UFC commentator Joe Rogan signs $100m deal with Spotify for exclusive podcasts: Report

UFC commentator and television superstar Joe Rogan has bagged a lucrative deal worth $100 million from Spotify by trading copyrights of his podcast. Throughout years, Joe Rogan has been a prominent face in combat sports community and his podcasts have been attended by some of biggest global celebrities including likes of Elon Musk, Sop Dog and UFC superstars like Anthony Johnson. However, Joe Rogan podcast will longer be available on YouTube and users need to access ir Spotify account in order to have watch it in  near future.

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UFC commentator Joe Rogan Spotify deal details

Joe Rogan Podcast appears to be one of most influential and popular audio programmes in United States of America and UFC commentator has mand to raise its stock by more than 11% after signing multi-million deal with Spotify. Joe Rogan will commence his podcast on Spotify from September 1 and programme will be titled Joe Rogan Experience. However, Spotify will have all exclusive rights over Joe Rogan’s videos while taping podcast.

Since terms of deal haven't been publicly disclosed yet, exact numbers cant be told just yet. However, UFC commentator Joe Rogan is expected to make anywhere from $10 million to $100 million, depending on success of show. A majority of subscribers for Joe Rogan’s podcast are Apple users.

Thus, shift to Spotify can be considered as a risk for UFC commentator. However, Spotify is expected to expand Joe Rogan’s audience overseas. Spotify holds most popular podcasting applications in various international markets, which has seemingly interested Joe Rogan in signing deal.

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UFC commentator Joe Rogan in MMA entity

Joe Rogan will continue functioning as a UFC commentator, which he has been doing for years. Joe Rogan has been associated with UFC since his initial days in sport and has become one of most popular figures in combat sports community. However, Joe Rogan has also mand to establish himself as a successful television celebrity and stand-up comedian outside MMA world as well.

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