![]() ![]() Young’s boycott has been joined by a handful of other artists, including Joni Mitchell, India Arie, and David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash. The deal that brought his podcast to Spotify is said to be worth over 200 million, more than was previously known. Spotify’s Deal With Joe Rogan Has An Estimated Worth of 200 Million By Movieguide® Staff In 2020, Spotify signed a deal with Joe Rogan and became the exclusive distributor of his top-rated podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience. The spotlight on Rogan intensified last month after Neil Young demanded Spotify remove his songs or drop Rogan’s podcast, citing COVID misinformation on the podcast that was called out by a group of more than 260 health care professionals and scientists. The company said it removed those at the request of Rogan and his team after talking about his “racially insensitive” language in some episodes. But, he wrote, “I do not believe that silencing Joe is the answer… canceling voices is a slippery slope.” That came after Spotify pulled 70 episodes “The Joe Rogan Experience” from the platform, dating from 2009 to 2018. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek earlier this month sent a memo to employees saying the he was “deeply sorry” for how the Rogan controversy has affected them. ![]() 8 episode of his podcast, Rogan complained that a viral video compilation of him using the N-word two dozen times was “a political hit job.” Just three days earlier Rogan, in an Instagram post, apologized over the supercut clip of him saying the N-word, calling it “the most regretful and shameful thing I’ve ever had to talk about publicly.” The podcaster has signed his contract with the platform of streaming, then valued at 100 million, in 2020. Critics have called the service streaming to void Joe Rogan Experience hosts 200 million contract for spreading 'misinformation' about the COVID-19 vaccine. ![]() Over the past month, Rogan has faced a backlash from Spotify users and artists over his use of the N-word in past episodes of his podcast and accusations that Rogan’s show has spread COVID misinformation. Rogan, 54, has come under fire in recent months.
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