Joe Rogan has since thanked Spotify for "taking so much heat" as Spotify CEO Daniel Ek defended the podcaster in a tense townhall with employees. And yes, this is totally legit," CEO Chris Pavlovski said in a Twitter post.
"How about you bring all your shows to Rumble, both old and new, with no censorship, for 100 million bucks over four years? This is our chance to save the world. Rogan has recently come under fire for spreading COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation on his podcast, causing musicians Neil Young and Joni Mitchell to boycott Spotify.įollowing the controversy, conservative-leaning video site Rumble offered Rogan $100 million to host his podcast there, matching what people believed to be the value of his deal with Spotify at the time. Spotify did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
Rogan released his first show on the streaming service on Septemand became exclusive to Spotify later that year.īased on this timeline and the Times' report, Rogan's contract renewal is likely due sometime in 2023. Pavlovski said that the investment from Thiel and Vance was the first investment the company had received and that it had been forced to function on low margins for many years in order to stay afloat.Spotify announced its exclusive deal with the world's #1 podcaster under two years ago, in May 2020, but didn't reveal the value of the contract. Vance last year invested a large sum in Rumble, giving the website a boost. Rumble has multiple sources of revenue, but its primary method of making money is through advertising, Pavlovski said in an interview last year with the Washington Examiner.Ĭonservative tech billionaire Peter Thiel and Ohio Republican J.D. Rogan and Spotify have not commented on the Rumble offer. Spotify reportedly paid more than $100 million for a multiyear exclusive deal to stream Rogan's podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, in 2020, in order to help boost its podcast division. The controversy over Rogan has sent a signal that increased censorship is coming to podcasting platforms like Spotify, just as it has for social media sites, Republicans and conservatives say.
The audio giant announced at the end of January that it would add content advisories to all of Rogan’s podcast episodes that deal with the coronavirus in response to intense criticism of Rogan for hosting scientists whom some government officials and liberal musicians alleged spread dangerous misinformation about the virus and the vaccine. Spotify has been dealing with controversy over Rogan's podcast recently. See the note from our CEO /G7ahfNNjtP- Rumble February 7, 2022
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