Apple is launching its own daily news podcast to compete with The Daily and others

Apple is launching its own daily podcast. The company announced the show today along with other news about audio stories coming to Apple News and curated local Apple News collections, as well as the release of iOS 13.6. The show, called Apple News Today, will be hosted by Apple News editors Shumita Basu and Duarte Geraldino. New episodes, which will be seven to eight minutes long, will be released Monday through Friday, and the show will exclusively be available through Apple News and Apple Podcasts in the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia.

Additionally, Apple will release 20 audio stories a week through Apple News Plus. The stories will be voiced by professional actors and there will be narrated longform pieces published by big-name...

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