Amazon snaps up Oprah Winfrey’s podcast

TechCloseTechPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All TechNewsCloseNewsPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All NewsStreamingCloseStreamingPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All StreamingAmazon snaps up Oprah Winfrey’s podcastNew episodes of The Oprah Podcast will appear across Prime Video, Amazon Music, Audible, and Fire TV channels.New episodes of The Oprah Podcast will appear across Prime Video, Amazon Music, Audible, and Fire TV channels.by Emma RothCloseEmma RothNews WriterPosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All by Emma RothApr 27, 2026, 1:33 PM UTCLinkShareGiftPhoto by Michael Loccisano/Getty ImagesEmma RothCloseEmma RothPosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All by Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO.Oprah Winfrey’s video podcast, Book Club, and Favorite Things are headed to Amazon, according to reports from The New York Times and Variety. Starting in July, The Oprah Podcast will get new episodes twice per week, instead of once, debuting across Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Music, Audible, and Fire TV channels.The show will still appear on YouTube and other streaming platforms, but it will join Amazon’s library of celebrity-helmed shows under its Wondery brand, including New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce, Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, and Baby, this is Keke Palmer. Last year, Amazon split up Wondery, keeping its creator-led shows under the studio’s branding, while moving narrative-driven shows like Dr. Death and American Scandal to Audible.Along with Amazon, Netflix is getting into video podcasts, with new deals with Spotify and iHeartMedia, in addition to the launch of original shows with Pete Davidson and Michael Irvin.Amazon’s deal also includes all 25 seasons of The Oprah Winfrey Show, but it’s “still determining how it will present the old TV episodes,” according to Variety. The NYT reports that Amazon is considering options like “clipping together interviews she’s done on a particular subject” or “rereleasing an interview with an influential figure who’s returned to the current culture.”Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Emma RothCloseEmma RothNews WriterPosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All by Emma RothAmazonCloseAmazonPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All AmazonNewsCloseNewsPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All NewsStreamingCloseStreamingPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All StreamingTechCloseTechPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All TechMost PopularMost PopularTrump fires the entire National Science BoardAfter three months on Linux, I don’t miss Windows at allThe US gets the worst phonesWe translated the Palantir manifesto for actual human…

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