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Bill Simmons a looming free agent with Spotify deal coming up

One of the pillars of sports podcasting may be about to hit the market. Swedish audio giant Spotify signed Bill Simmons to a five-year deal when it acquired The Ringer for $250 million in 2020, but his contract with Spotify expires in early 2025. He was eventually named head of podcast innovation and monetization for […]

Russian prisoner swap deal was to have included Alexei Navalny | Alexei Navalny

On Thursday evening, a group of associates of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gathered at Cologne airport, awaiting the arrival of a flight from Ankara carrying 13 people who had been held in Russian prisons until that morning, including three who had worked as Navalny’s regional coordinators in various Russian cities and who […]

Kirby on prisoner deal trade-off: 'Nobody's delighted' 

White House national security spokesman John Kirby said Thursday that “nobody is happy” about one of the figures that emerged in the recent prisoner swap for the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan. “Look, nobody’s happy, and we’re not doing backflips here, because Mr. [Vadim] “Krasikov is […]

Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon sues Elon Musk over canceled X deal

Disgraced CNN anchor Don Lemon filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that X head Elon Musk refused to pay him after a partnership with the social media platform was shelved. The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco, alleges that Lemon, who was fired shortly after a controversial interview with Musk in March, violated his contract and used […]