The heat 7 launches on 5 September, with new episodes every Monday to Saturday at 7am. It aims to provide listeners with the seven biggest stories from the world of entertainment, showbiz, reality and social that day in under seven minutes.

heat said the podcast will adopt the magazine’s cheeky tone of voice and include audio excerpts from exclusive interviews and events. It will be presented by Bauer Media’s Lucie Cave and Eden-Olivia Lord, Deputy Editor of heat digital.

Lucie Cave said: “This is super exciting and a natural evolution for the heat brand in the digital audio space. It’s going to be the must-listen podcast for pop culture lovers everywhere and the beauty of it is that it will be delivered to your ears by 7am all in seven minutes!"

Jamie East, presenter, broadcaster and co-founder of The Smart 7, added: “The union of The Smart 7 and heat made perfect sense and we just know people are going to love what we’ve created.

"We’re also looking forward to carrying the conversation across to Twitter Spaces where we can get under the skin of the heat stories that really matter to the nation. We will be a vital public service, a bit like the NHS if the NHS cared about The Masked Singer.”