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Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor In February of last year, as controversy broiled around Joe Rogan’s racially charged language and COVID-related misinformation on multiple editions of his Spotify podcast, the streaming giant’s CEO attempted to defuse the situation by apologizing to his aggrieved staff and pledging $100 million “for the licensing, development, and marketing of music (artists and songwriters) and audio content from historically marginalized groups.” Nearly 14 months later, that $100 million “Creator Equity Fund” has spent less than 10% of its funding on that work,” according to a report in Bloomberg. The initiative was behind schedule in hiring an eight-person staff to oversee the project and “has suffered from shifting priorities,” the report said, citing unnamed people familiar with the effort. At the beginning of this year, the fund had not completed its 2023 budget and had not determined its priority projects, according to a memo the publication said it had obtained, and another fund intended to promote diversity in podcasts suffered after that business was hit by layoffs last year, a union representing workers said.

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fear of being canceled.“You can’t fire me from my own club, b–ch!” exclaimed Rogan.Comedy Mothership’s first show on Mar. 7 sold out in minutes, with $40 tickets now being resold for $500 online.“I felt compelled to do it … I never wanted to own a comedy club, and I always felt like you just had to be nice to comedy club owners because you never want to be one of those people.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Max Cutler, one of Spotify’s most senior podcast execs, is departing the streamer after nearly four years with the company. Cutler, who has served as Spotify’s VP, head of talk creator content and partnerships, will be leaving the company to “return his entrepreneurial roots,” according to a source close to Spotify. He had joined Spotify in 2019 with its acquisition of Parcast, the scripted podcast studio he co-founded. Cutler will remain at Spotify until May 1. With Cutler’s exit, Spotify head of global podcast studios Julie McNamara is assuming leadership of licensed podcast exclusives, which include its deals with Joe Rogan, Alex Cooper (“Call Her Daddy”) and Emma Chamberlain.

Rachel Seo Karl Jacobs, a digital creator and streamer known for his close collaborations with internet superstar MrBeast, is set to make his debut as a featured creator at VidCon Anaheim 2023. As part of his programming, Jacobs will record a live episode of his podcast “Banter” with co-hosts Sapnap and GeorgeNotFound, in addition to doing a meet and greet during the four-day convention, which runs from June 21-24 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Jacobs currently boasts a following of over 28 million across Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok and Twitch. Besides his prominence in MrBeast’s content, Jacobs creates Minecraft videos that have racked up over 157 million views on YouTube and his content on TikTok has generated 129.2 million likes. His podcast premiered in 2021 and beat Joe Rogan’s “The Joe Rogan Experience,” reaching the top spot on Spotify in the United States. More recently, he announced an upcoming comic book series produced in collaboration with Dark Horse Comics.

Wednesday blog post that it has updated its cannabis ads policy to allow marketing of cannabis products in states where THC is legal, making it the first social media platform to be fully marijuana-positive. Let the 420 puns begin!“The cannabis space on Twitter is fun and engaging with users Tweeting about their experiences using cannabis – whether medicinally, for wellness, or recreation – as well as recommending brands, products, and retail locations,” Twitter said in its post.

No stranger to controversy, self-billed stand up comic/mixed martial arts fanatic/psychedelic adventurer Joe Rogan offering the following generalization about Jews on his massively popular Spotify show: “The idea that Jewish people are not into money is ridiculous. That’s like saying Italians aren’t into pizza.”

Joe Rogan‘s dad is calling out the popular podcaster over long-standing claims about supposed domestic abuse during his childhood. The Joe Rogan Experience host has gone

Some tweets from Zachary Levi have fans raising their eyebrows right now!

Dawn Ostroff is departing Spotify as the company’s head of content and advertising amid cutbacks affecting 6% of the company’s workforce.

Julian Casablancas has shared an update on the progress of The Strokes’ seventh album.His comments follow producer Rick Rubin revealing during an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, that he’s working on a new album with the band, having recently completed a recording session with them in Costa Rica.“Killed it on Joe Rogan,” Casablancas wrote. “True, Strokes’ve jammed and started some stuff, but we’re still so extremely v far off from being even close to any kinda remotely-near-doneness.”He went to write, “Enjoy this clip of the greatest (and hottest) of all time, as temporary solace Lil Richard” in the emoji-filled caption of the post, which featured a video of the singer.Casablancas added: “Lotta jumping to conclusions, “check back in a year or [two] honestly.”A post shared by Julian Casablancas (@minorbutmajor)Yesterday (October 12) saw Rubin appear on Joe Rogan’s podcast, where he spoke about upcoming projects.

Pink Floyd‘s Roger Waters says he “couldn’t care less about AC/DC or Eddie Van Halen” in an explosive new interview with Joe Rogan.Waters, who has recently been criticised for comments about Russia’s war on Ukraine among other topics, sat down for a three-hour conversation on The Joe Rogan Experience, where he detailed some of his musical hates.“[I’m] not really interested in loud rock ‘n’ roll — which some people are and they love it, but I couldn’t care less about AC/DC or Eddie Van Halen or any of that stuff,” he told Rogan.“It’s just, who? I don’t go, ‘Who?’ because obviously I know the name. And I’m sure Eddie’s brilliant and a great guitar player and wonderful.

New music from Neil Young is almost here.

Meghan Markle’s popular podcast Archetypes will return to Spotify on Tuesday, Oct. 4, following its pause during the mourning period for Queen Elizabeth II, Spotify has confirmed.

Meghan Markle has temporarily pumped the brakes on her successful podcast "Archetypes" in light of Queen Elizabeth II's death. "New episodes will be paused during the official mourning period for Her Majesty The Queen," according to the official Spotify page.

be silenced. The Duchess of Sussex’s new podcast “Archetypes” is being put on hold amid international mourning for the Queen, who died Sept. 8.The podcast “will be paused during the official mourning period for Her Majesty The Queen,” according to the official Spotify page.

UFC legend Conor McGregor. Zuckerberg has taken to one of the social media platforms he owns in Instagram to share a video of him working out with Khai Wu. He was gearing up for his UFC bout with Joshua Dillion during Urijah Faber’s A1 Combat 5, although the entrepreneur is an interesting choice of sparring partner!It proved to not be sufficient preparation (although he will obviously have done much more than just spar with the businessman), with Dillion securing the victory over him.

A woman was kicked out of Kevin Bridges ' Hydro gig after a second fight broke out in the space of a week. With around 10 minutes left of the Saturday night show in Glasgow, a scuffle broke out between a man and a woman in the crowd.

Clearing the air. Aaron Rodgers addressed his controversial decision not to get vaccinated against COVID-19 — and he broke down why he was accused of lying to the NFL.

Aaron Rodgers is opening up about his controversial refusal to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in an appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience”.

Mark Zuckerberg has laughed off memes comparing him to a robot. The 38-year-old Facebook founder was ridiculed for his stoic appearance during his lengthy testimony in front of the US Senate in 2018 following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, with numerous memes comparing him to a robot.

Meghan Markle toppled Spotify king Joe Rogan this week to become number one on the platform in six different countries, including the U.S., with her new podcast "Archetypes."  The Duchess of Sussex welcomed her longtime friend and tennis champ Serena Williams as her first guest on the podcast Tuesday.The two talked about how the word "ambition" has become a "dirty, dirty word when it comes to women." In the podcast, the royal said she never personally felt a negative connotation toward "ambition" until she started dating Prince Harry.  "Since I’ve felt the negativity behind it, it’s really hard to un-feel it," she said. "I can’t unsee it, either, in the millions of girls and women who make themselves smaller – so much smaller – on a regular basis." Meghan Markle dropped her first episode of 'Achetypes' on Tuesday.

Meghan Markle has already hit an incredible achievement with her new podcast, Archetypes!

according to The Wrap, in Australia, Canada and the UK, where Markle still has a very loyal fanbase despite her Prince Harry leaving royal life in 2021.“Archetypes” has also outperformed the “Game of Thrones” podcast that was centered around the new spin-off “House of the Dragon,” which premiered on Sunday.In the podcast, Markle discusses the stereotypes faced by women in professional and social environments and featured tennis legend Serena Williams as her first guest.This is not the first time Rogan, who’s had a very fraught relationship with Spotify, has been dethroned. In September 2021, a podcast entitled “Batman Unburied” topped Rogan before he reclaimed the top spot again.Rogan also has some history of beef with Markle, after calling her a “little American hussy” in February 2021, which caused all 113 episodes to be mysteriously removed from the streaming platform.Several Twitter users rejoiced at Rogan’s downfall.“MEGHAN KNOCKED JOE ROGAN OUT OF THE #1 SPOT!!!!! MY GOD THIS IS A HUGE DEAL.

podcast charts, taking the top spot from longtime No. 1 title “The Joe Rogan Experience” in the US. “Archetypes” has also taken over the No.

A popular standup TV franchise is making a comeback. Scott Koondel’s Sox Entertainment has acquired global rights to Caroline’s Comedy Hour, which ran on A&E Network from 1989-96. Koondel, former CBS Chief Content and Licensing Officer, plans to produce new installments, which he will shop alongside 100 library episodes from the show’s original run as a lower-cost comedy programming alternative for cable networks and streamers.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor“Caroline’s Comedy Hour” is set to return to TV with fresh episodes under a licensing deal that comedy maven Caroline Hirsch has set with Scott Koondel’s Sox Entertainment.Sox has licensed 100 episodes of the standup comedy showcase series that ran on A&E Network in the early 1990s. Those will be collected with new installments that Hirsch and Sox Entertainment will produce.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorControversial podcast host Joe Rogan came out swinging in a heated conversation about abortion rights with guest Seth Dillon, CEO of right-wing satire site Babylon Bee.On Tuesday’s episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” exclusively distributed on Spotify, Rogan hosted Dillon in a wide-ranging discussion about American political culture. (The episode is available at this link.)Among other topics, the duo discussed the Supreme Court’s decision in June to overturn Roe v.

Zack Sharf Jamie Foxx recently told CinemaBlend that his unreleased directorial effort “All-Star Weekend” remains shelved due to the current state of comedy. The Oscar winner shot the comedy in 2016 with a cast that includes Jeremy Piven, Robert Downey Jr., Benicio del Toro, Gerard Butler and Eva Longoria.“All-Star Weekend” stars Foxx and Piven as two best friends who win tickets to the annual NBA event. Their characters take a road trip to Los Angeles to attend the All-Star Game, but their journey is upended by a handful of wacky characters.

who has previously stated he is “100% for a woman’s right to choose” — referenced the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade with guest Seth Dillon on his Tuesday episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience.”“There are women who have been raped who should not have to f–king carry some rapist’s baby,” Rogan decried. “There’s women who have been sexually assaulted before the age of 14.”Dillon — who is the founder and CEO of satirical news site The Babylon Bee — hit back, expressing his pro-life point of view.