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Spotify potentially ditching the Obamas could signal a major
change in the industry as content providers realize that left-
wing talking points don’t pay the bills, conservative critics
claim.
Higher Ground, the production company run by former President
Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama, did not
receive an offer from Spotify as its current deal expires this
year, Bloomberg News reported this week. "The Swedish streaming
giant declined to make an offer, according to three sources
familiar with the discussions," the report said of Spotify --
the same platform that reportedly pays podcasting giant Joe
Rogan "at least" $200 million.
Conservative radio host Jason Rantz feels the Obamas provided
typical left-wing content, while Rogan earns his money by
attracting a massive audience because he goes against the
mainstream narrative.
"It doesn’t often pay to be woke — not in the long term. The
wokest consumers will turn on you the second you stray away from
their fringe views in any way. Joe Rogan’s audience is loyal
because they tend to be more open-minded to views they disagree
with," Rantz told Fox News Digital.
"And Rogan fans are being served in ways that Obama can’t
provide. Want left-wing talking points? Go to Obama—or MSNBC,
CNN, NYT, WaPo," Rantz continued. "Rogan provides content you’re
not getting everywhere else."
Radio host Tim Young agrees and feels the "tide is clearly
turning" if a major streaming platform is keeping the
controversial "Joe Rogan Experience" namesake but showing the
Obamas the door.
"It's not a conservative v. liberal thing either, because Joe
Rogan is simply a free thinker who asks questions and has
thorough interviews -- the Obamas are there to merely push
propaganda," Young told Fox News Digital.
"Numbers don't lie, people are tired of leftist propaganda and
don't want to pay for it with their time or money," Young said.
"That’s what I think is behind this move. First CNN+, now the
Obamas... the tide surely seems to be turning, as more and more
consumers speak with their money."
Breaking Points co-host and podcaster Saagar Enjeti also
compared Spotify moving on from the Obamas with CNN’s streaming
service shuttering after less than one month.
"The failure of CNN+ and lapsing of Obama Spotify contract are
related. Sh---y establishment content previously forcefed to us
in cable monopoly era simply cannot compete in the free market
of streaming," Enjeti tweeted. "The revolution has just begun."
Spotify did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
While the Obamas are likely to land with a different streaming
platform, some feel their podcasts won’t resonate because they
simply aren’t dedicated to making sure it succeeds.
"The Obamas will commit to appear on only eight podcast episodes
each under a new deal … In contrast, Spotify's most-listened-to
podcast host, Joe Rogan, released 15 episodes in March alone,"
Washington Free Beacon editor Phillip Caldwell wrote. "Michelle
Obama released only 10 episodes of her podcast since it launched
in July 2020, and the last episode came out more than a year
ago. Barack Obama's podcast series, a collection of
conversations with Bruce Springsteen, contained just eight
episodes."
Higher Ground previously struck a deal with Spotify in 2019,
releasing podcasts like "The Michelle Obama Podcast" and the
Barack Obama-Bruce Springsteen program "Renegades: Born in the
USA."
However, Bloomberg reported the Obamas and Spotify clashed with
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