Tag: Daniel Radcliffe

Immediate Media Partners With Spotify’s Megaphone To Bring Its Popular U.K. Podcasts to the World

February 16, 2023

When it comes to U.K. podcast producers, Immediate Media stands out. In 2022, the studio published more than 750 podcast episodes and averaged more than 5 million downloads per month across its 12 ongoing series. One of its most popular podcasts, HistoryExtra, also just celebrated a major milestone by hitting 200 million downloads. And now, we’re excited to announce our new partnership with Immediate Media that will help the company take its content to the next level. 

Starting in March, Immediate Media’s podcasts will be hosted and monetized through Spotify’s enterprise podcasting platform, Megaphone. With its portfolio—including the Radio Times Podcast, The olive magazine podcast, and the aforementioned HistoryExtra, along with BBC’s Top Gear Magazine Podcast, BBC Good Food Podcast, and BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine—Immediate Media offers content from premium brands that advertisers love. 

With Megaphone’s comprehensive set of industry-leading tools, Immediate Media can more effectively publish and grow its podcast business, by creating podcast ads for use on Spotify and other listening platforms.

Stars from the Wizarding World and Beyond Bring ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s/Philosopher’s Stone’ to Spotify

May 5, 2020

Today, Wizarding World and J.K. Rowling announced the latest addition to Harry Potter At Home, the collection of free initiatives designed to help bring the magic of Harry Potter to children, parents, and caregivers in lockdown. It will bring weekly recordings of the timeless first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s/Philosopher’s Stone, to harrypotterathome.com, Spotify, and Spotify Kids.

Some of the best-loved names from the global entertainment, music, sport, and Wizarding World have lent their voices to the story they love. The first chapter, “The Boy Who Lived,” will be narrated by Daniel Radcliffe. 

Every week, stars such as David Beckham, Stephen Fry, Dakota Fanning, Claudia Kim, Eddie Redmayne, Noma Dumezweni, and more will read parts of this iconic book, with its themes of family, friendship, bravery, and overcoming adversity aiming to surprise and delight fans around the world.

 

Harry Potter fans new and returning can expect a stellar and eclectic cast of narrators and some very special cameo appearances. Beginning today with chapter one, all 17 chapters of the book will be released by the middle of the summer. 

The audio chapters will be available exclusively on Spotify, for both free and Premium users, and on the new standalone Spotify Kids app that’s exclusively available to Premium Family subscribers in select markets. Videos of those recordings will live solely on Wizarding World. 

Tune into chapter one, “The Boy Who Lived,” available on Spotify for all users globally starting today.  

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Zc9giy2shsUAdjdXU0AbP