Chuck Todd, Former ‘Meet the Press’ Moderator, Starts Podcast Network

Chuck Todd is sleeping. A bit ‘.

For almost a decade, on Sunday morning it meant to wake up at 3:30 and wear a dress and a tie while preparing for his work as a moderator of “Meet the Press”, where Mr. Todd would interview, senators and The star of occasional cinema On the longest television show in America.

No longer. His alarm clock at 5:30 in these days is his 14 -year -old poodle, Ruby, and his work uniform is more discreet: jeans and a brown branch of a quarter of zip for a recent trip to the Capitol. But he is still interviewing the senators.

After leaving the company company of “Meet the Press” in January, Todd is embarking on a career as an entrepreneur of the media. It has a podcast and a YouTube channel and plans to take other hosts for a podcast and a video network focused on politics and culture. He also said he was working with a consultant of a large financial company to build or acquire a company focused on the news of the community.

Todd said to adapt to the realities of digital entrepreneurship and full -time podcasting. The sound bites came out, says Todd. There are longer interviews – because many officials want time to make their points with a fuller context. The first episode of the Podcast, “The Chuck Toddcast”, published on Wednesday, has an interview with Senator John Sfretman, Democratic of Pennsylvania, and lasts about 45 minutes.

“The current Legacy television system does not allow it,” said Todd. He plans to release three podcasts per week with the help of a full -time manufacturer.

Mr. Todd’s relationship with the NBC News, his professional home for 17 years, became disconnected after him criticized the leadership of the network For a decision to take Ronna Mcdaniel, former president of the National Republican Committee, as an analyst on the air. Less than a year later, it was out. He had a podcast called “The Chuck Toddcast” at the Net and the company allowed him to take his name with him. “I was ready to leave,” said Todd.

Todd said he lost some aspects of television news, such as collaborating with producers and managing a team of journalists. But he said he was enthusiastic about “singing for his dinner” on the podcast and eager to find a company solution to a problem that had irritated investors for decades: the collapse of local news.

The company plan of Mr. Todd asks for a constellation of local sites owned by their communities – like his beloved Green Bay Packers – and anchored by the coverage of local youth sports. The growing popularity of athletics and their importance for families who see them as a door for college make them an ideal subject to build. Regardless of your policy, Signor Todd said, you are interested in the local coverage of your son’s latest game.

Mr. Todd and the bank he is working with are observing a purchase that could cost up to $ 2 billion, he said. He refused to say if he had lined up any supporter or specified the company they were looking at, but excluded the main newspaper publishers.

His decision to pursue the somewhat pro -provisions – the one who conflicts many media managers – is inspired by his experience. After years of coverage of Washington, Todd said, concluded that the decline in local news had grossly grossing American politics. Legislators told him that their voters no longer pay attention to local politics because there are almost no local journalists around to cover it.

“A boy named Craig one day he thought that classified ads should be free,” he said about Craigslist ascent, who decimated the advertising revenues classified for the newspapers. “Yada, Yada, Yada, Donald Trump have become president.”

However, no agreement on local news is imminent. So for now Mr. Todd is settling in his new job as a full -time podcaster and streamers.

“The big change for me?” Mr. Todd said. “I can have breakfast.”