Spotify dropped Harry and Markle

[Anonymous]

To be fair, the vast majority of celebrity podcasts are boring and stale.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apparently it was a “mutual split.”

Yeah, right. I think H&M were vastly overconfident about their marketability once severed from the BRF.

Yep. Claiming it was "mutual" is just to save face. Everybody can read between the lines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apparently it was a “mutual split.”

Yeah, right. I think H&M were vastly overconfident about their marketability once severed from the BRF.

Yep. Claiming it was "mutual" is just to save face. Everybody can read between the lines.

+2 Other than being attractive and having a cute family, their talents are very limited.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These two need to spend wisely and keep a close eye on the money.

I like them just fine but I think it's becoming clear that they are pretty ordinary once you peel back the fame and title. Harry should continue his service work. He seems good at it.

Agree, I think they need to recognize that they are probably at peak public interest right now and they should make as much hay as they can with their memoirs and the Netflix deal, but it's going to dry up.

I think Megan's longterm scheme is probably some kind of production company akin to what Reese Witherspoon does, using capital from what they are doing now to invest in other projects, perhaps with a bent of promoting certain kinds of voices (Witherspoon makes an effort to make projects with women creators or based on books by and about women) that ties in with their advocacy work. Not sure if she can pull it off -- it will have to be mostly her because I don't think Harry brings much to the table there. But they can use his name recognition and personal story to built equity and bring attention.

But yes, they will need to be careful about money because the current spigot (the content deals specifically for their story) is already slowing to a trickle, and they have a lifestyle that could easily bankrupt them if they are not careful, until they can pivot to other revenue streams.

I do think they'll figure it out because we're talking about people who have the support and ear of people like Oprah and Tyler Perry. Whether you like H&M or not, they are positioned to be very successful in Hollywood if they play their cards correctly.

Not really. Many Hollywood people consider them untrustworthy because they blab about stars (see Beyonce text and Courtney Cox's supposed mushrooms) and they call the paps where there paps are not welcome

[Anonymous]

Do they still have Oprah’s ear? I got the feeling she’d cooled toward them after items in the special were BS - like the “secret wedding.”

[Anonymous]

If he loved military service so much, why not join the US Armed Forces?

[Anonymous]

Sometimes being humble is a good thing. If it weren't for their egos, they would still be within the fold of the BRF--a much better option than the hustling they have to do now (which they don't seem especially good at, especially poor Harry).

[Anonymous]

I listened to every episode of Archetypes. It did sorta suck. Hopefully they figure it out.

[Anonymous]

Yawn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes being humble is a good thing. If it weren't for their egos, they would still be within the fold of the BRF--a much better option than the hustling they have to do now (which they don't seem especially good at, especially poor Harry).

Big egos, modest talent = little success

[Anonymous]

Corrupts what the Markles spin will be. ..
- We believe in connecting in multimedia platforms, far beyond just audio, which limited the ways we could synergize with our audience
- we are taking a stand against spotify's programming and hosts, which do not align with our missions of equity and justice for all

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These two need to spend wisely and keep a close eye on the money.

I like them just fine but I think it's becoming clear that they are pretty ordinary once you peel back the fame and title. Harry should continue his service work. He seems good at it.

Agree, I think they need to recognize that they are probably at peak public interest right now and they should make as much hay as they can with their memoirs and the Netflix deal, but it's going to dry up.

I think Megan's longterm scheme is probably some kind of production company akin to what Reese Witherspoon does, using capital from what they are doing now to invest in other projects, perhaps with a bent of promoting certain kinds of voices (Witherspoon makes an effort to make projects with women creators or based on books by and about women) that ties in with their advocacy work. Not sure if she can pull it off -- it will have to be mostly her because I don't think Harry brings much to the table there. But they can use his name recognition and personal story to built equity and bring attention.

But yes, they will need to be careful about money because the current spigot (the content deals specifically for their story) is already slowing to a trickle, and they have a lifestyle that could easily bankrupt them if they are not careful, until they can pivot to other revenue streams.

I do think they'll figure it out because we're talking about people who have the support and ear of people like Oprah and Tyler Perry. Whether you like H&M or not, they are positioned to be very successful in Hollywood if they play their cards correctly.

Not really. Many Hollywood people consider them untrustworthy because they blab about stars (see Beyonce text and Courtney Cox's supposed mushrooms) and they call the paps where there paps are not welcome

+1
they WERE positioned to be very successful in Hollywood. They have not played their cards correctly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Corrupts what the Markles spin will be. ..
- We believe in connecting in multimedia platforms, far beyond just audio, which limited the ways we could synergize with our audience
- we are taking a stand against spotify's programming and hosts, which do not align with our missions of equity and justice for all

Typo but it stays! Corrupts was supposed to be wonder but corrupts fits too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To be fair, the vast majority of celebrity podcasts are boring and stale.

Yeah, I feel like the podcast zeitgeist (is that the word) has passed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Corrupts what the Markles spin will be. ..
- We believe in connecting in multimedia platforms, far beyond just audio, which limited the ways we could synergize with our audience
- we are taking a stand against spotify's programming and hosts, which do not align with our missions of equity and justice for all

LOL this