Spotify taps Netflix to distribute select sports, culture, lifestyle, and true crime video podcasts from Spotify Studios and The Ringer in the US in early 2026
including shows from Spotify Studios and The Ringer Network — are coming to Netflix! The Bill Simmons Podcast, The Zach Lowe Show, The McShay Show, The Rewatchables, Serial Killers, and The Dave Chan...
A look at Monument Valley, a puzzle game developed by ustwo that won Apple's design award in 2014 and stood out in a market dominated by free-to-play titles
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Microsoft completes its Activision Blizzard acquisition after a 20-month battle with regulators in the UK and the US; Bobby Kotick will remain CEO through 2023
Combining with Microsoft will enable us to deliver more fun, more joy … BBC : Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard Tom Warren / The Verge : Read Xbox chief Phil...
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.
Members of Spotify unions at Gimlet, The Ringer, and Parcast stopped working for two hours on Friday, demanding fairer contracts and better working conditions
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SEC filing: Spotify bought The Ringer for ~$141M to $196M in cash, some of it deferred and subject to closing adjustments
surprise — Airbnb U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission : FORM 20-F - Spotify Technology S.A. Tweets: Greg / @grage52 : Overpaying for Gimlet, worth it. For this? Mistake. https://twitter.com/... Se...
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 …
A look at an online community of volunteer editors who are keeping EA Sports' college football title NCAA Football alive, six years after it was discontinued
Michael Weinreb / The Ringer : Tweets: @tefomohapi and @mgsiegler Tweets: @tefomohapi : get this a lot with iconic game titles, championship manager community is still alive as well https://twitter.c...