

The most recent podcast that have caused controversy have been interviews between him and vaccine effectiveness deniers, for example. And this also explains, to some extent, why Spotify has been such a staunch defender of Rogan as part of its platform, even though they have taken down some of the older episodes of his podcast, some of which showed that he used racial slurs, for example.

JULIE HYMAN: Yeah, indeed, and we're talking about a contract over 3 and 1/2 years. But this is- I mean, this is a potentially big step up in how much he's making. You know, the old- everyone was saying in the industry that he really was signed to a $100 million deal.

His overall contract value might be $200 million. Really in-depth report out of "The New York Times" on Joe Rogan. Video TranscriptīRIAN SOZZI: Look, more news out this morning, Julie. Yahoo Finance's Julie Hyman and Brian Sozzi discuss how Spotify reportedly paid Joe Rogan $200 million for his podcast.
