Prince Harry, Meghan Markle break up from Spotify after podcast not renewed for second season — doing only one value full $20M deal

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Meghan Markle’s “Archetypes” Spotify podcast is not going to be renewed for a second season, The Publish can affirm.

A supply near the state of affairs advised The Publish on Thursday that the Archewell media firm launched by Prince Harry, 38, and Markle, 41, didn’t produce sufficient content material to obtain the complete payout of the roughly $20 million deal the couple signed in 2020.

The information comes after struggling Spotify introduced this month it should minimize 200 jobs because it reimagines its method to podcasting.

In a joint assertion to The Publish, Spotify and Archewell Audio mentioned they’ve “mutually agreed to half methods and are happy with the sequence we made collectively.”

“Meghan is constant to develop extra content material for the Archetypes viewers on one other platform,” an Archewell Productions spokeswoman added to The Wall Avenue Journal.

Meghan Markle hosted 12 episodes of “Archetypes.”
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The Publish has contacted reps for Harry and Markle for remark.

“Archetypes,” which explored the labels that maintain girls again, was the one undertaking the couple produced for Spotify throughout their two-and-a-half-year partnership.

The podcast premiered in August 2022.

There have been simply 12 episodes of “Archetypes,” which featured company resembling Serena Williams, Mariah Carey, Mindy Kaling, and Paris Hilton.


Markle and Harry leave The Ziegfeld Theatre on May 16 in New York City.
Markle and Prince Harry depart The Ziegfeld Theatre on Could 16 in NYC.
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Every episode sometimes ran about an hour.

The Duchess of Sussex put the podcast on pause in September through the official mourning interval for Queen Elizabeth II.

Trevor Noah, Andy Cohen, and Judd Apatow appeared on the ultimate “Archetypes” episode, “Man-ifesting A Cultural Shift,” which dropped Nov. 29.


Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
Harry and Markle signed their cope with Spotify in 2020.
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Harry and Markle additionally signed a cope with Netflix in 2020 for an estimated $100 million.

Their six-part, tell-all docuseries “Harry & Meghan” was a smash hit for the streamer final 12 months.

Harry additionally shocked the world along with his 400-page memoir “Spare,” which was launched in January.

As for what’s subsequent for Markle, the previous “Fits” actress and her WME crew could also be seeking to land movie and TV manufacturing gigs, model partnerships, and “total business-building,” however a return to performing is not going to be an space of focus.

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