Ongoing COVID-19 misinformation isn’t enough to stop Spotify from renewing podcast deal with Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience.former fear factor The host and UFC color commentator is expected to receive an undisclosed multi-year contract worth an estimated $250 million.
Other details of the new contract reportedly include Rogen’s ability to distribute his show on other platforms, as well as a revenue-sharing agreement based on ad sales. wall street journal.this wall street journalThe report also states that Rogan’s new contract comes with minimum guarantees, but that number has not yet been disclosed.
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Renewing Rogan was a no-brainer for the audio streaming giant, as his show joins the esteemed company at the top of the list of most popular podcasts on the platform New heights for Jason and Travis Kelce and Tucker Carlson Podcast. As popular as Rogen is, he continues to attract controversy. In addition to the aforementioned misinformation about COVID-19 that he regularly posts on his podcast, Rogan has been criticized for hosting controversial figures and discussing topics ranging from conspiracy theories to political debates.
When Rogan signed a $200 million deal with Spotify in 2022, several artists left the platform and more than 200 medical professionals petitioned the service to terminate the show.Nothing came of it then and there probably won’t be any now because Spotify has invested a lot of Money was invested in publishing “Logan” despite issues with underpricing or not paying other content creators and artists at all.
So with this new deal, Spotify will still pay more to Rogan for his controversial podcast than the $100 million it paid to its Creator Equity Fund, known as the Joe Rogan Apology Fund.