Meghan Markle’s podcast Archetypes has been re-released with changes after the duchess’s breakup with Spotify.
The Duchess of Sussex recently announced a new podcast deal with Lemonada Media.
She has now released her previous Spotify-exclusive series to platforms including Apple Podcast and Audible.
Meghan and Harry did have a $20 million (£15 million) deal with Spotify, but it collapsed after executives were left underwhelmed with the first series of Archetypes.
Meghan's podcast was re-released with a makeover
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The podcast has now been re-released with a slight makeover to its cover.
The Spotify branding has been dropped from the Archetypes cover and replaced with Meghan’s new podcast partner’s logo.
The old version of the cover had a photo of Meghan in black and white bordered by a green background.
Now the same photo of the duchess appears in a purple and grey haze and the title of the podcast has been moved above Meghan’s head.
The new Archetypes podcast cover with a purple haze
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The name of the podcast has remained the same: Archetypes with Meghan.
Archetypes is described as “a podcast where we investigate, dissect, and subvert the labels that try to hold women back.”
The Duchess of Sussex is joining the female-founded company Lemonada to continue her “love of podcasting.”
On Harry and Meghan’s website, it was announced that the new podcast will be available to stream from Spring, and Lemonada will oversee ad sales and distribution.
The old version of Meghan's Archetypes podcast cover with Spotify
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Meghan said: “I’m proud to now be able to share that I am joining the brilliant team at Lemonada to continue my love of podcasting.”
Meghan and Harry’s deal with Spotify was axed prematurely after one season of Meghan’s podcast and one holiday special.
The Sussexes’s audio production Archewell Audio released a statement after the split saying they had “mutually agreed to part ways and are proud of the series we made together” with Spotify.
The original series saw over 10 million downloads, averaging a million listens per episode and debuting as Spotify’s No.1 podcast in 47 countries around the world when it launched in 2022.
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For her new podcast, a source said that Meghan may share stories about her own life as she is keen to “do some inner reflecting.”
The source told US Weekly regarding Meghan’s new podcast: “[She] wants to do mostly philanthropic-type content.
“She considers herself too academic for entertainment only. She doesn’t want the podcast to be celebrity driven-through she’s have some stars on.”