In other news, Sirius XM has acquired the rights to 'SmartLess', a podcast by Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes, for over $100 million. This comes after Amazon previously paid between $60 million and $80 million for the same. The acquisition was discussed by The Messenger, Simon Owens on LinkedIn, The Desk, Boing Boing, Podnews, Sirius XM Holdings Inc., Variety, The Verge, Deadline, CNN, Inside Radio, Radio Ink, The Hollywood Reporter, Digital Trends, The Wrap, and Cord Cutters News.
Key takeaways:
- Ukraine's foreign ministry has criticized HBO for casting Serbian actor Milos Bikovic in The White Lotus' season three, alleging without evidence that he supports Russia.
- Sirius XM has acquired the rights to the podcast SmartLess, hosted by Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes, reportedly for over $100 million. Amazon had previously paid between $60 million and $80 million for the same rights.
- Various discussions have been reported by different authors including Daniel Thomas from Financial Times and Andrew Goudsward from Reuters.
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