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Spotify Launches Fitness Programming, Peloton Partnership

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Spotify will dive deeper into its video strategy with its latest venture: fitness. The platform, which started as a music streaming hub, will now feature guided workout experiences from top creators as well as a growing catalog of 1,400+ Peloton fitness classes.

The platform will host guided workout experiences for both its free and premium subscribers. Pandemic breakout star Chloe Ting will produce fitness content for the platform as well as top creators Yoga With Kassandra, Caitlin K’eli Yoga, Sweaty Studio, Pilates Body By Raven, Abi Mills Wellness and Sophiereidfit

“For nearly two decades, Spotify has been the soundtrack to the world’s workouts,” Roman Wasenmüller, global head of podcasts at Spotify, said. “By bringing thousands of creators and partners like Peloton directly into our video and audio ecosystem, we are investing in a future where Spotify isn’t just where you spend your time—it’s where you go to build momentum, improve your wellbeing, and get more out of every day.”

The Peloton partnership will be available for premium subscribers in select markets. They will gain access to a growing catalog of Peloton fitness classes that do not require additional equipment (like the bike). The catalog of over 1,400 classes includes on-demand strength, cardio, outdoor runs, yoga and meditation programming. Classes from fan-favorite instructors like Rebecca Kennedy, Ally Love and Rad Lopez will specifically be featured on the platform.

This push further cements Spotify’s emphasis on video content. The platform has increasingly valued video prioritizing exclusive music videos and video podcasts. Earlier this year, Spotify expanded monetization tools for creators and broadening distribution as it attempts to rival leading competitors in the video space, like YouTube. The once audio-only platform has positioned itself as a full-scale alternative for creators looking to build sustainable podcast businesses and now fitness empires.

The platform reported that fitness was a primary category for its users. Nearly 70% of Premium users work out monthly, according to the platform, and there are already more than 150 million fitness playlists active globally. The fitness launch caters to the audience’s growing emphasis and demand in the category.

Since launching its Spotify Partner Program last year, monthly video podcast consumption on Spotify has nearly doubled, the company said. Even more telling, the average Spotify podcast user now streams twice as many video shows per month than before the program launched, a sign that audiences are increasingly engaging with podcasts in a video-first format. 

Subscribers can access Spotify’s fitness hub by searching “fitness” on the platform, directing them to on-demand classes as well as new curated, high-energy workout playlists. Workouts are available primarily in English, with select options in Spanish and German.

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‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Sets Brooklyn Week With Mamdani, Springsteen & More

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As Jimmy Kimmel returns to his late-night post, he’s ready to take the show across the river for Brooklyn Week once again.

On Thursday, ABC announced that Jimmy Kimmel Live! will head to Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House for the eighth Brooklyn Week, which will kick off next Monday with an all-star lineup.

This year’s guests for Brooklyn Week include New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Mahershala Ali, Billy Crystal, Pete Davidson, Robby Hoffman, Paul McCartney, Seth Meyers, Tom Morello, John Oliver, Bernie Sanders, Bruce Springsteen and Howard Stern, with musical guests De La Soul, Goose, TV On the Radio, and Springsteen & Tom Morello.

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All five shows will tape in front of a live studio audience at BAM, to air every weeknight at 11:35pm ET on ABC and stream the next day on Hulu.

Jimmy Kimmel Live is produced by 12:05 AM Productions LLC, in association with Kimmelot and 20th Television. Kimmel, Erin Irwin, Molly McNearney, Jennifer Sharron and David Craig serve as executive producers, with Douglas DeLuca and Danny Ricker as co-executive producers.

Brooklyn Week comes after ABC denied “inaccurate” reports that Jimmy Kimmel Live! is ending in 2027 after 24 seasons.

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Disney Legal Chief Warns Of Looming Layoffs: “Much Smaller Organization”

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EXCLUSIVE: An end-of-week memo from Disney‘s Chief Legal and Global Affairs Officer has fired a warning shot that layoffs are coming amidst a “transformation process” that includes “automating certain workflows by leveraging the latest technologies.”

Without actually saying that AI is taking over or that job losses are on the horizon, the memo by Horacio Gutierrez strongly implies that. Sent out at noon on Sept. 18 to the LGA department, which counts less than 1,000 members globally, the missive has taken on a life of its own. It is being circulated among the Disney rank and file, with many fearing that the blunt warning to LGA staffers applies to them too as they are bracing for rounds of layoffs, expected to begin as early as next week. Unspecified cuts within the LGA department are not connected to the next round of cuts, I hear. I’m told.

The memo has also been shared throughout the entertainment law community in L.A., NYC and DC.

Noting that the Mouse House’s “legal, government relations, operations, and others, are going through their own reinvention as technology reshapes how work gets done, and the operating models that underpin those professions,” the multi-tasked Gutierrez says he’s “taking a dispassionate look at every aspect of how we do our work, so we can do it in a more efficient and cost-effective manner.”

Gutierrez joined Disney from Spotify in late 2021 under Bob Chapek‘s short-lived reign as CEO. Replacing Disney veteran Alan Braverman in the top in-house legal job, Gutierrez was one of few key Chapek lieutenants to keep his job when Bob Iger returned as CEO in late 2022.

“Obviously, this will require hard choices about where and how we deploy our resources and investments, including our staffing investments and how we work will look different in the months and years ahead,” Gutierrez writes in the memo, adding, “LGA will be a much smaller organization than it is today, and some of you will personally be affected by decisions we make in this process. As a result, we’ll have to consider a whole range of new models for different workloads, including automating certain workflows by leveraging the latest technologies, moving to self-service models where appropriate, engaging alternative legal providers and others, and new expanded share services, even outsourcing.”

Proving once again that timing is everything in this town, Gutierrez’s memo came on the same day that Disney unveiled Karandeep Anand as the company’s very first Chief Technology Officer. The ex-Character.AI, CEO will report directly to Disney boss Josh D’Amaro. With the most recent rounds of job cuts hitting Disney in April and then July, execs made no secret on the Aug. 5 earnings call that more is to come. To that, Gutierrez email also came as the deadline was looming for qualifying longtime Disney executives to take the company’s voluntary early retirement offer, first unveiled in August by EVP and Chief People Officer Sonia Coleman. The process was always expected to be followed by involuntary layoffs.

Cutting to the chase in his September 18 memo, and invoking the name of D’Amaro, Gutierrez goes on to tell his staff that “when teams work smarter, Disney can serve more fans at lower costs, freeing up capital to reinvest in the content, guest experiences, and technology infrastructure that keep the company out in front.”

“Josh’s vision is of a Disney that succeeds in a changing market by breaking internal walls and embracing technology to amplify what makes it great, not by clinging to the way things always have been done.”

Disney would not comment on Gutierrez’s memo or on a timeline and scope of the upcoming job cuts when contacted Thursday by Deadline.

Nellie Andreeva contributed to this report

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‘Big Brother’ Season 28, Week 11 Eviction Results: Final 3 Houseguests Revealed

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SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details on Big Brother Season 28, Episode 39, which aired on Thursday, September 24.

Big Brother Season 28 is down to its final four, and the night will reveal the final three houseguests who can still win the whole game.

Week 11 saw an Egyptian Eviction, which saw Melody Morris fall victim and leave the game, making her the fifth jury member.

Following the special eviction, Taylor Brown became Head of Household (HOH) and put Dee Valladares and Drew Campbell up for eviction. At the Power of Veto (POV) competition, Drew won and saved himself.

The final POV had tremendous power as the holder would determine who would be evicted and who would make it to Final 3.

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How did the Big Brother Season 28 houseguests vote in Week 11?

Dee and Devens were the two housemates on the block, but one wouldn’t survive the night.

Votes to evict Dee: Drew

Votes to evict Devens: No votes

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Who was evicted from Big Brother Season 28 in Week 11?

By a vote of 1 to 0, Dee was the housemate evicted from Big Brother Season 28 in Week 11 and became the sixth member of the jury.

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Who are the Final 3 houseguests in Big Brother Season 28?

The final three houseguests who could potentially win Big Brother Season 28 are Taylor Brown, Drew Campbell, and Rick Devens.

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