Over the past two years, The Union of Musicians and Allied Workers has asked the streaming giant to raise its average pay of $0.0038 per stream to a penny per stream in the campaign 'Justice at Spotify. The chief issue, he said, is Joe Rogan, Spotify’s star podcaster to whom it reportedly paid up to 100 million for an exclusive license to his show. Spotify's aggressive investment in podcasting and Rogan specifically has angered musicians who say Spotify underpays artists on its platform. Joe Rogan is no stranger to hosting controversial figures on his Spotify-exclusive podcast.lick the Settings icon located in the top right corner of the screen. The next year, it lost the equivalent of $2.2 million every day. Rogan has said Spotify has not interfered with who he can have on the show as a guest and doesnt care about what he talks about. After years of losing money, Spotify became profitable for the first time in company history in 2019. Podcast advertising accounted for 13% of Spotify's total 2021 revenue in Q3 as the streamer struggles to remain profitable, according to the Journal. On Thursday, the company announced the purchase of two podcast analytics companies, Podsights and Chartable.

Spotify has invested over $1 billion in its podcasting arm, including the acquisitions of Gimlet Media, Anchor, Parcast, The Ringer, and Megaphone. Spotify reportedly paid 100m (£75m) in 2020 for rights to The Joe Rogan Experience, which is the streaming services top podcast. 'I want to thank Spotify for being so supportive during this time, and I'm very sorry that this is happening to them,' Rogan said in a video posted to Instagram.

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