His recent interview with British broadcaster Piers Morgan<\/a> has generated more than 320,000 views since being released on Wednesday night.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\nThe figure is higher than the audience recorded by Today on the same day, which attracted 268,000 viewers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
While television ratings and online video views measure different audiences, the figures indicate there is significant interest in Stefanovic\u2019s content following his departure.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His YouTube channel has accumulated about 172,000\u00a0subscribers\u00a0and several interviews have attracted audiences well into six figures.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The audience growth comes after Stefanovic spoke publicly for the first time about the circumstances surrounding his departure.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Appearing on his own podcast from France, he became emotional while discussing the fallout from the Robinson interview and the impact it had on his family.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought Tommy Robinson was a legitimate interview for us to pick up,” Stefanovic told Morgan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“What\u2019s happening on the right, what\u2019s happening on the streets, and you know, (Robinson) came in, and we did it. I put it up on air, and then a couple of days later \u2013 boom.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
The interview also included a discussion about the effect the controversy had on his wife, Jasmine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Just my wife, because she puts\u00a0up with\u00a0a lot,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Her finding out this stuff and having to deal with me, because I’m a lot, and I’m in\u00a0the public\u00a0a lot.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I really do work hard, and I’m away a bit, and she knows what I’m trying to do with this podcast.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Industry attention has also turned to the ratings performance of Today since Stefanovic\u2019s departure.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sunrise has opened a sizeable lead over its rival breakfast program this week, with Seven\u2019s long-running show averaging 449,000 viewers compared with Today\u2019s 252,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stefanovic\u2019s online success has not yet answered the question of whether a digital venture can replace the income once generated through television and radio.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The veteran broadcaster reportedly earned a multimillion-dollar salary at Nine.<\/p>\n
He also recently signed a radio agreement with ARN worth about $200,000 annually before that arrangement was terminated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sources familiar with the podcast project say Stefanovic is the only member of the team to\u00a0have made\u00a0a direct financial investment in the venture.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Other contributors are involved through alternative arrangements.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Attention is now turning to where the podcast goes next.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to the Daily Telegraph,\u00a0future guests are expected to be more mainstream as the show\u00a0attempts\u00a0to broaden its appeal and reassure potential advertisers following recent controversy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There is also\u00a0speculation\u00a0Stefanovic\u2019s next chapter could extend beyond podcasting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Publishing industry figures are understood to be\u00a0monitoring\u00a0developments closely, with reports suggesting multiple publishers have expressed interest in a potential memoir.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One source claimed discussions involving a book proposal had generated significant attention.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At the same time, reports of changes to Stefanovic\u2019s management arrangements have been dismissed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sources insist long-time manager Sharon Finnigan\u00a0remains\u00a0involved and continues to\u00a0advise\u00a0him following his departure from Nine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There has also been speculation about\u00a0a possible future\u00a0partnership with radio star Kyle Sandilands after internet domains linked to the names \u201cKyle and Karl\u201d were registered through\u00a0Sandilands\u2019 company.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sources familiar with the situation maintain Stefanovic\u00a0had no involvement\u00a0in registering the domains.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Karl Stefanovic\u2019s new podcast is pulling a larger audience than\u00a0Today, just weeks after his dramatic departure from Channel…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,36783,134,12304,20975,12850,24080,53567],"class_list":["post-780477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-channel-nine","tag-entertainment","tag-karl-stefanovic","tag-nine","tag-piers-morgan","tag-today","tag-tommy-robinson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}