He didn’t specify which episodes had been removed. Since then, it has removed some episodes that violate its policies, CEO Daniel Ek told employees during a town hall meeting today. Spotify paid a reported $100 million in 2020 to make the Experience one of its platform exclusives. In early 2019, it bought the podcasting company Gimlet Studios for around $230 million, as well as the production interface Anchor for more than $100 million.Īnd in February, Spotify acquired The Ringer, a sports and entertainment production studio, for between $141 million and $195 million, depending on several variables.Subscribe for daily Tubefilter Top Stories Subscribe Rogan is unique in the podcasting world: a comedian, a former kickboxer and Taekwondo champion, his guests run the gamut from mixed martial artists to entrepreneurs, scientists, athletes and health advocates to celebrity actors.įor a little over a year, Spotify has slowly been moving into the podcast world. In 2019, Rogan's show was the most downloaded podcast on Apple devices. "The Joe Rogan Experience" is a free-flowing show, often going on for more than three hours, during which the animated host has an open-ended conversation with his guest. Rogan began his show in 2009, in the early days of podcasting, and over the years built a loyal audience.
The exclusive rights include both the podcast and the filmed version on Rogan's YouTube account, which routinely has more than one million views per episode. "It's just a licensing deal, so Spotify won't have any creative control over the show." "It will remain FREE, and it will be the exact same show," Rogan, 52, told fans on his Instagram account, adding that the deal goes into effect at the end of 2020. Spotify did not say how much they paid, but according to the Wall Street Journal they plunked down more than $100 million in a multi-year licensing deal, which will be available to both paid service subscribers and users of the platform's free version. NEW YORK - Spotify has obtained exclusive rights to "The Joe Rogan Experience," the most downloaded podcast in the United States, the Swedish online streaming giant has said. Joe Rogan (pictured February 2020) hosts the most downloaded podcast in the United States.
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