Spotify has promised to spend $100 million on works of 'marginalized groups' 'What I would like to see,' Hill said, 'is for them to hand $100 million to somebody who is black.' Spotify's deal to secure exclusive rights to The Joe Rogan Experience was worth at least $200 million, according to two people familiar with the 2020 transaction Spotify had paid more for the show than it had for whole companies as the streaming service sought to stave off competition from Apple and Google Emmy-winning journalist Jemele Hill, said Spotify's defense of Rogan was hurting her audience on the platform. The move comes after fellow Spotify host Jemele Hill, a former ESPN commentator, said the streaming service's defense of Rogan has created problems with her audience on the platform.

Spotify's deal to secure exclusive rights to The Joe Rogan Experience is worth at least $200 million, double what was previously reported.Īccording to two people familiar with the transaction, Spotify had spent more to get Joe Rogan back in May 2020 than it did on buying entire companies, like Gimlet Media and The Ringer, the New York Times reported. Hill is the latest in a number of creators cutting ties with Spotify over Rogan.It comes after podcaster and journalist Jemele Hill said she wanted the company to give to black creators and that their defense of Rogan is hurting her audience.The company also promised to contribute $100 million for works by creators 'from historically marginalized group'.The streaming service has said it would stick by Joe Rogan amid a spate of controversy over alleged COVID misinformation and his use of the n-word.Spotify's deal to get exclusive rights to The Joe Rogan Experience was worth at least $200 million, double the amount that was previously reported.

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