Spotify re-signs Joe Rogan in deal that includes return to Apple Podcasts

AppleInsider

Joe Rogan has signed a deal worth up to $250 million dollars with Spotify, that frees "The Joe Rogan Experience" from exclusivity to the streaming service.

The deal said to be worth up to $250 million includes a minimum guarantee, and a revenue sharing agreement based on ad sales. It's not clear how much of the deal is up-front, and how much is performance based.

Spotify will reportedly be responsible for selling ads and distributing Rogan's show across many platforms. The company said on Friday that it will include YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and other venues.

Also not clear from the Wall Street Journal report on Friday afternoon is if anything from the back-catalog will be distributed on the other platforms.

The show's alleged misinformation over the coronavirus, however, was highlighted in January 2022. Artists led by Neil Young removed their music from Spotify in protest of Rogan's content.

Subsequently, Spotify apologized for the show, but refused to remove it. Spotify has also prefixed content warnings ahead of the show, and dozens of past episodes have been completely removed because of it, and other utterances by Rogan.

Rogan calls the removals a "political hit-job."

"The Joe Rogan Experience" will hit its 15th anniversary on December 24, 2024. There are over 2200 episodes in circulation.



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calvinator

Object lesson: If you show a little backbone, cancel culture is toothless. As is the inane agenda of the woke.

godofbiscuitssf

Great, a new torrent of misinformation just in time for election season.

godofbiscuitssf

Calvinator said:

Object lesson: If you show a little backbone, cancel culture is toothless. As is the inane agenda of the woke.

All the buzzwords in one short comment.

williamh

godofbiscuitssf said:

Great, a new torrent of misinformation just in time for election season.

You’d think people would get enough misinformation from the New York Times and the Washington Post that they wouldn’t need a new torrent. 

danox

Spotify, Rogan, and Crap.....

michelb76

time for spotify to fire more people and raise prices I guess.

zeus423

I've never listened to a minute of Joe Rogan. I honestly don't care if someone does. It makes no difference in my life. 

I believe in free speech. To paraphrase George Carlin, if you don't like something, change the channel.

appleish

Canceled Spotify years before they paid this short, bald, putz.

Apple Music > Spotify

cpsro

Rogan is a political "hit job," profiting off others' pain and suffering.

auxio

Calvinator said:

Object lesson: If you show a little backbone, cancel culture is toothless. As is the inane agenda of the woke.

Object lesson: it's all about eyeballs and money. Inflammatory language and reaction/division generating topics are latest round of bread and circuses.

auxio

zeus423 said:

I've never listened to a minute of Joe Rogan. I honestly don't care if someone does. It makes no difference in my life. 

I believe in free speech. To paraphrase George Carlin, if you don't like something, change the channel.

So what do you do when you realize you're surrounded by those who don't change the channel, and they've been convinced you're the enemy because you did?

zeus423

auxio said:

zeus423 said:

I've never listened to a minute of Joe Rogan. I honestly don't care if someone does. It makes no difference in my life. 

I believe in free speech. To paraphrase George Carlin, if you don't like something, change the channel.

So what do you do when you realize you're surrounded by those who don't change the channel, and they've been convinced you're the enemy because you did?

I never really worry about what others think of me. They either like me or don’t. I’m fine with either. 

auxio

zeus423 said:

auxio said:

zeus423 said:

I've never listened to a minute of Joe Rogan. I honestly don't care if someone does. It makes no difference in my life. 

I believe in free speech. To paraphrase George Carlin, if you don't like something, change the channel.

So what do you do when you realize you're surrounded by those who don't change the channel, and they've been convinced you're the enemy because you did?

I never really worry about what others think of me. They either like me or don’t. I’m fine with either. 

I guess I'm thinking along the lines of stalking and personal harassment. Where you can no longer ignore it.

anome

auxio said:

zeus423 said:

auxio said:

zeus423 said:

I've never listened to a minute of Joe Rogan. I honestly don't care if someone does. It makes no difference in my life. 

I believe in free speech. To paraphrase George Carlin, if you don't like something, change the channel.

So what do you do when you realize you're surrounded by those who don't change the channel, and they've been convinced you're the enemy because you did?

I never really worry about what others think of me. They either like me or don’t. I’m fine with either. 

I guess I'm thinking along the lines of stalking and personal harassment. Where you can no longer ignore it.

I'm thinking along the lines of voting for politicians pushing conspiracy-theory driven oppressive legislation. You can ignore Rogan, but his listeners vote, and they vote for people like him, and people he endorses.