Bill Simmons is firmly on the record as not being a fan of aggregation as it led to some headaches for him over the years.

Source: https://awfulannouncing.com/nba/bill-simmons-mad-nbacentral-aggregating-quote-draymond-green-plotting.html

Podcaster Bill Simmons, who sold The Ringer to Spotify for $200m in 2020 and is now an influential executive there, slammed the Sussexes after their company Archwell parted ways with the company.

Source: https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/the-fing-grifters-top-spotify-exec-slams-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-after-podcast-deal-ends/a1296304396.html

Ringer podcast network founder Bill Simmons – who sold his company to Spotify for $196m in 2020 and gained a leadership role at the company in the deal – criticised Harry and Meghan on his own podcast.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/prince-harry-meghan-markle-break-27445635

Simmons made the statements on a recent of “The Bill Simmons Podcast,” saying, “There is going to be a way to use my voice for the ads.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/23/spotify-may-use-ai-to-make-host-read-podcast-ads-that-sound-like-real-people/

The Fucking Grifters–that’s the podcast we shoulda launched with them,” Spotify executive Bill Simmons in a recent episode of his podcast.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/06/27/top-hollywood-talent-agent-unloads-on-meghan-markle-following-spotify-split-not-a-great-audio-talent-or-any-kind-of-talent/