Jemele Hill issues clarifying statement on the news about her leaving Spotify soon.
Jemele says,"People: A lot of what’s been reported just isn’t true. My podcast hasn’t been cancelled. I never asked Spotify for $100M. This s*** is truly comical."
She goes on to say her podcast, for now, will continue -- adding ..."Next week’s guest is: Sabrina Elba. In the coming weeks: Blair Underwood, Kasi Lemmons, JR Smith, Kenny Latimore and more." Finally, she says ..."When I have something to say, I’ll say it." You should probably comprehend better, or maybe read the original piece — which was about me wanting to see Spotify make that investment in prominent Black podcasters. I never told Spotify or the NYT, that I deserved $100M. My deal at Spotify is pretty fair. This was about…Jemele also clarified further in a back-and-forth on Twitter with someone who was pointing out the quote to her, to which she responded ...
Part of the reported reason Spotify's moving on ... dropping stuff that doesn't bring in significant revenue. Jemele's podcast isn't one the better performing pods on the platform.
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