Acast AB and Luminary have announced a strategic partnership to broaden the reach of selected Luminary Original podcasts. Six shows-including Under the Skin with Russell Brand, Joking Not Joking with Mo Amer and Azhar Usman and How I Masaba with Masaba Gupta-will be made available to listeners across all listening platforms, via Acast. Acast will also serve as Luminary's exclusive monetization partner for these podcasts across all platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music.

Under the terms of the partnership, later this month Luminary will also leverage the Acast+ Access capability, which launched earlier this summer, to allow subscribers to access exclusive content on the listening app of their choice. With Acast+ Access, publishers and other companies, like Luminary, have the most powerful, centralized solution for all their podcasting and subscription-based needs-allowing them to manage advertising, distribution, and membership benefits seamlessly in one single, easy-to-use platform. The partnership will complement Luminary's subscription business model, as it makes use of Acast's advanced distribution and monetization technology to reach an even wider audience.