Spotify a sign茅 un nouvel accord avec l'animateur de balado controvers茅 Joe Rogan

FILE - Joe Rogan is seen during a weigh-in before UFC 211 on Friday, May 12, 2017, in Dallas. Spotify has penned a new multi-year partnership deal with Rogan, Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. The enormously popular show will soon also be available on competing platforms, including YouTube and Apple Podcasts. ( AP Photo/Gregory Payan, File)

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Spotify has penned a new multi-year partnership deal with controversial podcast host Joe Rogan, whose enormously popular show will soon also be available on competing platforms, including YouTube and Apple Podcasts.

Spotify announced the renewed partnership in a post on the company's corporate blog Friday. Under a prior multimillion-dollar deal, 鈥淭he Joe Rogan Experience,鈥 had been a Spotify exclusive since 2020.

The Wall Street Journal, which , estimated that the new contract was worth as much as $250 million over its multiyear term. It cited unnamed people familiar with the matter. The pact involves an upfront minimum guarantee, in addition to a revenue sharing agreement based on ad sales, the newspaper reported.

In an email to The Associated Press on Saturday, Spotify declined to comment on the deal's financial details, including the estimated value.

Over the years, Rogan has developed a huge audience who listen to his long, wide-ranging interviews with a variety of guests, including comedians, athletes, scientists and conspiracy theorists.

鈥淭here鈥檚 no script of what we鈥檙e going to talk about, and it all just sort of happens in real time,鈥 said Rogan on Spotify's blog post. 鈥淚t鈥檚 just an actual organic conversation with people enjoying themselves, which is something we all can relate to, and something we all love to do. These conversations have changed the way I think about life immeasurably and continue to do so.鈥

The show is consistently Spotify's most popular podcast but also a frequent cause of controversy for the company. Most notably, Spotify came under huge pressure in 2022 to drop Rogan over his , with some musicians, including , pulling their music from the platform in protest.

In February 2022, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek denounced the host's racist language but said, "I do not believe that silencing Joe is the answer.鈥

Spotify's shares closed up $3.51, or nearly 2% to $222.47 per share on Friday.

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