<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">Spotify broke the contract with Prince Harry, the youngest son of the British King and his wife, Megan, to produce radio episodes broadcast on the Internet (podcast) for many years, after broadcasting only one season, although the contract provided for the production of radio episodes broadcast on the Internet for many years, but it ended. Today after only one season aired.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:18px;">Although the Duchess's podcast included conversations with friends and celebrities including Serena Williams, Mariah Carey and Trevor Noah, it topped the platform at the time of its launch, but it received mixed reviews from critics.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:18px;">The Wall Street Journal indicated that Harry and Megan did not meet the required production standards, to obtain their full dues from the deal.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:18px;"><img alt="" src="https://sbisiali.s3.me-south-1.amazonaws.com/119091302845fae6b9c3e83e31b6e803.jpg" style="width: 467px; height: 350px;" /></span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:18px;">According to the media, Spotify and Archil Audio, "Harry and Megan's company", have agreed to terminate the contract and feel proud of their radio episodes together.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:18px;">And 12 episodes of Megan's podcast were broadcast, entitled "Archtypes" or "Models", which Spotify described as "an investigation, dissection and demolition of slogans that try to undermine women."</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:18px;">According to the Guardian, Spotify is facing pressure from investors to improve its performance after posting a net loss of €430m (£367m) last year, and the Stockholm-based company's chief executive admitted in January that it had been "very ambitious" in its spending plans. his own.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:18px;">In February, an activist investor — a financial firm seeking change in underperforming companies — cited investments in podcasts and audiobooks in Spotify as he warned that costs had "exploded" at the company.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:18px;">Against this backdrop, Spotify announced 200 job cuts in its podcast business this month and shifted its focus away from headline-grabbing exclusive content deals.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:18px;"><img alt="" src="https://sbisiali.s3.me-south-1.amazonaws.com/62202e895f00327a546eb1d0292cbcfc.jpg" style="width: 467px; height: 350px;" /></span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:18px;">In another report, Variety used an unnamed source who said that Spotify was expecting more content from the couple, Harry and Meghan, while another unnamed source said that Harry and Meghan wanted to move away from exclusive Spotify distribution to find a new home for their audio projects.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:18px;">Last year, Barack and Michelle Obama also ended their agreement with Spotify to distribute their podcast, Higher Ground. In this case, Spotify said it declined to renew the deal, while the Obamas reportedly disagreed with Spotify over the number of shows to show the couple.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:18px;">Mark Mulligan, an analyst at MIDiA Research, predicted that both sides would get what they wanted from the deal, with the Sussexes looking for an audience on a new platform with cultural weight and Spotify establishing itself as a force in podcasting.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:18px;">Harry and Meghan's deal was about "how do we establish a foothold in this market rather than make a profit from it," Mulligan told Spotify, now the most widely used podcast service in the world.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:18px;">Since stepping back from royal life, Harry and Meghan have focused on making money through media projects, such as a podcast, a tell-all Harry biography and an agreement with Netflix to produce streaming content, including docuseries about their relationship with Britain's royal family. .</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:18px;">Experts once predicted that these ventures, which were successful and profitable, could help the couple build a multi-billion dollar business empire in the US.</span> </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="https://sbisiali.s3.me-south-1.amazonaws.com/e952462e7bf93c9b83c4681fe45b6dd4.webp" style="width: 233px; height: 350px;" /></p>