Higher Ground, a production company led by former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama, monopolizes Amazon’s audio division Audible just two months after a similar deal with Spotify ends. Signed a multi-year production contract.
Higher Ground and Audible didn’t share specific details about the show they’re aiming to create together, but in a joint statement on Tuesday, they said, “Tell a meaningful and entertaining story that enhances diverse voices and experiences. “I said I was planning to do that.
In a statement, Obama said, “We will continue to work together to tell a compelling, provocative and soulful story, while ensuring that they need to hear it. I will do my best to reach you. “
Higher Ground has a three-year contract with Spotify to develop five shows, including “Renegades: Born in the USA” and “The Michelle Obama Podcast,” featuring a series of conversations between Obama and Bruce Springsteen. And aired. These shows will remain on the Spotify platform, but will also be available on all other podcast platforms, including Audible.
Three more Higher Ground podcasts will continue to be released on Spotify, including the “The Sum of Us” podcast series, based on Heather McGhee’s book “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together,” which debuts in July. , And the last two chapters of the “Big Hit Show,” a series of audio documentaries hosted by Alex Papa Demas, focusing on fragments of important moments in popular culture.
“We are able to bring the two most profound voices of moral and intellectual leadership of our time into the audible range and enhance our unique ability to provide hope and uplifting guidance for President Obama and Mrs. Obama. I’m happy to be able to do it — through their voice, ”Audible founder Don Katz said in a statement.
