Rogan promoted the conspiracy theory that Epps was an “agent provocateur” for the feds, a baseless claim that has led to a defamation suit against Fox News.

Rogan promoted the conspiracy theory that Epps was an “agent provocateur” for the feds, a baseless claim that has led to a defamation suit against Fox News.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    27·
    1 year ago

    Spotify doesn’t publicly release its JRE subscriber numbers. But sources clarified the show has been consistently growing since the podcaster joined the streamer and hasn’t spiked due to any particular event. By one recent estimate, Rogan typically averages 11 million listeners per episode.

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/joe-rogan-spotify-subscribers-1235134232/

    Any time someone on the internet says, “who cares what this idiot says” about someone prominent, the answer is always: millions of people.

    • crowsby@lemmy.world
      162·
      1 year ago

      Spotify is also paying Rogan $200 million for the honor of being the exclusive platform used to spread his disinformation, which is one of the reasons I prefer to avoid it. It’s bad enough they distribute it, but the fact that my subscriber dollars would directly be funding his bullshit just sticks in my craw too much.