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CNN Audio plans Apple Podcasts subscriptions

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  • CNN is to make a new show, The Handoff, as an Apple Podcasts Subscriptions exclusive when the service launches later this month. Hosted by friends and CNN anchors Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon, it will be a longer chat than their usual 'handoff’ between shows normally allows for. It’s part of “a subscription to the CNN channel” on Apple Podcasts Subscriptions.

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  • Acast has released their Q1/21 financial report. The company, which is investigating an IPO, saw sales grow by 74% up to SEK 197m (US$23.6m); it now has 28,000 podcasts as part of its network, and claims 872m listens in the quarter.

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