Spotify looking to buy The Ringer

[Rob's al Ghul]

Yeah I just read that on Vox.

Hopefully it happens with The Ringer.

I don't even listen to any of their sports shyt - it's all TV and Movie stuff I listen to and the occasional BS Pod if he interviews someone dope like Denzel or people I'm interested in.

From reading it (assuming we're referencing the same one), it feels like the actual website itself is going to have minimal value, at best.

 

[CrimsonTider]

Interesting, I didn't expect him to actually sell. Then again what really is there left to do, did the ESPN lackey work, profited off the Boston sports guy trope, created Grantland and 30 for 30 series, HBO did flop but he followed it up with The Ringer. "New ESPN" is crazy hyperbole since it will never have the same reach across fans, there's also the fact there's zero black people working there so you're limited culturally, but there isn't another alternative out there like it. The Athletic is sports only and behind a paywall at that, The Ringer has some pop culture stuff going for them.

He has x millions to fall back on and can come and go on his podcast to talk sports if he still wants, so he's set. Everyone else is looking a little shaky, especially being left in the dark about a potential takeover.

I'm assuming Spotify will also put the network behind their subscription wall like the JBP so that'll be a change for Apple podcast users. I think the Budden deal expires in April so we'll see what happens there too since Spotify's buying entire networks.

JBP is not behind a paywall

Man I got Apple

I doubt this will be subscription based

This is a little hilarious and naive from the writers. Management doesn't have to keep employees up to date on anything. If they do it's a courtesy and not a right.

I'm not on Twitter's, but someone should tell them the world doesnt work like their parents do where we have to stop and explain it.

why don’t you sign up and tell them?

 

[drifter]

dudes who run this site should be mad, i with the amount of talent on this site, and some of the threads created that get people going we could create a ringer and an online sports talk show just off the daily threads here and in the locker room have podcasts and shyt but WE DON"T HAVE THE VISION OR THE BREAD

Wouldn't work because you have social degenerates calling every black person under the sun a c00n for if nothing else besides breathing. Cac this, bedwench that etc. Even if podcasts were successful you'd either have to filter people out the forums or separate it from the website altogether, same reason why we know media people watch us but will never say anything like they do for Reddit.

Just wasn't meant to be but I agree with the idea, there's enough people talking shyt here so just about every pro team outside the NHL is covered on topics. Soccer dudes been putting in work for years in one thread, boxing/MMA heads are here every event. Oh well.

 

[mastermind]

This is a little hilarious and naive from the writers. Management doesn't have to keep employees up to date on anything. If they do it's a courtesy and not a right.

I'm not on Twitter's, but someone should tell them the world doesnt work like their parents do where we have to stop and explain it.

If it’s collectively bargained that they have to be informed, then yes they do.

 

[calh45]

If it’s collectively bargained that they have to be informed, then yes they do.

This is true, but if it's a contractual obligation they're not going to twitter with it and if they do they'd also be mentioning that part in the tweet.

 

[mastermind]

This is true, but if it's a contractual obligation they're not going to twitter with it and if they do they'd also be mentioning that part in the tweet.

It goes both ways.

Saying that, since it wasn’t mentioned I doubt they had that in agreement also.

 

[Osmosis]

The Ringer’s television, movie, and pop culture content is better than their sports content.

 

[ahomeplateslugger]

for 300 mill? that seems crazy. i tried listening to the other podcasts on the ringer network but just couldn't get into it. outside of the BS pod nothing is appealing about everything else they have. i guess there's a big market for it if spotify is paying 300 mill.

joe budden is gonna get a very nice pay bump when his contract is up.

 

[Rev]

Spotify has laid off about 15 people in its podcasting division—about 3% of total employees—a source confirmed to Front Office Sports.

The layoffs included at least two talents at The Ringer, the sports and pop culture platform that Bill Simmons founded in 2016 and sold to Spotify in 2020.

“Spotify does not comment on staffing shifts,” a spokesperson said in a statement to FOS.

Ringer pop culture writer Miles Surrey announced via social media that he was among the cuts. “It was a rewarding eight and a half years and I’m proud to have literally written the most articles in the site’s history,” Surrey wrote on Twitter/X. “I’d love to keep writing about pop culture elsewhere — drop me a line: msurrey2 at gmail.”

Andrew Gruttadaro, the site’s special projects lead, said he was let go after nine years. “It’s impossible to sum up nine years in a tweet but: I worked on so many things—profiles, theme weeks, special projects—that I am incredibly proud of,” Gruttadaro tweeted.

A source at Spotify characterized the layoffs as not about cost cuts, but rather streamlining alignment between teams and focusing on areas like video. The decision follows a round of layoffs last June that also affected about 15 employees in the podcasting division.

Variety, which first reported on the layoffs, said that The Ringer’s New York sports-focused podcast, New York, New York With John Jastremski, is coming to an end. A source told FOS that Jastremski’s contract at The Ringer is expiring and will not be renewed. He will host his own podcast as he figures out next steps. Jastremski could not be immediately reached for comment.

Last week, Chicago podcaster Jason Goff announced that The Full Go Podcast had reached the end of its road.

 

[the cool]

not reading all that

what does it mean for spotify or the ringer


nothing? cool