Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Sign Podcast Deal With Spotify

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have signed a deal with Spotify to produce podcasts that tell uplifting and entertaining stories.  The audio streaming service revealed the deal on Tuesday.

Shares in Spotify, which has 144 million subscribers, jumped 2 percent on Tuesday morning after the news broke. The company did not say how much the deal with the royals was worth. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex said in a statement that “what we love about podcasting is that it reminds all of us to take a moment and to really listen”.
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He says their podcasts will “bring forward different perspectives and voices that perhaps you haven’t heard before”. Markle adds that the podcasts will “celebrate kindness and compassion” Spotify’s chief content and advertising business officer, Dawn Ostroff, said in a statement: “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex may live in California, but the power of their voices rests in their status as citizens of the world.”

The company said Harry and Meghan will release a holiday special this month featuring stories of hope and compassion from inspirational guests.  Their first complete series will be available next year. The couple said the “challenges of 2020” made it particularly important to hear everybody’s stories, to be “reminded of how interconnected we all are”. “So many people have been through so much pain this year,” Prince Harry said.

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