Bill Simmons' deal with Spotify nearing end

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons’ five-year deal with Spotify is “up in early 2025” and sources said that he has had “exploratory conversations with other companies about the possibility of launching a new platform.” Sources said that Simmons has “privately expressed frustration with confidants about Spotify’s corporate structure" in which he has “not had full personnel autonomy to bring all of the talents or shows that he wanted to add to the fold.” Simmons and Spotify have had an “ongoing dialogue about the possibility of a new deal." A spokesperson for Simmons “dismissed this story as ‘incorrect and idle speculation’” (N.Y. POST, 8/2).