"Baseball can control whether there are baseball games to watch in 2027. If owners and players can't figure that out, they won't have to worry about the NFL stealing their audience."
"This consolidation reflects a broader shift happening in the industry: the move away from high-cost, narrative-first podcasting toward more scalable, monetizable, and creator-driven formats."
As part of the transition, Wondery COO Marshall Lewy will move over to Audible, while the Wondery+ subscription team will now report to Audible leadership.
Stephen Curry joins a growing list of active NBA players who have launched their own podcasts, some of whom include his teammate Draymond Green, LeBron James and Paul George.
“When you have an entrepreneurial spirit and you’re doing it the right way, part of that is trying to stay on top of emerging trends – and in this case, technology.”
The shift to AI-narrated books is a direct opposition to Amazon's current rules for Audible, which expressly state that audiobooks submitted and offered on the platform must be narrated by a human.
"Baseball can control whether there are baseball games to watch in 2027. If owners and players can't figure that out, they won't have to worry about the NFL stealing their audience."
“Once you can rock the mic in a state where you can hardly pronounce any of the towns, but you still connect with the people, you feel like you can make it anywhere, especially where you’re from."