Audible

Barack and Michelle Obama are heading to Audible. On Tuesday, the Amazon-owned company an exclusive multiyear first-look production deal with the former first couple’s Higher Ground media company. The deal comes after it came out that the Obamas and Spotify had decided not to extend their exclusive podcast partnership beyond the end of 2022. According to a Bloomberg report , the family wanted an agreement that would see their content distributed widely across various platforms, and that’s what this deal with Audible…

If you use Amazon’s Kindle app on Android, you may have noticed the software doesn't offer the option to buy and rent ebooks or subscribe to the company’s Kindle Unlimited service anymore. Amazon announced the change last month and more recently began notifying customers of the move via email. If you’re curious about what’s going on, the change puts Amazon in compliance with a policy Google will begin enforcing on . Starting next month, the company will require all developers to process payments involving “digital goods…