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Controversial podcast host Joe Rogan signs a new deal with Spotify for up to a reported $250 million
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Controversial podcast host Joe Rogan signs a new deal with Spotify for up to a reported $250 million

[ad_1] Spotify has penned a new multi-year partnership deal with controversial podcast host Joe Rogan, whose enormously popular show will soon also be available on competing platforms, including YouTube and Apple Podcasts.Spotify announced the renewed partnership in a post on the company's corporate blog Friday. Under a prior multimillion-dollar deal, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” had been a Spotify exclusive since 2020. The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the new deal on Friday, estimated that the new contract was worth as much as $250 million over its multiyear term. It cited unnamed people familiar with the matter. The pact involves an upfront minimum guarantee, in addition to a revenue sharing agreement based on ad sales, the newspaper reported. In an email to The Associated...
Chelyabinsk disaster shows how dangerous an asteroid really is; Know this HORROR story
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Chelyabinsk disaster shows how dangerous an asteroid really is; Know this HORROR story

[ad_1] Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson spoke about the asteroid horror story, dubbed the Chelyabinsk disaster, in Russia. Know just how dangerous an asteroid can be. On February 15, 2013, an asteroid exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia. The explosion resulted in the asteroid breaking down into small pebbles which rained onto Earth in the form of debris. The debris itself was not the cause of any real injury or damage. Amazingly, the real threat was from the explosion that took place and the shock wave that followed combined with the reality of modern living. The horror story that ensued injured nearly a thousand people. Since the last major asteroid strike to the Earth was hundreds of thousands years ago, most do not realize the lethality of even the smallest of space roc...
Facebook Censored Story On Joe Biden’s Son, Admits Zuckerberg
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Facebook Censored Story On Joe Biden’s Son, Admits Zuckerberg

[ad_1] Mark Zuckerberg made the admission on 'The Joe Rogan Experience' podcast. (File)New York: Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that Facebook algorithmically censored the 'Hunter Biden laptop' story for a week. He admitted it on 'The Joe Rogan Experience' podcast. Zuckerberg said he did so following a general request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to restrict election misinformation.During the podcast, Joe Rogan asked Zuckerberg how Facebook handles controversial issues like the 'Hunter Biden' story and whether it was censored.In response, Zuckerberg said, "So we took a different path than Twitter. I mean, basically, the background here is the FBI basically came to us...some folks on our team. They were like, hey, just so you know...you should be high alert. We thought ther...