Spotify executive calls Harry and Meghan 'grifters' after 'Archetypes' podcast deal ends
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An executive at Spotify called Prince Harry and Megan 'grifters' the day after the news dropped that the pair’s podcast 'Archetypes' would no longer be on the streaming platform.
An executive at Spotify called Prince Harry and Megan “grifters” the day after the news dropped that the pair’s podcast “Archetypes” would no longer be on the streaming platform.
Bill Simmons, head of podcast innovation and monetization at Spotify, made the comments during the latest episode of his own podcast, “The Ringer.”
He and guest Joe House were discussing NBA trade deals when, around 19 minutes in, House began to segue into a question by describing Simmons as a person who does “a lot of business deals, a lot of negotiations.”
“I do? I wish I had been involved in the Meghan-and-Harry-leave-Spotify negotiation,” Simmons replied. “The f---ing grifters — that’s the podcast we should’ve launched with them.”
“Archetypes” premiered last August to immediate success, topping the Spotify charts in seven countries including Canada and winning the top podcast award at the People’s Choice awards last year.
Spotify and Archewell Audio, the production company founded by Harry and Meghan, said in a joint statement on Friday that the decision for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to part ways with Spotify was a mutual one.
In the June 16 episode of his podcast, Simmons went on to say that he should “get drunk one night and tell the story of this Zoom I had with Harry to try to help him with a podcast idea.
