Apple to add ads to its Original podcasts, report says (also, they ditch The Problem’s host)،
If you are a content creator of any type and you have no ads or sponsors, it either means you are extremely rich and don’t care about sponsors, or you are too small to be noticed (or that you I’m a fairly popular fanatic, but one who resists the temptation to promote cereal in your politically charged podcast). Speaking of podcasts and ads, Apple may soon introduce the latter to the former – to its original podcasts (via 9to5Mac).
According to a Bloomberg Report, Apple may soon change the way it treats the podcasts it owns and produces (like The Line and Hooked): until now, they haven’t sold advertising space on them. Apple already has a sponsor for the second season of its football-focused podcast series After the Whistle, but the free narrative series has remained ad-free until now.
The problem with Jon Stewart ends
Former host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, will no longer receive episodes of The Problem on Apple TV+, according to The New York Times. And this, even though the series was renewed not so long ago – filming for the third season, which was due to begin soon, is now canceled. According to the sources, Apple executives were apparently not very happy with Stewart’s coverage of certain topics, namely “China and AI.” matter.” The upcoming treatment of the 2024 presidential race would also be concerning.
Now over 40 countries benefit from Apple Podcasts integration with Amazon Alexa
In 2019, Apple collaborated with Amazon and brought Apple Podcasts support to Amazon Echo devices through the Alexa virtual assistant. Initially, this feature was only available in a few countries, but today Apple has expanded Amazon Echo support to more than 40 regions.
The integration works with either an Amazon Echo speaker or an Amazon Fire TV, which also has Alexa integration. To access Apple Podcasts with the help of Alexa on the aforementioned devices, one must first download the Amazon Alexa app on an iPhone, iPad, or Android device.
