Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are called 'f*****g grifters' by Spotify exec 法案 Simmons after their $20M Archetypes podcast is axed

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A 最高の，を越す Spotify podcast (n)役員／(a)執行力のある has called Prince Harry and Meghan Markle 'f***ing grifters' after they produced only one 13-episode 一連の a podcast for the company, and then 分裂（する）.?

The end of the couple's 報告（する）／憶測d $20 million 取引，協定 was 発表するd on Thursday evening, three years after it was 調印するd.

Spotify and the Sussexes's 音声部の 生産／産物 company Archewell 音声部の 解放（する）d a 共同の 声明 説 they have '相互に agreed to part ways and are proud of the series we made together'.?

法案 Simmons,?長，率いる of Podcast 革新 and Monetization at Spotify, 非難するd the pair in an episode of his own podcast on Friday.?

'The f***ing grifters. That's the podcast we should have 開始する，打ち上げるd with them,' he said.?

'I've got to get drunk one night and tell the story of the Zoom I had with Harry to try and help him with a podcast idea. It's one of my best stories.'

法案 Simmons (left), who sold his podcast and sports journalism company The Ringer to Spotify for $200 million in 2020, now 作品 as Spotify's 長，率いる of podcast 革新. On Friday he 述べるd the Duke and Duchess of Sussex (権利) as 'f****** grifters' after they parted ways with the company

Meghan Markle's Spotify podcast Archetypes will not be 新たにするd for a second season?

Simmons, a sportswriter, 設立するd sports and pop culture website and podcast 網状組織 The Ringer, and sold it to Spotify in 2020 for $200 million.?

He then joined Spotify, and?has long been 批判的な of the couple.

Last January, he 爆破d Prince Harry, 説 it was 'embarrassing' to be (v)提携させる(n)支部，加入者d with the same company.

'Shoot this guy to the sun,' he said, によれば sports website The Big Lead.?

'I'm so tired of this guy. What does he bring to the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する? He just whines about s*** and keeps giving interviews.?

'Who gives a s***? Who cares about your life??

'You weren't even the favorite son. You live in f****** Montecito and you just sell 文書のs and podcasts and nobody cares what you have to say about anything unless you talk about the 王室の family and you just complain about them.'

Spotify has recently laid off staff and 規模d 支援する big-指名する talent in 好意 of 強調するing the creator economy.?

The streaming 巨大（な） 発表するd it would be laying off around 200 staff members - around two per cent of their 全労働人口 - who work within their podcast teams. It 特記する／引用するd difficulties in making podcasts profitable, にもかかわらず its popularit y の中で listeners.?

Markle's Spotify podcast, Archetypes, will not be 新たにするd for a second season.?

The move to 溝へはまらせる／不時着する the Duchess of Sussex's show, which 調査するs the 'labels that try to 持つ／拘留する women 支援する', follows discussions months ago about 新たにするing it for a second series.

Insiders の近くに to the 音声部の 巨大（な） （人命などを）奪う，主張する the 王室の couple did not 会合，会う the 生産性 （判断の）基準 要求するd to receive the 十分な payout, the 塀で囲む Street 定期刊行物?報告（する）／憶測d.

Markle, however, is still planning to create more podcasts and find a new home for her series, which 以前 featured her friend and tennis 星／主役にする Serena Williams, pop sensation Mariah Carey and South African comedian Trevor Noah.

Archetypes 開始する，打ち上げるd in August last year, 調査するing the 'labels that try to 持つ／拘留する women 支援する'. The Duke and Duchess 報道によれば 調印するd the 取引，協定 for $20million but will not receive the 十分な payout as it did not reach the 生産性 （判断の）基準?

Meghan 調印するd off her 12th episode in the Archetypes podcast series with a 反抗的な piece of poetry about 生き残り

The axing of the show comes after sources の近くに to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex （人命などを）奪う，主張するd the pair would stop making tell-all Netflix documentar ies, publishing memoirs and sitting 負かす／撃墜する for interviews discussing the 王室の family, as they have 'nothing left to say'.

The talent 機関 that recently 調印するd Meghan, WME, told the 塀で囲む Street 定期刊行物: 'The team behind Archetypes remain proud of the podcast they created at Spotify.?

'Meghan is continuing to develop more content for the Archetypes audience on another 壇・綱領・公約.'

The podcast reached the 最高の，を越す of Spotify's charts in the week it 首相d.??

Meghan 調印するd off her 13th and last Archetypes episode with a 反抗的な piece of poetry about 生き残り - but made no について言及する of a 可能性のある second series.

の近くにing the show, which featured men for the first time, she 引用するd the Greek 戦後の poet Dinos Christianopoulos and said: 'What didn't you do to bury me? But you forgot that I was a seed.'

Discussions to publish more content from Archwell - the 生産／産物 company owned by the 王室の couple - are 現在進行中の, the 塀で囲む Street 定期刊行物 報告（する）／憶測d.?

There are also suggestions that Meghan could soon look to bring 支援する her wellness and lifestyle blog The Tig, in a 企て，努力，提案 to 競争相手 Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop website, which is 報道によれば 価値（がある） $250 million.

It comes まっただ中に 報告（する）／憶測s that the couple will stop making 文書のs and tell-all 調書をとる／予約するs as they have 'nothing left to say'

The 王室の pair have raked in millions since moving to California. Prince Harry's bombshell memoir Spare was part of a $20million 調書をとる／予約する 取引，協定?

Since 公式に leaving the 王室の Family and moving to California in 2020, the Duke and Duchess have 追求するd a number of different avenues to bring in 歳入.

This 含むs Prince Harry's bombshell memoir Spare which he created as part of a $20 million を取り引きする Penguin 調書をとる／予約するs.

The couple also teamed up with Netflix to produce the docu-series called Harry And Meghan, with the streaming 巨大（な） 報道によれば 支払う／賃金ing the pair $100 million for the six-episode series.