Warner Music Group Launches Podcast Network; Lupita Nyong’o & Jason Derulo To Host Shows

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Warner Music Group is launching a podcast network and has set shows from stars including Lupita Nyong’o and Jason Derulo.The record label has established Interval Presents, which will produce a slew of series across music, pop culture and social impact.

It will feature talk shows and narrative-driven episodic shows.Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o will host a show centered on non-fiction cultural storytelling that explores the African diaspora, while pop star Jason Derulo will headline a series that uses vocal performances to tell a fictional, noir-inflected romance story.

Songwriter Billy Mann will host a series that will challenge the stigma around failure in a show featuring some of the world’s biggest stars and their stories about confronting adversity.Snap Judgment will produce Nyong’o’s show.

Awfully Nice, who developed Idris and Sabrina Elba’s podcast Coupledom, and Double Elvis, the company behind Disgraceland are also producing series.Awfully Nice will produce a docu-series that explores thought-provoking questions.