A look at Amazon’s plans to expand its ad business by monetizing podcasts, after spending $350M+ buying rights to podcasts over the last 12 months (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

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A look at Amazon’s plans to expand its ad business by monetizing podcasts, after spending $350M+ buying rights to podcasts over the last 12 months  —  Amazon.com Inc. announced earlier this summer that it had acquired distribution rights to SmartLess, a popular podcast hosted by actors Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes.