Amazon snaps up Oprah Winfrey’s podcast

A photo of Oprah Winfrey

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 show …

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