In an announcement on the Breaker blog, Erik Berlin said, "Here at Breaker, we’re truly passionate about audio communication and we’re inspired by the ways Twitter is facilitating public conversations for people around the world. You’re an amazing community and we appreciate your support and understanding. Breaker – the self-proclaimed podcast app with a social media touch – has been acquired by Twitter.įinancial details of Twitter’s Breaker acquisition have not been revealed yet, but there is some bad news for folks who used the Breaker app for listening to podcasts as well as creators who hosted their content on the platform. In addition, subscribers to the Wondery+ service get early access to select shows as well as ad-free listening.After Amazon acquired podcast-maker Wondery and merged it with its Amazon Music division, another podcast platform has fallen into the lap of a tech giant. Wondery-Amazon Music original podcasts are available on all major audio-streaming platforms. ![]() Death,” “The Shrink Next Door,” “Even the Rich,” “American Scandal,” “Over My Dead Body,” “The Apology Line” and “Harsh Reality.” ![]() Wondery’s previous popular podcasts - several of which have been adapted as TV shows - include “Dr. Lewy said “Blood Ties” is in development as an ongoing TV series, but has not yet sold it to a streaming partner.Īmazon Music closed its acquisition of Wondery in February 2021, a deal reportedly worth around $300 million. It’s the first Wondery show available in Dolby Atmos sound. In the third season, Eleonore reckons with what her father always taught her growing up: medicine is a bloody business. The show follows Eleonore Richland (Jacobs), who after exposing her father’s dark legacy vowed to clean up the family business – and hired her half-brother, Santino Reyes, to help her do it. S3 also stars Christian Navarro (“13 Reasons Why”) and Peter Stormare (“Fargo,” “Prison Break”) In addition, Wondery’s “Blood Ties” Season 3 starring Gillian Jacobs (“Community,” Netflix’s “Love”) will be coming to ad-supported platforms in August (after it launched on the Wondery+ subscription service on May 9). The Spanglish scripted drama “Potato,” set in Mexico City, stars Stephanie Sigman (“Spectre”) and Tenoch Huerta (“Narcos: Mexico,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”). “Tepito” will feature notable LATAM talent and highlight local and regional stories. “Potato” and “Tepito”: Two co-productions with Sonoro, a leading Latinx podcast network.“Fed Up”: A Wondery original hosted by Casey Wilson, this six-part series is an investigative story about what happens when a popular diet drives a massive online feud between two women.Grey uncovers the island’s secrets, realizing that everything is not what it seems about Malta’s elite society. “Daphne”: Reuters reporter Stephen Grey investigates why a blogger was killed by a car bomb outside her house in Malta, breaking the peace of the beautiful holiday island.It’s the second Amazon Music/Wondery co-production with Audacy’s Pineapple Street Studios they previously teamed on “Will Be Wild,” about the Jan. “Persona: The French Deception”: An investigative series from reporter Evan Ratliff about one of the biggest international scams in the world - it’s “Catch Me If You Can” meets “The French Connection,” according to Lewy.The new Amazon Music-Wondery slate, to be detailed at their IAB Podcast Upfronts presentation Thursday, also includes: “Short-form content is continuing to do well,” he added, noting that part of the format change is to deliver bite-size content that can be consumed on Amazon’s Echo family of smart speakers. “We wanted to add a headline show for a long time,” Lewy said. Set to premiere Monday, May 23, “The Lead: Starting Five” will feature Tiffany Oshinsky (a co-host of “The Lead”) as among the rotating cast of four co-hosts.
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