Spotify strikes exclusive deal with 'Call Her Daddy' podcast

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Spotify strikes exclusive deal with 'Call Her Daddy' podcast

Spotify Technology SA on Tuesday announced a multi-year deal to stream the popular podcast 'Call Her Daddy', hosted by Alex Cooper on its audio streaming platform, in its latest sectional tie-up to keep listeners hooked.

FILE PHOTO: The Spotify logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May iii, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

REUTERS: Spotify Engineering SA on Tuesday announced a multi-year deal to stream the popular podcast 'Phone call Her Daddy', hosted by Alex Cooper on its audio streaming platform, in its latest sectional tie-up to keep listeners hooked.

The Swedish company volition exclusively stream 'Call Her Daddy' starting July 21, including all back catalogue full-length episodes, future episodes and boosted sectional new projects in development, Spotify said in statement, without disclosing whatever financial details of the deal.

The three-yr erstwhile raunchy talk prove grew popular with a younger female audience on aboveboard conversations about sex and relationships, with fans referring to themselves every bit 'The Daddy Gang'. Information technology is besides the fifth-most-popular streamed podcast globally on Spotify.

Cooper, 26, formerly hosted 'Call Her Daddy' with her all-time friend Sofia Frankyln. But a public spat over contractual disputes with the podcast'due south electric current owner sports and pop-civilisation focused digital media firm Barstool Sports led to Franklyn leaving the evidence to commencement her ain independent podcast.

Spotify has been boosting its podcast muscle by spending more than than Us$500 million in buying podcast networks Gimlet and Anchor, and podcast advertizement visitor Megaphone.

Spotify declined to comment on financial details, but the Wall Street Periodical had reported https://on.wsj.com/3cHauQV on June 11 that the agreement could summit The states$twenty million, citing people familiar with the matter.

(Reporting by Eva Mathews in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich)

Spotify strikes exclusive deal with 'Call Her Daddy' podcast

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