Intermediaries · media company
The Ringer
Sports and culture site and podcast network · Los Angeles
- Founded
- 2016
- Entered
- 2016
- Status 2026
- Acquired
- Metro
- Los Angeles
- Embeddedness
- 1 connections
- Confidence
- verified · strongest source trade or financial press
Method
Bill Simmons founds The Ringer in 2016 after leaving ESPN, funding it with HBO backing, advertising and a podcast network built around The Bill Simmons Podcast. Spotify agrees on February 5, 2020 to buy it for up to 196 million dollars in cash, and Simmons stays as head of podcast innovation while Spotify shifts the network toward video podcasts.
People: Bill Simmons
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- acquired bySpotifySpotify agrees on February 5, 2020 to buy The Ringer for up to 196 million dollars in cash.2020
Sources (trade or financial press): variety.com