Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s £18 million Spotify podcasts are to be taken into the company's “own hands” after little content was produced.
Spotify bosses are bringing in a number producers to help deliver on the deal after waiting more than a year for any material.
New staff members will be recruited especially to work with Harry and Meghan 's Archewell Audio in Los Angeles for podcasts that feature "the voices of high profile women.” According to The Mirror, one advert for a senior producer role at Gimlet Projects, Spotify's in-house production arm, states: "We’re currently assembling a show team that will build and launch a new original show with Archewell featuring the voices of high profile women. "The ideal candidate has experience working with high-profile talent, and an interest in the intersection of social activism and popular culture.”The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s only effort so far for Spotify has been a 35-minute 'holiday special' in December 2020.It featured their friends James Corden and Elton John.The couple’s lack of material comes despite the Sussexes employing podcast producer Rebecca Sanaes as their 'head of audio' at Archewell last year.A source told The Sun: "Spotify has been waiting a long time for some content from Harry and Meghan and now it appears they have finally taken matters into their own hands."Hiring a raft of in-house talent on Spotify’s side will ensure they finally squeeze something out of them as they bid to honour their contract."It comes after a media lawyer suggested Harry and Meghan may not receive the full £18 million from their contract with the streaming service.Speaking last month, media lawyer Ian Penman, who specialises in music streaming contracts, speculated that
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