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Multiple creators who have left the podcast network Kast Media say the company owes them significant sums of money.
Kast CEO Colin Thomson formally or informally offered creators a deal where they would be paid a partial amount of the money owed in cash and the rest in shares of PodcastOne .
Several other high-profile creators have left Kast , including Theo Von , Logan Paul , Jason Ellis and Tony Hawk .
PodcastOne founder says he personally knows of six different creators who are owed between $1.5 million and $600,000 .
Jason Ellis , co-hosts of Hawk vs Wolf and The Jim Cornette Experience, have also gone public about their dealings with Kast Media .
Thomson responded to the allegations against him in a phone call with Hot Pod on Tuesday .
Thomson acknowledged that PodcastOne originally wanted to offer him a position at the company.
Thomson ’s real priority, he insisted, was the creators.
“I don’t deserve some of the things that were said about me,” Thomson said.
He denied all allegations of fraud, though he stressed that there were “business decisions” he regretted.
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