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The Joe Rogan Experience is without doubt one of the greatest podcasts round due to a gentle stream of conspiracy theories, right-wing speaking factors, and the occasional humorous comic. Spotify desires to remain within the Rogan enterprise because it renewed its contract for rights to the podcast.
The streaming service signed a new licensing agreement price as much as $250 million, based on The Wall Street Journal on Friday, however a Spotify spokesperson says that quantity is wrong however declined to increase on the phrases of the settlement. One massive change on this deal is that it’s non-exclusive which means that Rogan can publish his podcast on any platform together with placing the present again on YouTube. Spotify will deal with promoting advertisements and distributing the present.
Rogna’s YouTube channel was the house to new episodes, however for the reason that Spotify deal, solely brief segments are uploaded in addition to reside streams of his Battle Companion present the place he and others watch a UFC occasion.
Rogan’s podcast is popular it doesn’t matter what metric or demographic you have a look at, and it’s that recognition that’s a problem as Rogan has turn into a purveyor of bullshit. The comic continues to parrot anti-vax speaking factors whereas platforming a who’s who of conspiracy theorists together with certainly one of his greatest buddies, Alex Jones.
Rogan first signed a deal with Spotify again in 2021, simply months earlier than he posted on social media that he had COVID and was taking ivermectin, which is an antiparasitic drug that hack docs claimed cured the illness however has time and time again proven to be ineffective.
The comic went all-in with COVID misinformation after being ridiculed for his taking of an unproven drug and has since introduced on each massive title within the anti-vax house. Well being specialists criticized Spotify for not doing enough to counter the health misinformation Rogan was platforming.
Even when Rogan is just not interviewing grifters who unfold misinformation, he’ll nonetheless convey up his nonsense as evident in his current episode with comic Bobby Lee the place the previous MADtv alum had to ask if they could talk about something else.
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