Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex Strikes Podcast Deal With Lemonada Media; Will Launch New Present & Distribute ‘Archetypes’ To All Platforms

EXCLUSIVE: Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex is staying within the podcast enterprise.

The Duchess, in any other case generally known as Meghan Markle, has signed a brand new podcast cope with Lemonada Media, the corporate behind Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

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The transfer will see her launch a brand new podcast collection and Lemonada may also distribute her earlier Spotify collection Archetypes to all podcast platforms.

It comes after her and her husband Prince Harry parted ways with Spotify last year.

There aren’t any particulars of the present but, however Meghan will host the as but untitled collection.

Archetypes, which was beforehand a Spotify unique, can be rolled out to all audio platforms with Lemonada distributing. The collection has recorded over 10M downloads, round one million listens per episode and debuted as Spotify’s No.1 podcast in 47 international locations around the globe when it launched in August 2022.

The collection explored the labels that attempt to maintain girls again. Mariah Carey spoke in regards to the definition of being a diva; Mindy Kaling celebrated the selection to be single; Pamela Adlon lifted the lid on the strain to be a spouse and a mom; Issa Rae and Ziwe Fumudoh unpacked the loaded false impression that usually comes with being a girl of shade; and Jameela Jamil and Shohreh Agdashloo spoke in regards to the braveness that it takes to step up and converse out, even when it places all the things on the road.

Different friends included Serena Williams, Margaret Cho, Lisa Ling, Deepika Padukone, Jenny Slate, Constance Wu, Paris Hilton, Iliza Shlesinger, Sophia Gregoire Trudeau, Sam Jay, Mellody Hobson, Victoria Jackson, Michaela Jae Rodriguez, Candance Bushnell, Trevor Noah, Andy Cohen and Judd Apatow.

The collection, which is produced by her and Prince Harry’s Archewell Productions, gained a Individuals’s Selection Award for The Pop Podcast of 2022 and Markle gained greatest leisure podcast host on the Gracie Awards.

The deal is a coup for Lemonada Media, which was based in 2019 by Jessica Cordova Kramer, a former government producer at Pod Save America producer Crooke Media, and Stephanie Wittels Wachs, cofounder of theater firm Rec Room Arts.

Along with Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, which was named Apple’s 2023 Present of the 12 months, it’s behind Onerous Emotions with Jennette McCurdy, Humorous Cuz It’s True with Elyse Myers, Final Day, Imagine Her and Selection Phrases with Samantha Bee.

“I’m proud to now be capable of share that I’m becoming a member of the good staff at Lemonada to proceed my love of podcasting,” stated Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex. “Having the ability to assist a feminine based firm with a roster of thought upsetting and extremely entertaining podcasts is a implausible option to kick off 2024. Our plan to re-release Archetypes in order that extra individuals can now have entry to it, in addition to launching a dynamic new podcast are nicely within the works. I’m so keen to have the ability to share it quickly, and am overjoyed to be becoming a member of the Lemonada household.”

“We’re past honored that Meghan has trusted us to assist democratize entry to Archetypes, and that so many extra individuals around the globe may have entry to the collection quickly. Meghan’s expertise as host, creator and conversationalist is unparalleled and we’re thrilled to co-create a brand new collection along with her that fosters her method to creating artwork that issues,” added Lemonada’s CEO Jessica Cordova Kramer.

“As we’ve began improvement with The Duchess of Sussex, we’re blown away by her collaborative spirit and clear imaginative and prescient, alongside along with her deep need to construct compassion and neighborhood by means of this work. The Lemonada staff felt instant kinship with Meghan and the Archewell Productions staff, and we’re delighted to be working collectively,” added Lemonada’s Chief Inventive Officer Stephanie Wittels Wachs.

Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex and Archewell Productions are represented by WME.

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