The Daily (podcast)

The Daily is a daily news podcast and radio show by the American newspaper "The New York Times". Hosted by "Times" political journalist Michael Barbaro, its episodes are based on the "Times" reporting of the day with interviews of journalists from the New York Times. Episodes last 20 to 30 minutes, and new episodes air every weekday.
The Daily launched in January of 2017 as an extension of The New York Times' 2016 election-focused podcast, "The Run-Up".
"The Daily" is based on interviews with "Times" journalists, in which they summarize and comment on their story, and is complemented by recordings related to the topic, or original reporting such as interviews with persons involved in the story. A summary of headlines concludes the podcast.
"The Daily" is free to listen and financed by advertising; it is profitable according to the "Times". The "Times" said it intended to build a news podcast franchise around it, beginning with a spin-off podcast, "The New Washington", in summer 2017. "The New Washington" ran from July 2017 until December of the same year. A children's edition of "The Daily" was also planned. In January 2019, "The Daily" launched a weekly newsletter.
"The Weekly" (spinoff).
The success of the podcast led to a weekly documentary series called "The Weekly", which was announced on May 8, 2019 by FX and debuted on June 2, 2019. The Weekly is an American narrative investigative journalism docuseries that covers recent topical news and cultural stories.
Reception.
Started in January 2017, "The Daily" became a noted success for the "Times"; "TheStreet.com" described it as "a phenomenon, an out-of-the-blue hit". It had 3.8 million individual listeners by August 2017, and was regularly in the top ten most-listened podcasts by autumn 2017. "The New Yorker" attributed this success, in part, to the podcast's "conversational and intimate" tone, which made news more accessible, and to Barbaro's "idiosyncratic intonation" (he is known to say "hmm" after interesting commentary from guests, a habit that has generated much online commentary from listeners). The podcast began being syndicated to radio by American Public Media in 2018. As of June 2018, the podcast receives 1.1 million downloads every weekday and 2 millions in January 2020. The Daily (podcast) won the 2020 Webby Voice of the Year in the category Special Achievement.