The multi-million dollar collaboration between Spotify and Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry ends after just one podcast together. “Spotify and Archewell Audio have mutually agreed to part ways and are proud of the series we’ve made together,” British media quoted Friday as saying in a joint statement from Spotify and Archewell Audio, the couple’s production company. This means that twelve episodes of the podcast will be broadcast Archetypesin which Meghan spoke to celebrities such as singer Mariah Carey or tennis star Serena Williams.
Spotify and the couple announced their collaboration in late 2020. At that time, several series were apparently planned. However, according to US media, the productivity targets demanded by Spotify were not met. Therefore, the two did not receive the full value of the contract, which is said to be worth almost 23 million euros. An Archewell spokeswoman said so Wall Street Journal Well, Meghan will “continue to create content for the Archetypes audience on another platform.”
Since stepping down from royal duties, Harry and Meghan have signed several multi-million dollar deals. These include a deal with the streaming service Netflix, where a documentary series was released in winter, and a book deal with the publisher Penguin Books, where Harry’s autobiography “Reserve” was published shortly afterwards.