There's some serious ugliness lurking behind the break-up of the $20 million podcasting deal
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Complaining about the semi-royal duo isn’t necessarily anything new for Simmons, either: The long-time sports writer/media mogulIn the podcast, Simmons also suggested he might, at some point, describe a Zoom call he had with Harry, in which they apparently tried to brainstorm podcast ideas. Which does, in fact, sound like a story we’d like to hear.
Simmons is a guy who’s never been afraid to speak his mind. But his official position at Spotify adds an extra dimension to his comments; at the very least, it would seem to put the company in a position to need to address the situation more formally—lest they be seen to endorse Simmons’ ‘fucking grifters” assessment.
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