Spotify, The Ringer and the future of podcasts

Channels with Peter Kafka

Vox Media Podcast Network

Business News, News, Tv & Film, Technology

4.4 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Spotify is buying Bill Simmons’ sports and pop culture website and podcast network, The Ringer. It’s Spotify’s fourth podcast acquisition in a year. Recode’s Peter Kafka (who broke the story) sits down with Vox Media Podcast Network producer and former Ringer staff member Zach Mack to discuss what this deal means for Spotify, The Ringer and the future of podcasts. Featuring: Zach Mack (@zachthemack), Senior Podcast Producer at Vox Media Podcast Network Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode More to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.8	This is Recode Media of Peter Kafka.
0:41.1	That is me coming to you live on tape from Vox Media headquarters in New York City.
0:45.8	This is not an emergency pod because we're what a day and a half after the event, but it's a
0:49.7	we thought we should talk to you about this pod, about Spotify and The Ringer and the podcasting industry.
0:56.9	I'm here with my producer and special guest host, Zach Mack.
1:00.4	Welcome, Zach.
1:01.0	What's going on, Peter?
1:01.9	Should we just do the disclosures right now?
1:03.9	Yes, we should.
1:04.5	In addition to you being an awesome dude, a great producer, you are also a ringer veteran.
1:09.9	You made podcasts at The Ringer. So we definitely want to
1:12.9	bring your insight here. Yeah. I produced podcasts for them for two years and left a little over a year
1:17.8	ago. Okay, good. Other disclosures we should note. I like the ringer. I've had a bunch of the
1:22.1	ringer guys on. Oh, there's a Vox Media ringer relationship. The Ringer uses Vox Media's chorus publishing software to publish their website.
1:30.8	I think we're done.
1:31.5	Let's get to the news.
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