Audioboom signs new partnerships with top talent from across the entertainment and publishing industries

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New York NY, USA—Audioboom, the leading spoken word audio on-demand platform, announces new partnerships with top talent from the entertainment and publishing industries, alongside contract renewals with top performing podcasts across the Audioboom network.

New partnerships include the likes of TV and radio broadcaster Jonathan Ross, top selling Sony recording artist George Ezra, celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal, reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, plus journalist and television personality, Nina Myskow.

Furthermore, Metro, the UK’s highest circulation newspaper, Football Daily, a popular YouTube channel, and, Snarled, another popular YouTube channel, have also signed deals with Audioboom to host, distribute and monetise new podcasts.

Additionally, ‘An Acquired Taste’ has renewed their contract with Audioboom for 2019.

Audioboom’s slate of new partnerships include:

An Acquired Taste - Actor Bethany Watson and broadcast veterans Kathleen Heaney and Sam Rosalie host this hilarious and irreverent podcast about the topics of the day. Laugh out loud as they get real, and a little inappropriate, about everything from celebrity crushes and holiday gift giving to anxiety and their favourite books.

Chrisley Confessions - Multimillionaire real estate developer Todd Chrisley, his wife Julie, and their children navigate real problems and major drama on USA Network’s hit reality TV show, ‘Chrisley Knows Best’. With their new podcast ’Chrisley Confessions’, Todd and Julie listen to voicemails from fans and offer advice and opinions on faith, family, food and more.

George Ezra & Friends - One of the world’s highest selling recording artists on Sony and the UK’s fastest selling artist of the year is back with Season Two of his hit podcast. Hear George chatting with some of the biggest music stars in the world, including Elton John, Lily Allen and Ed Sheeran. Season Two starts with Niall Horan and future guests include Ellie Goulding, Nile Rodgers and Sir Tom Jones.

Heston’s Pod & Chips - The world’s first multi-sensory podcast, brought to you by one of the most famous chefs on the planet, Heston Blumenthal. Expect lots of things that are too dangerous to try at home, plenty of things that you absolutely must try at home and the odd bit of mind-blowing science.

Jonathan Ross - I Like Films - Jonathan Ross, one of the UK’s biggest stars of TV & radio has launched his very first independent podcast series, ‘I Like Films’ - a weekly podcast series which sees Jonathan in conversation with some of the movie industry’s most iconic names. Future guests include Tilda Swinton, Ben Wheatley, Ken Loach, John C. Reilly and Robert Zemekis.

Mentally Yours - From Metro.co.uk comes ‘Mentally Yours’, a weekly podcast where Metro journalists talk to a host of guests about their experiences of mental health.

Something Scary - Each week host Sapphire Sandalo delivers tales of haunted houses, urban legends, and unsolved mysteries sometimes with a little help from her fans. Part of the popular Snarled YouTube network, which has over a million subscribers, ‘Something Scary’ has signed an ad sales agreement with Audioboom for both the audio and video iterations of the show.

Sunday Vibes: Extra Time - Football Daily, the popular YouTube channel with 1.4 million subscribers, presents the ‘Extra Time’ podcast. Joe, Chris & Patrick take a topic they’re passionate about and deconstruct it, they kick two things out of football and each week one person will play 'Facts With Rafa Benitez.' Produced by Diagonal View, a Sky company and the world’s biggest multi-platform digital football network encompassing Football Daily, Euro Football Daily and FDFC.

Too Late to Die Young - Journalist and writer Nina Myskow in conversation with high profile guests who are at the stage in life where they’re closer to the end than the beginning. Rock legends The Who sang 'Hope I Die Before I Get Old’, but for these guests it is now too late to die young. Future guests includes Roger Daltrey, Pattie Boyd and Glenda Jackson as Nina creates perceptive portraits of fascinating individuals. ‘Too Late to Die Young’ is slated to launch January 2019.

Totally Football Show: American Edition - Hosted by Cobi Jones, ‘The Totally Football Show: American Edition’ will focus primarily on the MLS play-offs and the USMNT, but also on the USL, NPSL, WPSL and the USWNT. With a diverse range of guests from the professional game and beyond, it’s the same intelligent, thoughtful and sometimes irreverent tone as the ‘Totally Football Show’, but produced specifically for the American game.

About Audioboom

Audioboom is a global podcasting platform that consolidates the business of on-demand audio, making content accessible, wide-reaching and profitable for podcasters, advertisers and brands. Audioboom operates internationally, with operations across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, and addresses the issue of disparate podcast services by putting all of the pieces of the puzzle together under one umbrella, creating a user-friendly, economical experience.

Audioboom hosts over 14,000 content channels, with key partners including A+E Networks (US), ‘An Acquired Taste’ (US), Associated Press (US), ‘Astonishing Legends’ (US), ‘Casefile True Crime’ (AUS), ‘Chrisley Confessions’ (US), Edith Bowman (UK), ‘F1:Beyond The Grid’ (UK), ‘George Ezra & Friends’ (UK), Heston Blumenthal (UK), Jonathan Ross (UK), ‘Moneycontrol Podcast’ (India), ’No Such Thing As A Fish’ (UK), Red FM (India), ‘The Cycling Podcast’ (UK), ‘The Totally Football Show’ (UK), ‘The True Geordie Podcast’ (UK) and ‘Undisclosed’ (US).

Original content produced by Audioboom includes ‘Almost Smart with Vinny’ (US), ‘And That’s Why We Drink’ (US), ‘Ctrl Alt Win Podcast’ (India), ‘Deliberations’ (US), ‘I Almost Knew That’ (India), ‘It’s Happening with Snooki & Joey’ (US), ‘Mafia’ (US), ‘Mission To Zyxx’ (US), The 45th’ (US), ‘The Narrow Caves’ (US), ‘The Psychology Behind with Dr Linda Papadopoulos’ (UK) and ‘The Russell Brand Podcast’ (UK).

The platform receives over 60 million listens per month and allows partners to share their content via Apple Podcasts, BookMyShow, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, RadioPublic, Saavn, Spotify, Stitcher, Facebook and Twitter as well as their own websites and mobile apps.

For more information, visit audioboom.com.

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