The Joe Rogan Experience, one of America’s most popular podcasts, has requested to be removed from Luminary, the new $8-a-month premium podcast platform, I’ve confirmed. The show explicitly cites licensing issues as the reason behind the intent to withdraw: “There was not a license agreement or permission for Luminary to have The Joe Rogan Experience on their platform,” a representative told me last night. “His reps were surprised to see the show there today and requested it be removed.”
Luminary declined to comment for this story. (At publication time, Rogan’s show is still available in the app.)
If the request is honored, The Joe Rogan Experience would be yet another high-profile show to actively withdraw from the free tier of the app, following The New York Times’ The Daily and Spotify’s various show assets, including programming from Gimlet Media and Parcast. (Hat tip to The Verge, which broke the Spotify and The Daily pullouts Monday.)
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