Trevor Noah has had his own tv series, has been in movies, performed live reveals and published books.
Now, the former “Each day Show” host is receiving his individual podcast on Spotify.
The podcast, which will start off streaming on the app afterwards this year, will launch episodes weekly and characteristic discussions between Noah and “some of the most influential and exciting figures around the environment,” Spotify reported in a assertion. Noah and the platform’s executives introduced the deal on Tuesday in France at the Cannes Lions Worldwide Pageant of Creativeness.
“We are thrilled to collaborate with Trevor to build an original podcast that seamlessly combines his unique humor, insightful commentary, and consummate interview abilities on a world scale,” said Spotify’s podcasting direct, Julie McNamara, in the assertion.
The announcement arrives just a few of months right after Spotify laid of 200 workers, roughly 2% of its employees. Most of the layoffs have been in the podcasting division, which is undergoing restructuring. In January, the Swedish-based mostly tech huge trimmed its personnel by 6%, or about 600 individuals.
The firm, which said it commands a podcast audience of a lot more than 100 million month-to-month listeners, greatly invested in podcasting over the decades, purchasing several manufacturing businesses, such as Gimlet and Parcast, but the cuts have occur at a time when tech organizations are making an attempt to improve earnings in an uncertain financial ecosystem.
“We’re launching a new podcast, and its going to be worldwide, which implies if you are in the earth … you can hear to this podcast,” Noah explained in a video clip posted to Spotify’s TikTok account on Tuesday. “If you are in place, I believe they have net there far too, they just got Wi-Fi, you can also listen to the podcast.”
“Add me to your playlist,” Noah said, “I really do not sing while — unless you want me to.”
During their visual appeal at the creative and marketing pageant in Cannes, Noah and Spotify co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek claimed they would be “navigating diverse mediums” and leveraging “new technologies” to join with audiences, according to the assertion. Spotify did not, nevertheless, elaborate on what particular mediums or tech they have been referring to.
Noah’s podcast gig gets underway about six months after Noah aired his remaining episode on the Comedy Central late-night time clearly show “The Each day Present,” which he started web hosting in 2015, changing Jon Stewart. The satirical political discuss demonstrate is still seeking for a long term alternative for Noah. Due to the fact his departure in December, the exhibit has rotated amid a array of short-term hosts — such as Al Franken, Wanda Sykes, Leslie Jones, Hasan Minhaj, Sarah Silverman, Chelsea Handler, John Leguizamo, Marlon Wayans, Kal Penn and D.L. Hughley.
Noah has remained hectic, booking a stand-up comedy tour and, in February, web hosting the 2023 Grammys. In the guide-up to his departure, Noah went on “The Tonight Present” with Jimmy Fallon and teased that, following his longtime Comedy Central gig, he would do a bit of “everything.”
“Producing, you know? Like just doing work driving the digital camera, doing the job on unique thoughts,” Noah instructed Fallon. “Going back house, expending much more time with family in South Africa. Everything is what I’m heading to be executing.”
Occasions personnel author Wendy Lee contributed to this report.
