Jemele Hill is looking for a new home for her podcast, Jemele Hill Is Unbothered, as she prepares for her Spotify contract to end later this summer, according to people familiar with the matter.
Hill has been an early fixture in Spotify’s podcasting strategy, having hosted Jemele Hill is Unbothered exclusively on Spotify since 2019. The former ESPN sportscaster and journalist is still contracted to release more episodes with Spotify through the summer as she concludes the fourth season of Unbothered, but both Spotify and Hill are not planning on extending the host’s current deal for her podcast, the people said.
There is the potential for Hill to exit her contract early, but those conversations are still ongoing, the people said. Bloomberg first reported Hill’s exit from Spotify.
The deal discussions come as Hill’s other deal with Spotify for The Unbothered Network, a podcast network focused on elevating Black women,...
Hill has been an early fixture in Spotify’s podcasting strategy, having hosted Jemele Hill is Unbothered exclusively on Spotify since 2019. The former ESPN sportscaster and journalist is still contracted to release more episodes with Spotify through the summer as she concludes the fourth season of Unbothered, but both Spotify and Hill are not planning on extending the host’s current deal for her podcast, the people said.
There is the potential for Hill to exit her contract early, but those conversations are still ongoing, the people said. Bloomberg first reported Hill’s exit from Spotify.
The deal discussions come as Hill’s other deal with Spotify for The Unbothered Network, a podcast network focused on elevating Black women,...
- 6/3/2023
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