Compound Media

Last updated
Compound Media
Compound Media logo.png
Type Periodical subscription model
Headquarters New York City, New York, United States
Programming
Language(s)English
Format Audio and video podcast
Ownership
Owner Anthony Cumia
OperatorErik Nagel
History
Launch date4 August 2014;9 years ago (2014-08-04)
Links
Website compoundmedia.com

Compound Media (formerly The Anthony Cumia Network) is an American subscription-based platform for audio and video podcasts. It was launched as The Anthony Cumia Network in 2014 by radio personality Anthony Cumia, who began hosting The Anthony Cumia Show on it after his firing from SiriusXM. The network subsequently added more shows, including those hosted by Bill Schulz, Joanne Nosuchinsky, Michael Malice, Kevin Brennan, Don Jamieson, Chrissie Mayr, Gavin McInnes, and Geno Bisconte. [1] [2] [ third-party source needed ] It relaunched as Compound Media in 2016. [3] [ third-party source needed ]

Contents

The idea for the Proud Boys, a far-right group founded by McInnes, [4] [5] originated around 2016 in "the Compound", Cumia's mansion. [6] McInnes publicized the Proud Boys on his Compound Media show, called The Gavin McInnes Show. [5] [7] [4]

History

Background

Anthony Cumia, the network's founder Anthony Cumia in October 2021.png
Anthony Cumia, the network's founder

On July 3, 2014, radio personality Anthony Cumia was fired by the satellite radio provider SiriusXM after he posted a series of tweets described by SiriusXM as "racially-charged and hate-filled". [8] The tweets were about a black woman who Cumia said had punched him after objecting to him taking pictures of her in Times Square in New York City. [9] [8] [10] At the time of his firing, Cumia gave his blessing for his radio co-hosts, Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Jim Norton of Opie and Anthony , to continue broadcasting without him, acknowledging the pair's obligation to fulfill their contracts. [10] [11] Hughes and Norton began their new show, Opie with Jim Norton , on July 14 before the channel was renamed from The Opie and Anthony Channel to SiriusXM Talk. [12]

On July 8, 2014, Cumia announced the launch of his new audio and video podcast The Anthony Cumia Show on his new on-demand streaming media platform The Anthony Cumia Network, with subscribers paying monthly or annual fees to access content. [10] [13] Cumia had occasionally broadcast live video streams from his custom built basement studio at his Roslyn Heights, New York home on UStream named Live From the Compound from 2012 to 2014, initially as a hobby and were casual in nature. [11] In the wake of his firing, Cumia said, he "was able to just get servers and be able to feed that show out to the public without having to start from scratch", allowing him to launch within weeks. [11]

Launch and developments

On August 4, 2014, The Anthony Cumia Show began airing, Monday through Thursday. [10] [13] During the opening months some shows aired from Cumia's basement studio, by his home bar, or in his garden. [11] [14] In November 2014, Cumia said the network had over 40,000 paid subscribers. [11]

On March 10, 2015, the Legion of Skanks (Big Jay Oakerson, Dave Smith, and Luis J. Gomez) hosted a podcast after The Anthony Cumia Show. Starting in June 2015 subscribers also gained access to the Legion of Skanks, making it the first podcast to join The Anthony Cumia Network full-time. [14] The show aired on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9pm. [15] As Gomez described it in 2016, "When you come to watch the Legion of Skanks show, you should be hearing racist, sexist, offensive shit. If you're upset about that, don't watch the show." [16] The show announced on May 16, 2016, that it would be leaving the network May 31. [15]

Gavin McInnes launched The Gavin McInnes Show [17] on the network on June 15, 2015, airing Monday through Thursday. [18] The idea for the Proud Boys, which McInnes founded, originated in "the Compound", Cumia's mansion, around 2016. [6] Cumia has said that it began as a prank on a Compound Media employee that "mutated" and "it was never supposed to go any further than that". [6] Men associated with Compound Media met at New York City bars and the Proud Boys were formed at those meetings, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. [5] In monologues on his show, McInnes publicized the Proud Boys and laid out the group's ideology of Western chauvinism. [16] [7] [5] He praised right-wing violence and regularly used racial slurs. [16] [4] Among his guests were far-right figures Milo Yiannopoulos, Richard Spencer, Jason Kessler, Christopher Cantwell, Mike Cernovich, Faith Goldy, Roosh V, and former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. [16] [5] He also mingled with comedians considered more mainstream. [16]

In 2016, The Anthony Cumia Network relaunched as Compound Media. [3] [ third-party source needed ]Redbar Radio, hosted by Mike David, first aired on the network on November 2, 2016. The show then aired every Friday at 4pm for eleven weeks. [19] [ non-primary source needed ]

Author Michael Malice joined Compound Media on June 7, 2017, with the launch of the "YOUR WELCOME" with Michael Malice podcast. [20] The podcast was put on hold in 2018 with the launch of a new show titled Night Shade. [20] [21] [22] [ third-party source needed ]

On August 21, 2017, Cumia announced the addition of comedian and actor Artie Lange as the co-host of his show, The Artie and Anthony Show . The show aired on Monday to Thursday, from 4–6 p.m., starting September 5, 2017. [23] [ third-party source needed ]

On October 2, 2017, Mornin'! with Bill Schulz launched as the network's new morning show. [24] [25] [26] 2013 Miss New York USA winner and former Red Eye w/ Tom Shillue panelist Joanne Nosuchinsky joined Mornin! in February 2018. [26] [27]

In May 2018, it was announced that due to his health and legal issues, Lange would be taking an indefinite hiatus from the show, and it would revert to the name The Anthony Cumia Show, with third mic Dave Landau continuing as co-host. [28]

On June 4, 2019, the heavy metal music talk show That Jamieson Show launched, featuring comedian and That Metal Show co-host Don Jamieson. [29] [30]

In February 2021, The Anthony Cumia Show co-host Dave Landau left Compound Media to join Steven Crowder's show, Louder with Crowder . [31] [32] [ third-party source needed ]

On March 31, 2021, Cumia launched a second show, replacing his The Anthony Cumia Show Wednesday show, titled Compound Censored , with Gavin McInnes as his co-host. The show's title is a portmanteau which combines Compound Media with McInnes' subscription-based network Censored.TV, where the show also broadcasts. [33] [34] [ non-primary source needed ]

Shows

Show Title [note 1] Start DateEnd DateHost(s)NotesReferences [1] [2]
2 Drink MinimumSeptember 9, 2016May 7, 2018
Pantelis Palioudakis
Mike Ward
21 Gun HDFebruary 4, 2022Present
Kevin Sullivan
[35]
The Anthony Cumia Show July 8, 2014Present
Anthony Cumia
Formerly co-hosted by both Artie Lange, and Dave Landau, respectively [10] [11] [13] [14] [31] [32] [36]
The Artie and Anthony ShowSeptember 5, 2017May 14, 2018
Anthony Cumia
Artie Lange
[23] [28]
Burning BridgesMarch 20, 2017June 19, 2019
Kevin Brennan
Brian McCarthy
[37]
Compound CensoredMarch 31, 2021Present
Anthony Cumia
Gavin McInnes
Also broadcasts on McInnes' streaming media platform Censored.TV [33] [34] [38]
The Dump with Steve ContiAugust 9, 2021Present
Steve Conti
East Side Dave ShowSeptember 9, 2016January 25, 2022
Dave McDonald
Roy Harter
[39]
A Fair OneJune 27, 2018January 27, 2022
Shane Gillis
Tommy Pope
[40]
The Gavin McInnes ShowJune 15, 2015August 23, 2017
Gavin McInnes
In Hot WaterJune 6, 2016Present
Geno Bisconte
Formerly co-hosted by Aaron Berg
In Hot Water Football ShowSeptember 15, 2022Present
Geno Bisconte
Legion of SkanksMarch 10, 2015May 31, 2016
Jay Oakerson
Dave Smith
Luis J. Gomez
[14] [15]
Mornin'!October 2, 2017Present
Joanne Nosuchinsky
Bill Schulz
[24] [25] [26] [27] [41]
Night ShadeJuly 9, 2018October 1, 2020
Michael Malice
[20] [22]
The NYC Crime Report with Pat Dixon October 27, 2015June 16, 2022
Pat Dixon
[42] [43]
Redbar RadioSeptember 9, 2016January 17, 2017
Mike David
Safe SpaceOctober 27, 2016January 27, 2022
Taleeb Starks
TBD ShowJune 17, 2019Present
Garrett Andritz
Donovan Castillo
Formerly co-hosted by Pat Dixon
That Jamieson ShowJune 4, 2019Present
Don Jamieson
[29]
Would You KindlyMarch 26, 2020Present
Bryan Johnson
Erik Nagel
Wet SpotJune 11, 2019Present
Chrissie Mayr
[44]
"YOUR WELCOME" with Michael Malice June 7, 2017May 23, 2018
Michael Malice
[20] [21]
  1. ↑ Former shows listed in italics. Some former shows are not listed due to removal from the Compound Media archives and/or lack of credible external references.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jim Norton (comedian)</span> American comedian, radio personality, actor, author, and podcast host (born 1968)

James Joseph Norton is an American comedian, radio personality, actor, author, and television and podcast host. Norton has been the co-host of the podcast UFC Unfiltered with Matt Serra and the morning radio show Jim Norton & Sam Roberts on SiriusXM Radio since 2016, and The Chip Chipperson Podcast since 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rich Vos</span> American comedian

Rich Vos is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor. Since 2011, he has been the co-host of the podcast My Wife Hates Me with his wife, comedian Bonnie McFarlane.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nick Di Paolo</span> American comedian, writer, actor and radio personality

Nicholas Rocco Di Paolo is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, radio personality and podcast host. He is the host of The Nick Di Paolo Show podcast, and is best known for his appearances as a regular on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, the Comedy Central Roasts, Opie and Anthony, and The Howard Stern Show, as well as recurring roles on Louie and Horace and Pete.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Faction Talk</span> Radio station

Faction Talk is a subscription-based channel on the satellite radio service Sirius XM Radio. The channel first aired on XM on August 6, 2004, as xL High Voltage in preparation for the launch of the American radio show Opie and Anthony several months later, and required subscribers to purchase the channel as a premium, until 2005.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fez Whatley</span> American talk radio host (1964–2021)

Todd Hillier, better known by his on-air name Fez Marie Whatley, was an American comedian and radio producer and personality who gained prominence as the co-host of The Ron and Fez Show with Ron Bennington from 1998 to 2015.

<i>Opie and Anthony</i> American radio show

Opie and Anthony was an American radio show hosted by Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia that aired from March 1995 to July 2014, with comedian Jim Norton serving as third mic from 2001. The show originated in 1994 when Cumia took part in a song parody contest on Hughes' nighttime show on WBAB on Long Island, New York. After subsequent appearances, Cumia decided to pursue a radio career and teamed with Hughes to host their own show.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gavin McInnes</span> Canadian far-right commentator

Gavin Miles McInnes is a Canadian writer, podcaster, far-right commentator and founder of the Proud Boys. He is the host of Get Off My Lawn with Gavin McInnes on his website Censored.TV. He co-founded Vice magazine in 1994 at the age of 24, and relocated to the United States in 2001. In 2016 he founded the Proud Boys, an American far-right millitant organization which was designated a terrorist group in Canada and New Zealand after he left the group. McInnes has been described as promoting violence against political opponents, but has claimed that he has only supported political violence in self-defense and that he is not far-right or a supporter of fascism, identifying as "a fiscal conservative and libertarian".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anthony Cumia</span> American talk radio personality and podcast host (born 1961)

Anthony Cumia is an American shock jock, podcaster and broadcaster. He is the host of The Anthony Cumia Show on the online video platform Compound Media, which he founded. Along with Gregg "Opie" Hughes, he was the co-host of the Opie and Anthony radio show, which aired from 1995 to 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Patrice O'Neal</span> American comedian and actor (1969–2011)

Patrice Lumumba Malcolm O'Neal was an American comedian and actor. He was known for his stand-up comedy career and his regular guest appearances on the talk show Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn and the radio show Opie and Anthony.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gregg Hughes</span> American radio personality and podcast host

Gregg Hughes better known by his air name Opie, is an American radio personality and podcast host best known as the former co-host of the Opie and Anthony radio show that aired from 1995 to 2014 with Anthony Cumia and comedian Jim Norton. From 2014 to 2016, Hughes and Norton stayed at SiriusXM as co-hosts of Opie with Jim Norton. In October 2016, Hughes became the host of his own show, The Opie Radio Show, which lasted until his firing, for filming an employee as he used the toilet, on July 7, 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joyce MacKenzie</span> American actress (1925–2021)

Joyce Elaine MacKenzie was an American actress who appeared in films and television from 1946 to 1961. She might be best remembered for being the eleventh actress to portray Jane. She played the role opposite Lex Barker's Tarzan in Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953).

Opie and Anthony's Traveling Virus was a stand-up comedy tour hosted by American radio personalities Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia that featured a roster of comedians from their radio show, Opie and Anthony. There were three editions of the tour between 2006 and 2008; the first consisted of 4 dates, the second had 8 dates, and the third consisted of a single show.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Blaze Media</span> American conservative media company

Blaze Media is an American conservative media company. It was founded in 2018 as a result of a merger between TheBlaze and CRTV LLC. The company's leadership consists of CEO Tyler Cardon and president Gaston Mooney. It is based in Irving, Texas, where it has studios and offices, as well as in Washington, D.C.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joe DeRosa (comedian)</span> American comedian

Joe DeRosa is an American stand-up comedian, actor, restaurateur and podcaster.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dan Soder</span> Standup comedian

Daniel Erwin Soder is an American stand up comedian, actor, and radio personality. He is best known for his character Mafee on the Showtime drama series Billions and as the co-host of The Bonfire with fellow comedian Big Jay Oakerson on Sirius XM from 2015 to 2023. He is also known for his frequent appearances on MTV2's Guy Code

<i>The Anthony Cumia Show</i> American talk show podcast

The Anthony Cumia Show(TACS) is an American audio and video podcast hosted by radio personality and former Opie and Anthony co-host Anthony Cumia, which airs on Cumia's subscription-based online streaming platform, Compound Media. It aired from August 4, 2014 to August 31, 2017, running for 628 original episodes. The show aired live from Cumia's home studio in Roslyn Heights, New York and, from 2015, a second studio in Manhattan, New York City.

Opie with Jim Norton was an American radio show hosted by Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Jim Norton that aired from July 2014 to September 2016. The show was broadcast from New York City and aired weekdays from 7:00 a.m. through 11:00 a.m. on SiriusXM, the subscription-based satellite radio service, airing on Opie Radio, which could be found on XM Channel 103 and Sirius channel 206. The show was also made available on-demand through the SiriusXM app and Audible.com.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pat Dixon (comedian)</span> American comedian and journalist

Pat Dixon is an American comedian, podcaster, and journalist who lives and works in New York City. He is best known as creator and host of The NYC Crime Report with Pat Dixon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sam Roberts (radio personality)</span> American radio personality

Samuel Wood Roberts is an American radio personality, podcast host, and WWE personality. Since October 2016, he has been the co-host of Jim Norton & Sam Roberts on SiriusXM Satellite Radio. Roberts was an intern and producer of the Opie and Anthony radio show from 2005 to 2014. He is also the host of Notsam Wrestling.

Jim Norton & Sam Roberts is an American radio show hosted by Jim Norton and Sam Roberts that began airing in October 2016. The show originates from New York City and airs live on weekday mornings on Faction Talk, an uncensored channel on the subscription-based satellite radio service SiriusXM. The show is also available on-demand through the SiriusXM app.

References

  1. 1 2 "Compound Media: On Demand". Compound Media. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Compound Media: Archives". Compound Media. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  3. 1 2 TACS 358 [The Anthiny Cumia Show] (Video). Compound Media. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 Greig, Finlay (October 1, 2020). "Gavin McInnes: who is the founder of neo-fascist group Proud Boys and co-founder of Vice magazine? And his links to Scotland". The Scotsman .
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Proud Boys". Southern Poverty Law Center . Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  6. 1 2 3 Spiegelman, Ian (2022-08-27). "Is Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes in Federal Custody?". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  7. 1 2 Empson, Olivia Rose; Empson, Olivia (2022-10-23). "Penn State students outraged over invitation to far-right Proud Boys founder". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  8. 1 2 Leopold, Todd (2014-07-04). "'Opie & Anthony's' Anthony Cumia fired over tweets". CNN. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  9. ↑ Sanneh, Kelefa (2022-09-19). "Shane Gillis's Fall and Rise". The New Yorker . Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 Kaplan, Don (July 8, 2014). "Anthony Cumia confirms he'll launch new Internet-based show from his home after SiriusXM firing". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dreier, Troy (1 November 2014). "Online with No Bosses and No Rules: It's the Anthony Cumia Show". Streaming Media.
  12. ↑ 'Opie & Anthony' Co-Host: 'I Absolutely Do Not Believe That Anthony Should've Been Fired'. The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved on July 14, 2014.
  13. 1 2 3 "Compound Media – About Us". Compound Media. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  14. 1 2 3 4 "The Anthony Cumia Show is Now The Anthony Cumia Network: First New Show Announced - The Interrobang". 26 May 2015.
  15. 1 2 3 Tressler, Bill (17 May 2016). "Legion of Skanks Podcast Leaving The Anthony Cumia Network". The Interrobang. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 Simons, Seth. "The Comedy Industry Has a Big Alt-Right Problem". The New Republic. ISSN   0028-6583 . Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  17. ↑ Mosendz, Polly (10 June 2015). "Former Sirius XM Host Anthony Cumia Hires Gavin McInnes". Newsweek .
  18. ↑ Houpt, Simon (18 August 2017). "Everything inside Gavin McInnes". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  19. ↑ "Mike from Red Bar on Twitter: "Keith the Cop told me I was not allowe…". archive.is. 2017-01-17. Archived from the original on 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  20. 1 2 3 4 "Michael Malice: Author". Macmillan Publishers . Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  21. 1 2 "YOUR WELCOME" with Michael Malice 049 (Video). Compound Media. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  22. 1 2 Malice, Michael [@CompoundAmerica] (23 September 2020). "An announcement from @michaelmalice" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 December 2022– via Twitter.
  23. 1 2 "Shows: The AA Show 001". CompoundMedia.com. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  24. 1 2 "Our Team: Bill Schulz". Compound Media. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  25. 1 2 Simons, Seth (11 October 2020). ""It's Called Satire"". Substack . Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  26. 1 2 3 Welsh, Matt (6 December 2020). "Be Cool Like Kennedy! Donate to Reason, and Help Us Spread #HotFreedom". Reason . Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  27. 1 2 Mornin'!!! w/ Bill Schulz 078. Compound Media (Video). New York City. 26 February 2018.
  28. 1 2 Kuperinsky, Amy (25 July 2018). "Inside Artie Lange's last chance: 'I really have to stop myself from listening to the bad voice'". NJ.com . Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  29. 1 2 Ayvaz, Omer Kaan (8 March 2022). "Joe Satriani Explains His Weaknees as a Guitarist". Metal Shout. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  30. ↑ Lisko, B.J. (18 November 2018). "'A lot angrier' without comedy: Don Jamieson returns to Funny Stop". The Repository . Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  31. 1 2 Landau, Dave [@LandauDave] (1 March 2021). "4:41 PM - Mar 1, 2021" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 December 2022– via Twitter. Ant and I had talked about this move and I'm excited to join LwC. I wanted to Skype in today but he felt it was best to move on. He's one of the funniest people alive and I was honored to work with him. Thank you to all at Compound and to those who supported the show.
  32. 1 2 Brennan, Kevin (5 March 2021). Kevin Talks Dave Landau Quitting with Anthony Cumia (Video). New York City: YouTube.
  33. 1 2 Compound Media Shows - Compound Censored (Streaming video). New York City, New York, United States: Compound Media. 31 March 2021.
  34. 1 2 Compound Censored (Streaming video). New York City, New York, United States: Censored.TV. 31 March 2021.
  35. ↑ "Home - Twenty-One Gun Podcast" . Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  36. ↑ "The Anthony Cumia Show - TV Series". Radio Times. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  37. ↑ Porsalin (director) (27 May 2021). Almost Famous: A Kevin Brennan Documentary (Video). Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  38. ↑ COMPOUND CENSORED (Video). Censored.TV.
  39. ↑ "Dave's Resume: East Side Dave Country" . Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  40. ↑ Sanneh, Kelefa (19 September 2022). "Shane Gillis's Fall and Rise". The New Yorker . Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  41. ↑ "Mornin'! with Bill Schulz". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  42. ↑ "Recovery Comedian Pat Dixon Was Almost Murdered, But He found a Way to Turn His Tragedy into Comedy". Medium . 5 March 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  43. ↑ "Podcast: newdixon". ComedianPatDixon.com. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  44. ↑ "Home - Chrissie Mayr" . Retrieved 22 December 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.