Multitude and Defector Media are stoked to announce a new production and advertising partnership for the weekly sports show The Distraction, hosted by Drew Magary and David Roth.

We are long time fans of Defector’s work at here at Multitude. We’ve been reading the work of these writers for years, and look towards Defector’s employee-owned subscription model as the future of media. We also find a lot of similarities between our two main media; they are doing for blogging what Multitude strives to do for podcasting. The Distraction also fits the Multitude content mandate of bringing complexity, humor, and critical thought to the things that we love.

“It’s a dream to work on a show that I’ve been listening to since the first episode dropped,” said Eric Silver, our Head of Creative, who will be producing for The Distraction in this new partnership. “Drew and Roth are not only incredibly smart and sharp hosts, they have already shown to be generous creative collaborators. I am lucky that I get to bring The Distraction into its next phase, which really just looks likecontinuing to support Drew and Roth in doing what they do best.”

"Defector is very excited to be partnering with Multitude on The Distraction podcast going forward,” says Tom Ley, Editor-in-Chief of Defector. “We're glad to work with another independent, worker-owned media company and to collaborate with people - Amanda, Eric, and the whole Multitude team - who deeply understand Defector's values and voice. I know that the show's production and ad sales are in good hands, unless they encourage Drew to start singing mash-ups again, at which point we may have to reconsider.”

New episodes of The Distraction are out now and will drop every Thursday. Fans of Multitude who are new to Defector, check out their written work on the site! If you’re a Defector reader new to Multitude, check out the many shows we produce on our website.