{"id":59139,"date":"2026-04-08T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/?p=59139"},"modified":"2026-04-08T00:17:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:17:03","slug":"kerry-washington-audible-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/kerry-washington-audible-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerry Washington Expands Media Footprint With Audible Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style='background:#f7fafc;padding:15px;'>\n<p><strong>Quick Read<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kerry Washington\u2019s production company, Simpson Street, will premiere the scripted audio drama &#8216;Between Me and You&#8217; on April 16 via Audible.<\/li>\n<li>The new series stars Jurnee Smollett, Jack Falahee, and Stephanie Hsu, continuing a multi-podcast partnership that began in 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Washington remains a co-investor in the social media platform Spill, which recently released a major study on digital Black community discourse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Actress and producer Kerry Washington is significantly expanding her digital media influence this month, balancing a new scripted audio drama launch with her ongoing strategic commitments to social media innovation. Washington\u2019s production company, Simpson Street, announced that it will premiere <em>Between Me and You<\/em>, an eight-episode scripted audio drama, on April 16 exclusively via Audible.<\/p>\n<h2>Expanding the Simpson Street and Audible Partnership<\/h2>\n<p>The upcoming audio series stars Jurnee Smollett, Jack Falahee, and Stephanie Hsu. Based on the novel by Allison Winn Scotch, the narrative explores the unraveling of a marriage between a rising actress and a screenwriter, focusing on themes of ambition and betrayal. This release marks the latest milestone in a multi-podcast deal between Simpson Street and Audible, which began in 2022. The partnership has already yielded two seasons of the supernatural drama <em>The Prophecy<\/em>, which also featured Washington in a lead role.<\/p>\n<p>Washington and her production partner, Pilar Savone, stated that the project aligns with their mission to champion underrepresented stories through authentic storytelling. The production represents a deliberate move to maintain a high-quality audio portfolio while Washington continues to exert influence in the broader tech and social media landscape.<\/p>\n<h2>Digital Influence and the Spill Platform<\/h2>\n<p>Beyond her audio production work, Washington\u2019s role as a co-investor in the social media platform Spill remains a key pillar of her media strategy. The platform recently unveiled a comprehensive data study titled <em>WHAT\u2019S THE TEA? The Cultural Exploration of a Digital Black Renaissance<\/em>, developed in collaboration with cultural strategist Dr. Marcus Collins. The research, which analyzed over 1.7 million user conversations from 2025, highlights how the platform serves as a vital space for community and economic solidarity.<\/p>\n<p>The study underscores the significance of digital spaces in fostering unique cultural discourse, noting that 30% of users identify the app as a safe space for expression. By bridging the gap between high-level production work in audio dramas and active investment in digital-first social platforms, Washington is positioning her brand at the intersection of traditional entertainment and emerging digital community dynamics.<\/p>\n<p><em>The strategic convergence of Washington&#8217;s audio-drama production and her investment in niche social platforms suggests a dual-track approach to audience engagement: she is simultaneously scaling premium scripted content for major distributors while securing equity in the infrastructure where modern digital culture is actively being defined.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actress and producer Kerry Washington is set to premiere a new scripted audio drama, &#8216;Between Me and You,&#8217; as her production company, Simpson Street, deepens its partnership with Audible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":-1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow5Nm1DA:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1480],"tags":[54557,25230,52277,54558,54559],"class_list":["post-59139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-audible","tag-digital-media","tag-kerry-washington","tag-simpson-street","tag-spill-app"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/kerry-washington-portrait.jpg","_embedded":{"wp:featuredmedia":[{"id":-1,"source_url":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/kerry-washington-portrait.jpg","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59161,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59139\/revisions\/59161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}