Bill Simmons, Ben Shapiro, Kara Swisher, and other podcast hosts, executives, and agents on how the industry has changed, not reaching “peak podcast”, and more
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Spotify is building AI tools trained on its hosts' voices to create targeted ads, per Bill Simmons, the founder of the Spotify-owned podcast network The Ringer
- Bill Simmons, founder of The Ringer, hinted at Spotify's future AI plans. — He said that the streaming service is working on technology for AI-generated ads.
Spotify promotes Bill Simmons to oversee global sports strategy and Parcast founder and managing director Max Cutler to head of creator content and partnerships
Spotify promotes Bill Simmons to oversee global sports strategy and names Parcast founder Max Cutler as head of creator content and partnerships
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Spotify reports Q4 revenue of $2B, up 24% YoY; 271M total MAUs, up 31% YoY, as paying users rise 29% YoY to 124M; 16% of its MAUs engage with podcast content
Spotify Business Wire : Spotify Announces Strategic Acquisition of Bill Simmons' The Ringer to Grow Sports Vertical Eric Jhonsa / TheStreet : Snap and Spotify Are Finding That Profitably Competing Aga...
Spotify will buy The Ringer, the podcast-centric media company run and owned by Bill Simmons, and plans to hire Simmons and his approximately 90 employees
The Ringer CEO Bill Simmons in 2015 | Photo by Mike Windle/Getty Images for Vanity Fair — It's the fourth podcast deal Spotify has done in a year.
Sources: Spotify in early talks to buy The Ringer, founded by Bill Simmons, which has a podcast network that had revenue of $15M+ in 2018
The Ringer, founded in 2016 by former ESPN commentator Bill Simmons, has over 30 podcasts — Spotify Technology SA SPOT -2.31% is in talks to buy sports …
Programming on Facebook Watch has evolved as it focuses on sports, news, and high-profile stars/creators and funding for shows by digital publishers dries up
Facebook says it wants Facebook Watch programming that's unique to its platform — with big names and built-in distribution, if possible. Tweets: @maxwillens , @billsimmons , and @mattnavarra See also ...
Interview with Medium's Ev Williams on corporate web consolidation, the open web, and centralized platforms
Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic : Tweets: @rsarver , @sacca , @billsimmons and @codinghorror . Thanks: @cauchon . See also Mediagazer Tweets: Ryan Sarver / @rsarver : Horrible title, but great feature ...