The Bulwark and Vox Media Form Partnership Creating Top Slate of Current Affairs Programming

The Bulwark and Vox Media today announced an expansive partnership that will create the largest and most influential slate of current affairs programming, hosted by trusted voices with deep expertise. Vox Media will take on advertising sales for The Bulwark's podcasts, videos, newsletters, and live events, and will host their podcasts on Vox Media's advertising platform for the deeply engaged community The Bulwark has established. The partnership brings together The Bulwark's popular shows focused on preserving liberal democracy, including The Bulwark Daily with Tim Miller, The Focus Group with Sarah Longwell, The Next Level with Tim Miller, Sarah Longwell, and Jonathan V. Last, Psycho Politics with George Conway,and Receipts with Catherine Rampell with Vox Media's stable of current affairs shows, including Stay Tuned with former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, High Stakes with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Kara Swisher, Hacks on Tap with David Axelrod and Mike Murphy, The Long Game with Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer, Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov, Today, Explained with Noel King and Sean Rameswaram, America, Actually with Astead Herndon, and more. As the country sets up for a new era in Washington and looks ahead to the 2028 presidential election, these shows provide clarity and context from hosts with decades of experience in public service, politics, policy, civics, and journalism.

Vox Media's best-in-class advertising sales team will represent a slate that has an appealing and deeply engaged audience offering both scale and influence, with top decision makers in government and public affairs among those who have made these shows a daily habit. The Bulwark and Vox Media plan to further expand into live event sponsorship in 2027 and beyond, building on The Bulwark's live tour program, Bulwark publisher Sarah Longwell's tour in support of her bestselling book How to Eat an Elephant: One Voter at a Time, and Vox Media's success with live tours for Pivot and Prof G Markets.

The Bulwark has doubled in size year over year with major investments in its editorial, growth, and marketing teams. The Bulwark's podcasts have amassed 92 million audio downloads year to date, as well as 1.4 billion YouTube views since the channel's start in 2018, with 8 million unique viewers engaging with the channel every month. The Bulwark community also mobilized to raise more than $675,000 for vulnerable populations in Springfield, OH, and Minneapolis, MN in the past 9 months. At a time of uncertainty and polarization, The Bulwark proves that journalism accountable to its readers can be both commercially successful and drive meaningful change.

"I've greatly admired what The Bulwark has built, and couldn't be happier to team up with them to accelerate growth. Audiences are craving expert voices who speak from experience and have been in the rooms where the decisions are made that affect our democracy. This unique roster of talent will help guide them through our country's most important issues and opportunities," said Jim Bankoff, co-founder and CEO of Vox Media.

"We became one of the largest and fastest-growing media companies in the country by focusing relentlessly on building community," said Sarah Longwell, publisher and CEO of The Bulwark. "That means meeting people where they are, and offering honest, unfiltered news and analysis that helps them stay informed about the world, while also feeling like they're part of a broad-based movement that cares about the future of our country. We know Vox Media shares our perspective on this, and we're excited to partner with them as we look ahead to this next chapter of our growth in a post-blue-tsunami America."

The Vox Media Podcast Network is one of the largest U.S. podcast publishers, home to some of the most popular and influential shows hosted by top talent. Reaching a monthly audience of tens of millions of passionate fans across audio, video, and social platforms, its podcasts spark conversations, frame issues, and define the popular zeitgeist across politics, technology, business, sports, entertainment, and more.

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About Vox Media

Vox Media is home to top talent, engaging editorial brands, and influential podcasts that drive the cultural conversation. The company boasts some of the most distinctive assets in American media, with New York Magazine and its digital verticals, including The Cut, Vulture, and The Strategist; Vox; and the Vox Media Podcast Network. These trusted brands, and shows including Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway, Criminal with Phoebe Judge, Today Explained with Sean Ramswaram and Noel King, Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel, Bird's Eye View with Sue Bird, Stay Tuned with Preet, and Waveform with Marques Brownlee, shape all aspects of their audience's lives. Vox Media is owned by Lupa Systems, James Murdoch's media and technology holding company.

About The Bulwark

The Bulwark is a mission-driven, reader-supported media company dedicated to defending American democracy. Through original reporting, newsletters, podcasts, videos, and live events, The Bulwark delivers sharp, candid analysis of politics and the issues shaping our country. The Bulwark's team has grown more than 120% in the past year, bringing together journalists with expertise in healthcare, immigration, national security, Congress, the economy, far-right extremism, and political strategy. By publishing across multiple platforms and formats, The Bulwark makes rigorous, accessible journalism available to audiences across the country and around the world.