Talk of The Town is a podcast that talks all things media, creators, business, and more! In this episode, our host Tristin sits down with Chris Defendis, the president of Xtreme One. Throughout the episode, Chris talked about getting his start at HBO in the early 2000s, climbing the ranks to become Vice President, Network Distribution, then moving to the squared circle at WWE, and becoming the president of Xtreme One Entertainment, a publicly traded MMA organization. Chris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisdefendis/ Xtreme One: https://www.xtremeone.com/ Episode Sponsors: Zencastr - Zencastr is the ultimate all-in-one podcasting platform. Zencastr bundles all your podcasting needs — record, edit, distribute and monetize all from the same place. It’s never been easier to podcast. Sign up for free at https://zencastr.com/ Beehiiv: beehiiv is an all-in-one creator friendly platform for newsletters and blogs that makes it easy to design, write, send, promote, monetize, and track the ROI of your newsletter. Created by former employees at the famous newsletter company Morning Brew, beehiiv aims to help creators launch and monetize their own newsletter. Sign up for free at https://www.beehiiv.com/?utm_source=Talk%20of%20The%20Town&utm_medium=footer Follow the podcast: 💻 Twitter: http://twitter.com/talkoftownpod 📲 Instagram: http://Instagram.com/talkoftownpod 📲 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@talkoftownpod