Travis and Jason Kelce are reportedly in talks about a new deal for their New Heights podcast and have been told they could reach a deal worth $100 million.
New Heights enjoyed a meteoric rise during the last NFL season with Kansas City Chiefs star Travis dating Taylor Swift as his team cruised to a Super Bowl victory.
Meanwhile, Jason has seen his popularity rise through the show, thanks in part to the close bond he has with his younger brother. On Monday he retired from the NFL after 13 seasons playing for the Philadelphia Eagles.
He’ll almost certainly now forge another career in the media industry and that could start with a lucrative new podcast deal.
According the financial information website MarketWatchthe Kelce brothers could reach a nine-figure deal to keep the podcast.
Jason and Travis Kelce could agree a new deal with New Heights worth $100 million, it has been claimed
The two brothers have seen the popularity of their show rise in recent weeks and months.
Travis and Taylor Swift’s relationship has been a key factor in the growth of the podcast
“Businesses want the Jason and Travis Kelce podcast because of the deep relationship they have with their audiences,” said Eric Silver, head of development at Multitude, a collective podcast studio and ad sales provider, quoted by MarketWatch.
‘That’s the most important thing in podcasting. “I wouldn’t be surprised if it was $100 million.”
Silver’s comments follow a report on Bloomberg last week that the Kelces are searching for new terms. That report says they could reach a settlement of around $80 million.
In addition to talking about the NFL, the brothers talk about their personal lives, including Travis’ relationship with Swift, and their upbringing in Cleveland.
They started the podcast in September 2022 and release episodes every Wednesday, with an additional edition every Friday during the NFL season previewing the weekend’s games.
They have 2.3 million subscribers and their one-hour, 50-minute episode recapping the Chiefs winning the Super Bowl last month has racked up 3.5 million views. A guest episode in which Jason’s wife, Kylie, talks about Travis and his love life, before he went public with his relationship with Swift, has 7.5 million views.
Jason Kelce, 36, walks away from football with career earnings of around $81 million during his 13 years with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Meanwhile, Travis has earned approximately $77 million to date with the Kansas City Chiefs, where he is a three-time Super Bowl winner.
The brothers release episodes every Wednesday, with an additional show on Fridays in the NFL season.
Jason tearfully announced his retirement from the NFL on Monday after 13 years.
The 34-year-old tight end has said before that he thinks about retirement more than he admits, but that he will continue to play at least one more season with his Chiefs team in search of an unprecedented third title.
It will also be brilliant content next season on New Heights. Speaking at Super Bowl week in Las Vegas, Jason talked about how the show helped him maintain his bond with Travis.
“I haven’t been that connected to Travis in the last two years, since college,” he said.
‘And that’s been one of the best things, probably the best, about the podcast. It forces us: since we are brothers, before we spent months alone without speaking to each other. We would text him, we would send him a funny video, but to actually sit down and talk to him, it would be a long time.
“It’s been fantastic, it’s the second year and I think we’ve improved a lot.” I feel that, above all, we have a tremendous team: our contribution is minimal, we just talk.
By doing this, you already know that once a week we are going to sit down and talk. And we’re going to have very meaningful conversations, fun conversations and we’re going to really know where each of us are in our lives and that’s the most fun part.
‘It has reached a higher level thanks to many different factors, including my brother’s love life. But I think it’s fun to see people enjoying it and it’s fun to see where it’s at.”