Apple Rolls Out Podcast Subscriptions

Black-ish star Marsai Martin is leading a scripted podcast remake of YA novel Free to Fall – the first project for fledgling podcast company Scripty.

Lady Gaga has been confirmed as a guest on Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry’s new TV series, The Me You Can’t See.The docu-series, which will air from May 21 on Apple TV+, sees Winfrey and Prince Harry talk to guests about their experiences with mental health.

Whenever a new Martin Scorsese film enters production, you better believe film fans around the world grow excited. But when you add Leonardo DiCaprio to the mix, collaborating with the filmmaker for the first time since 2013 (“The Wolf of Wall Street“), it’s almost too much excitement for our little hearts to contain.

Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry are bringing conversations about mental health to Apple TV+.

The Rolling Stones have announced they are releasing their Copacabana Beach concert in full for the first time.The band’s historic performance in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil took place in front of the Copacabana Palace Hotel on February 8, 2006. With 1.5 million people in attendance, it’s one of the biggest free concerts in music history.Now, the Stones are releasing the concert as a film for the first time, remixed, re-edited, and remastered.

Recently, it was announced that Billy Crudup was walking away from a supporting role in the Warner Bros. superhero film, “The Flash.” But it doesn’t appear that the actor is going to be relaxing for too long, as he’s already got his next gig lined up.

Drake is pre-emptively flipping off other drivers on the road.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNow hear this: The 2021 Tribeca Festival announced its inaugural official podcast selections and special events, the first time a major fest is welcoming podcasts into its lineup.The first Tribeca Podcasts lineup features world premieres of 12 fiction and nonfiction podcasts from emerging creators (listed below), as well as panel discussions and other special events.The festival’s 20th anniversary celebration will take place June 9-20 across New York City — the

Fortnite developer Epic Games and Apple yesterday (May 3) delivered their opening statements at the commencement of their antitrust trial.The first day of the trial began yesterday at 8:15am at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Another 90 Day Fiancé baby? Elizabeth Potthast and Andrei Castravet are “definitely” considering whether they should expand their family of three.

While we see streaming services snatch up exclusive rights to talent all over the world, it appears that Apple TV+ is wanting to stay in the Tom Hanks business as much as humanly possible.

EXCLUSIVE: Apple is to launch a podcast about pop culture icons Siegfried & Roy – marking one of its first major forays into original audio series.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSpotify wants to hook podcast creators on its newly launched paid-subscription program — by offering far more attractive economic terms and broader reach than rival Apple.On Tuesday, Spotify announced a series of new monetization options for podcast creators, starting with paid subscriptions.

Ronnie Wood is in recovery after fighting cancer for a second time. The Rolling Stones guitarist revealed his recent cancer diagnosis amid the coronavirus pandemic in a new interview.Wood, 73, was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2017.

thought he would die from lung cancer in 2017 — told The Sun how he was diagnosed with rare and aggressive small-cell cancer last year.“I’ve had cancer two different ways now,” the once hard-living rock star told the UK paper.“I came through with the all-clear,” he said, without elaborating on his treatment. Small-cell cancer commonly arises in the lung but can affect areas such as the prostate, pancreas, bladder or lymph nodes, The Sun noted.

The Rolling Stones‘ Ronnie Wood has revealed that he battled cancer for a second time during the coronavirus lockdown.The guitar icon was diagnosed with rare and aggressive small-cell cancer, but he has now been given the all-clear.It was the second time that he had fought the disease after he previously beat lung cancer in 2018.“I’ve had cancer two different ways now,” Ronnie told The Sun.“I had lung cancer in 2017 and I had small-cell more recently that I fought in the last

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSpotify wants to be the industry’s No. 1 distributor of podcasts — and it’s willing to forgo some revenue in order to counter Apple’s push into podcast subscriptions.Next week, Spotify will launch its podcast subscription option for partners.

Apple has launched a podcast subscriptions service that will allow listeners to sign up to premium versions of audio series.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorApple unwrapped its latest bid to boost content revenue: The tech giant announced that it will roll out subscriptions for Apple Podcasts starting next month.It’s the “biggest change to Apple Podcasts” since the company first launched podcast support 15 years ago, CEO Tim Cook said on the livestream for Apple’s “Spring Loaded” virtual product launch event Tuesday.In addition, the company is rolling out a redesigned Apple Podcasts app which will provide a landing