Podcast and Broadcasting Partnership Agreement

Without a written contract, the person who registered the hosting account and controls the RSS feed typically retains technical control, even if both parties contributed equally. This often leads to messy legal disputes over trademark and copyright ownership. Having a formal agreement ensures that the feed is recognized as a joint asset with pre-determined exit terms.

You can structure your agreement to allocate a higher percentage of revenue to the partner handling editing, marketing, or administrative tasks, or pay them a flat service fee before splitting the remaining profits. A good agreement clearly outlines these financial adjustments to keep compensation fair and transparent.

Your agreement should state whether the departing host's voice and likeness can remain in the published back catalog and if they are entitled to residual ad revenue from those episodes. Typically, agreements grant the remaining host an irrevocable license to keep distributing past episodes to maintain the show's continuity.

While an LLC operating agreement covers basic business operations and profit splits, it usually lacks crucial media-specific clauses like intellectual property assignment, RSS feed control, and guest release management. It is best to use a specialized podcast partnership agreement alongside or integrated into your LLC framework to protect your creative media assets.