Rich Get Richer: Barack and Michelle Obama Team Up with Amazon’s Audible Following Exit from Spotify

Barack and Michelle Obama are expanding their media empire by teaming up with Amazon’s Audible in a multi-year deal that will see the former first couple create podcasts and other audio content for the platform following their departure from Spotify.

The Obamas’ Higher Ground production company struck the first-look deal, which is reportedly worth several million dollars. Audible gushed over the Obamas’ in a press release on Tuesday, with company founder Don Katz calling them “two of the most profound voices of moral and intellectual leadership of our times.”

Big news to share today. @HGMedia, @BarackObama and @MichelleObama – welcome to Audible! Read on for more about our exciting announcement. USE_REAL_LINKtWH5DtixTQ

— Audible (@audible_com) June 21, 2022

In a statement, Michelle Obama said, “we will keep striving to tell compelling, provocative, and soulful stories—while doing everything we can to make sure they reach the folks who need to hear them.”

The Obamas’ recently ended their deal with Spotify and will be parting ways with platform after their partnership ends in October. The couple signed an exclusive podcast deal with Spotify in 2019 and still haas a few remaining titles under their Spotify contract


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