Joe Rogan may have just signed an industry-shaking deal, reportedly worth more than $100 million, to bring his massively popular podcast to Spotify, but he doesn’t feel comfortable bragging about it — especially while millions of people are unemployed due to the coronavirus pandemic.“It feels gross,”
Spotify is trying to kill normal podcasts. They want to turn it into their own propietary thing. That’s why they’re willing to pay so much. I don’t know Joe, but at least he seems aware of his privilege of having money in this complicated situation. If your able, try to support your favorite podcasters that aren’t in big platforms.