Joe Rogan Gets $100-Million Offer From Trump-Affiliated Site Rumble

Rumble, a YouTube-style web site widespread amongst US conservatives, has supplied Joe Rogan $100 million (roughly Rs. 750 crore) over 4 years for all his exhibits, days after the podcaster apologised for utilizing racial slurs in his content material.

Rogan can be going through backlash for COVID-19 misinformation in his programme hosted on Spotify, after singer-songwriters together with Neil Young and Joni Mitchell pulled their content material from the streaming platform.

The incidents prompted Spotify so as to add a “content advisory” to any episode that includes dialogue of COVID-19 as scientists and medical professionals urged the platform to stop Rogan from spreading falsehoods.

“Dear Joe, we stand with you, your guests and your legion of fans in desire for real conversation,” Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski stated in an e-mail to Rogan posted on Rumble’s Twitter web page on Monday.

“How about you bring all your shows to Rumble, both old and new, with no censorship, for 100 million bucks over four years?”

Rogan didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark.

His present, The Joe Rogan Experience, has grow to be one of the crucial widespread podcasts on Spotify after the streaming platform began that includes it in 2020. The Wall Street Journal had then reported that Spotify’s unique licensing deal for the present was price greater than $100 million (roughly Rs. 750 crore).

Shares of CF Acquisition VI, the SPAC that has agreed to take Rumble public, surged greater than 18 % on the information. The deal, introduced in December, had valued Rumble at $2.1 billion (roughly Rs. 15,680 crore).

Launched in 2013, Canada-based Rumble has additionally entered an settlement to ship video and streaming for Truth Social, former US President Donald Trump’s proposed social media app.

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