Overview

• Nicolle Wallace will debut her interview podcast ‘The Best People’ on June 2, kicking off with Jason Bateman and featuring Sarah Jessica Parker, Jimmy Jam, Joan Baez and Doc Rivers.
• That push has yielded 18 original audio titles and drove 13.4 million downloads of showcasts and podcasts in April alone.
• MSNBC is offering an Apple Podcasts Premium bundle at $2.99 per month for early, ad-free access to its full slate of 32 original shows and TV audio versions.
• The network is gearing up to separate from Comcast under a new parent company, Versant, this fall, restructuring its relationship with NBC News.
• Versant plans to hire up to 100 journalists for an independent newsgathering team, including justice correspondent Ken Dilanian moving over from NBC News.