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Barack and Michelle Obama are expanding their media empire by teaming up with Amazon's Audible in a multi-year deal that will see the former first couple create podcasts and other audio content for the platform following their departure from Spotify.
Barack Obama and Michelle Obahavehas joined Audible by Amazon and leaves Spotify. The financial terms of the agreement with Higher Ground have not been disclosed by Audible yet. But it is expected to be above the previous deal with Spotify which was around $25 million.
Audible has not disclosed how much their partnership with the Obamas will cost. But, insiders revealed in April that Higher Ground had been fielding offers worth tens of millions of dollars .