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Podcasts in the partnership include CNN’s ‘All There Is with Anderson Cooper’ and HBO’s ‘The Official Game of Thrones Podcast: House of the Dragon.’
By Caitlin Huston
Business Writer
Spotify has teamed with Warner Bros. Discovery on a podcast distribution and monetization partnership.
The deal will see Spotify’s enterprise podcast platform, Megaphone, host and distribute select podcasts from Warner Bros. Discovery, including CNN’s All There Is with Anderson Cooper, The Assignment with Audie Cornish and HBO’s The Official Game of Thrones Podcast: House of the Dragon.
Spotify will also be one of WBD’s podcast monetization partners through its Spotify Audience Network.
Podcasts from HBO, Max, CNN, CNN en Español, Bleacher Report, WBD Sports, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies Network, and truTV will be hosted on Megaphone. Some of these titles include CNN’s Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, HBO’s Succession Podcast, TCM’s The Plot Thickens and WBD Sports’ The Steam Room.
Warner Bros. Discovery has a separate podcast distribution and monetization partnership with Acast for podcasts from the Food Network, TLC, HGTV, Animal Planet, Discovery Channel and the Travel Channel.
The company also has a multi-year deal with Spotify to create podcasts from DC Comics.
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