115: Spotify acquires The Ringer and black music in white spaces

Published: Feb. 12, 2020, 11:30 p.m.

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Eugene and Charis talk about Spotify\\u2019s recent acquisition of The Ringer and the effects of media consolidation. They also discuss a personal essay that describes the discomfort felt in hearing black music become the default choice for high end spaces and how black music is cherrypicked as being beneficial to commercial spaces.

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00:01:52 Spotify and The Ringer

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00:26:26 Black music

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https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/5/21124201/bill-simmons-the-ringer-spotify-acquistion-podcast-purchase

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https://slate.com/culture/2020/01/black-music-white-restaurants-gyms-shops.html

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