstein and Elena,\u201d \u201cDump Him!\u201d starring Minnie Mills, and \u201cImperfect Match\u201d starring Arden Cho. The company\u2019s name refers to \u201ca cute, charming or amusing first encounter between romantic partners (as in a movie),\u201d according to Merriam-Webster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Meet Cute acquisition is part of Fox Entertainment\u2019s long-term, tech-focused growth strategy, which the Fox Corp. division says is global, platform-agnostic and \u201ctalent-first.\u201d Fox Entertainment recently entered into a reciprocal first-look deal with HarperCollins Publishers and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/digital\/news\/fox-entertainment-vertical-video-series-holywater-investment-microdramas-1236544534\/\">invested in in\u00a0Holywater, a Ukrainian tech firm focused on vertical video and microdramas<\/a>. The goal is to have \u201ca three-pronged ecosystem where IP can originate from any format \u2014 books, audio, or digital \u2014 and evolve seamlessly across media, while shortening traditional development cycles and allowing the studio to make data-informed decisions on what to scale into series, films or multiplatform franchises,\u201d per Fox Entertainment\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tShah said in a statement, \u201cFrom day one, Meet Cute\u2019s mission was to build stories at the speed of culture. Joining Fox Entertainment allows us to scale that vision \u2014 giving creators a faster path from idea to audience, integrating real-time audience feedback, and bringing new voices and formats to life across Fox\u2019s global platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tShah, prior to founding Meet Cute, was a member of the investment team at Union Square Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm in New York. Prior to that, she worked as an equities trader at Goldman Sachs. Shah holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in mechanical engineering with a minor in human biology from Stanford University.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFox Entertainment comprises the Fox Television Network, Fox Entertainment Studios and Fox Entertainment Global, its worldwide content sales and licensing unit. Its original series include \u201cThe Simpsons,\u201d \u201cDoc,\u201d \u201cExtracted,\u201d \u201cMemory of a Killer,\u201d \u201cThe Masked Singer,\u201d \u201cThe Floor,\u201d \u201cAnimal Control,\u201d \u201cGoing Dutch,\u201d \u201cMurder in a Small Town,\u201d \u201cHell\u2019s Kitchen\u201d and \u201cLego Masters.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source variety.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox Entertainment, making another move to embrace creator-driven content, has acquired rom-com podcast company Meet Cute. Terms of the deal weren\u2019t disclosed. Founded in 2019, New York-based Meet Cute had raised $9.25 million in funding from investors including Union Square Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, Shari Redstone\u2019s Advancit Capital and LocalGlobe. 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