- [Vox] Spotify may buy Bill Simmons’s The Ringer to build its podcasting business who spent about $400 million in 2019 acquiring three podcasting companies: Gimlet Media, Anchor FM, and Parcast, has had talks with Simmons dating back to at least October 2019. https://www.vox.com/2020/1/17/21071358/ringer-spotify-deal-talks-podcast-bill-simmons-apple 83 comments nba