The long-tenured Joe Rogan had inked a staggering deal with the streaming giant Spotify for a whopping $100 million, which shocked the world. Rogan recently revealed Howard Stern’s pitch on the podcast industry that would spin some heads.
Joe Rogan talks about Howard Stern
In a conversation with fellow stand-up comedian, Neal Brennan, Rogan talked about how ‘wrong’ Stern was about the future of podcasts:
“Stern had decided that the podcasts were a waste of time. I remember him mocking podcasts back in the day. And he was like, you know, ‘you can’t make any money.’ And I was like, ‘I don’t know what the f*** you’re talking about. Literally, [I] don’t know what you’re f***ing talking about,” said Spotify’s biggest podcast host.
Rogan, signed a huge deal in 2020, for a podcaster, and later it was revealed that the deal was worth double the amount it was previously disclosed as. Even before Rogan inked a deal with Spotify, the longtime UFC analyst had a massive audience on YouTube.
Rogan’s podcast has regularly topped the chart of Spotify’s best podcast list. Rogan had previously given Spotify an ultimatum. He has been involved in several controversial matters in the past. He had grabbed the headlines following a series of controversies. He was being accused of spreading misinformation about the virus owing to the pandemic on his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, on Spotify.
Amid the several controversies, the company refused to remove all of Joe Rogan’s content though a recent appeal from some musicians and podcasters was noted. However, Spotify tried to find common ground and began removing several JRE episodes. It has been noted that the total number of deleted episodes has reportedly reached 113.
Another alarming issue followed suit over the weekend when a video compilation of him saying the “N-word” on his podcast went viral. Trevor Noah had also bashed Rogan after the infamous video clip that recently started resurfacing. Recently, once again some episodes of his podcast have gone missing.
