{"id":354059,"date":"2025-12-17T12:35:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/354059\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T12:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:35:14","slug":"netflix-strikes-deal-with-iheartmedia-on-video-podcasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/354059\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Strikes Deal With iHeartMedia On Video Podcasts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNetflix<\/a> is officially bringing more video podcasts<\/a> onto the platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe streaming giant announced a partnership with iHeartMedia<\/a> to stream new video episodes of more than 15 iHeartPodcasts, including Charlamagne tha God\u2019s The Breakfast Club, My Favorite Murder, Chelsea Handler\u2019s Dear Chelsea, Bobby Bones Presents: The Bobbycast and more. The deal, which also includes select library episodes from each show, will see the video podcast episodes launch on Netflix in early 2026 in the U.S.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe deal follows Netflix\u2019s announcement in October of a partnership with Spotify<\/a> to stream video podcast episodes of shows from Spotify Studios and The Ringer including The Bill Simmons Podcast, The Zach Lowe Show, The McShay Show, The Rewatchables, Conspiracy Theories and more.<\/p>\n

\n\tAll of this comes as Netflix seeks to compete with its main rival, YouTube, which is the most popular platform for video podcasts. As part of both the iHeartMedia and Spotify deals, new full video episodes can no longer appear on YouTube and must remain exclusive to Netflix. IHeartMedia retains all audio-only rights and distribution for the shows.<\/p>\n

\n\tNetflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos had floated the idea<\/a> of bringing video podcasts to the platform in April 2025, citing the popularity of the medium, and had been reaching out<\/a> to dozens of agents this fall in an attempt to sign on more podcasters.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe lineup of iHeartMedia shows at launch includes:\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Breakfast Club<\/p>\n

Bobby Bones Presents: The Bobbycast,\u00a0<\/p>\n

My Favorite Murder<\/p>\n

Dear Chelsea<\/p>\n

Joe and Jada<\/p>\n

This Is Important<\/p>\n

The Psychology of Your 20s<\/p>\n

Behind the Bastards<\/p>\n

Stuff They Don\u2019t Want You to Know,<\/p>\n

Stuff You Missed in History Class<\/p>\n

Stuff To Blow Your Mind<\/p>\n

New Rory & MAL<\/p>\n

3 and Out with John Middlekauff<\/p>\n

Buried Bones<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAudio podcasting has been the fastest-growing medium over the past 20 years, and now we\u2019re thrilled to expand that experience with an exciting new category \u2013 video podcasts. Netflix has a leading video-first service, and this partnership perfectly complements our strong audio foundation. Working with Netflix \u2014 an important leader in entertainment \u2014 gives fans one more way to connect with the personalities they love and opens the door to new audiences, including viewers discovering these shows for the first time,\u201d said Bob Pittman, CEO of iHeartMedia.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWith this partnership we are incredibly excited to offer our members such unmatched variety, and to deliver highly entertaining podcasts featuring some of the world\u2019s most dynamic personalities,\u201d said Lauren Smith, Netflix vice president of content licensing and programming strategy.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix is officially bringing more video podcasts onto the platform.\u00a0 The streaming giant announced a partnership with iHeartMedia…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88,83897,217,2294],"class_list":{"0":"post-354059","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-iheartmedia","10":"tag-netflix","11":"tag-podcasts"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}