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EXCLUSIVE: Billie Holiday is getting the feature treatment in The United States vs. Billie Holiday and now she's also getting a podcast. Audible is launching Billie Was a Black Woman, written, created and hosted by Rebecca Carroll. The four-part series refract Black womanhood through the prism of the life of legendary…

Oh say, can you see, Jermaine Fowler is Coming 2 America! The stand-up comedian and actor stopped by the New Hollywood Podcast to talk about the forthcoming sequel which is set to hit Prime Video on March 5. Fowler is known for many film and TV projects including the Superior Donuts which ran for two seasons from…

EXCLUSIVE: Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge, the bestselling true-crime authors behind the books that were made into the movies Patriots Day and The Finest Hours, are now teaming in the podcast space with Saints, Sinners & Serial Killers. The new series will launch March 15 and a joint production of MuddHouse Media and…

The Boss is meeting the former Commander-in-Chief. Bruce Springsteen and President Barack Obama have teamed up to launch a podcast series – Renegades: Born in the USA. The eight-episode podcast will see the pair in deep and revealing conversation with each other, exploring a wide array of topics including race…

Ava DuVernay has revealed that a podcast about the Law Enforcement Accountability Project (LEAP) is her first podcast series for Spotify. It comes after the When They See Us and Selma filmmaker set a multi-year partnership with the audio platform in January. DuVernay is launching LEAP Files with Spotify, as revealed…

Anthony and Joe Russo are the latest top-level talent to strike a major podcasting deal with Spotify. The pair, who run entertainment company AGBO and are the directors of Captain America: Civil War; Avengers: Infinity War; and Avengers: Endgame, have struck a multi-year, multi-series deal with the audio company to…

The DC Universe is set to get a bit bigger in the audio world. DC Comics and Warner Bros has expanded their deal with Spotify to create a slew of scripted superhero podcast series. The new series will feature DC Comics characters including Superman, Lois Lane, Wonder Woman, Joker, Catwoman, Katana, The Riddler…

EXCLUSIVE: Star Trek's Zachary Quinto, Pretty Little Liars' Ashley Benson and The Circle host Michelle Buteau are to star in a scripted podcast series for Amazon's Audible. The trio will voice characters in Sorry Charlie Miller, a series that also features Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford, The Office's Brian Baumgartner, M…

EXCLUSIVE: Spoken Giants, a royalty administration company for creators of spoken word copyrights, said Friday that the Don Rickles estate and comedian Mike Birbiglia are the latest to sign with the Nashville firm. CEO Jim King also applauded a large payout by digital services to music creators this week, but wondered…

EXCLUSIVE: The Nacelle Company, the company behind series including Netflix's Down To Earth with Zac Efron and Netflix's The Toys That Made Us, is moving into podcasting with the launch of its own studio. The company has finished construction on the studio in Burbank and will kick off the move with a slate of…

Calm Down with Erin and Charissa, a talk show podcast hosted by sportscasters and longtime friends Erin Andrews and Charissa Thompson, bowed today on iHeartRadio with comedian/actor Kevin Hart as its first guest. Andrews is a sports broadcaster and can be seen weekly on Fox NFL Sunday doing sideline coverage and…

IHeartMedia said Wednesday that it’s buying Triton Digital, a leading ad tech provider in the podcast and audio space, from E.W. Scripps Company for $230 million. As an explosion of podcasts is accompanied by deals to monetize them effectively, Triton will help provide audio content to producers and advertisers with…