Rogan's aversion to so-called political correctness has taken the form of comments widely considered transphobic, Islamophobic, and racist. But Rogan, a stand-up comedian, is also a controversial figure. His guests range from celebrities to neuroscientists and everything in between. Rogan's long, winding conversations have proven to be massively popular. In 2019, Spotify paid nearly $400 million to acquire the Gimlet and Parcast podcast networks as well as and the podcast tech provider Anchor. It spent some $200 million to acquire the website The Ringer, in part, to expand the platform's stable of sports podcasts.
The pair have withdrawn their recordings from Spotify, the world’s biggest music streamer, in protest at The Joe Rogan. Spotify has shown it's willing to pay up. Today, the two musicians prefer to speak out by pressing the mute button. Terms of the deal had not yet been made public, but the payout for Rogan had to be sizable. Spotify said the video episodes would be available as in-app vodcasts. "We will still have clips up on YouTube but full versions of the show will only be on Spotify after the end of the year," Rogan wrote on Instagram. 'The Joe Rogan Experience,' the top podcast on Spotify, disappeared from the streaming platforms mobile apps and website twice within a week, several media outlets reported. The podcasts are typically very long, sometimes over three hours. The migration to Spotify will be a loss for other podcast hosting services, as well as YouTube, where a video portion of Rogan's interviews are currently uploaded and watched millions of times.
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