The Evolution of Conan O'Brien

The comedian is hitting his stride with podcasting 

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Conan O’Brien spent nearly three decades reinventing and redefining late-night TV.

As he prepares to make the leap from linear to streaming, he’s also thriving on a completely new platform: podcasting. His hit podcast Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend, which was named Best Comedy at this year’s Adweek Podcast Awards, has grown into an empire via his fan-centric multi-platform media company, Team Coco. At our Convergent TV Summit West in Los Angeles Wednesday, O’Brien told Adweek’s Jason Lynch it’s the flexibility of podcasting he enjoys most.

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