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Joe Rogan announced on Instagram on May 19, 2020 that his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, will be moving exclusively to Spotify. Rogan said: “Starting on September 1 the podcast will be available on Spotify as well as all platforms, and then at the end of the year it will move exclusively to Spotify, including the video version.”
But Rogan promised that the podcast would remain free and explained that “[i]t’s just a licensing deal, so Spotify won’t have any creative control over the show.” Rogan added that the show will continue exactly the same as it is now. Rogan also explained that while clips of the podcasts will be available on YouTube, the full version of the show will only be found on Spotify by the end of 2020.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the deal between Rogan and Spotify is worth more than $100 million and will mark one of the largest deals ever in the growing podcast business.
The deal is good for Spotify as well. According to Variety, shares of “Spotify shot up more than 5% after the news broke, closing up 8.4% for the day to $175.03 per share, its highest closing price since October 2018.”
That is some very exciting news both for Joe Rogan and the world of podcasts!
Written by: Nicki
