Subj : I am thinking...
To   : esc
From : Ogg
Date : Sat Jan 06 2024 09:09 am

Hello esc!

** On Thursday 04.01.24 - 04:13, esc wrote to Digital Man:

 DM>> Spotify tried to monetize podcasts. I think that was a billion (or two)
 DM>> dollar mistake.

 e> The fact that they paid Joe Rogan as much as they did while they pay
 e> musicians shockingly little is also something I think is shitty.

It was 200+ million, I think.

Rogan is a different "product". I doubt that they could apply  
the same royalty-based system per episode or per avg 4-min  
segment that a song is based on.

Also, the same song gets replayed over and over by the same  
listener vs hearing one podcast is often enough for one person.

Anyway.. his initial Spotify contract is supposedly over by  
now.   About $75K per episode (daily?).   Dunno how Spotify can  
sustain that.

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