President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama are going into business with Audible, the Amazon-owned audio storytelling platform. The deal comes after the Obamas’ exclusive podcast pact with Spotify, originally inked in 2019, came to an end. Spotify says it declined to renew the deal; according to sources, the Obamas wanted their podcast programming to be distributed as widely as possible and not exclusive to Spotify.
Source: Obamas’ Higher Ground Inks First-Look Deal With Audible After Ending Spotify Pact