Spotify and top podcaster Joe Rogan have agreed to a multi-year contract extension.

The parties declined to specify terms, including financials. The Wall Street Journal reported that Rogan could end up with an “estimated earnout” of $250 million.

The new extension continues to broaden distribution of the show, which was exclusive to Spotify between 2020 and 2024.

The Joe Rogan Experience launched in 2009. Its 2,500-plus episodes have featured two- to three-hour interviews with a range of actors, comedians, athletes, politicians, authors and more.

The show was the top podcast on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts in 2025. Since starting on Spotify in 2020, the show has gained 18 million followers, making it the streamer’s most followed podcast.

As the show’s audience has grown, so has Rogan’s clout in the political arena. His interview with Donald Trump before the 2024 election was credited with delivering a boost down the stretch, while the decision by opponent Kamala Harris not to travel to Rogan’s Austin, TX studio became a key part of autopsies of her failed campaign. Recently, Rogan has become more vocal about his skepticism about Trump, but many of his views align with those of the MAGA base.

In 2022, musician Neil Young pulled his music from Spotify over what he said was misinformation Rogan was spreading about vaccination. Spotify stood by Rogan. Young returned the music to the platform two years later.

In a statement, Rogan called the Spotify relationship “an amazing fit,” adding that he was “extremely happy and excited to continue with them for years to come.”

Jordan Newman, head of content partnerships at Spotify said Rogan “has built something incredibly enduring, and his show continues to resonate with a massive global audience because there’s simply nothing else like it.”

“If anyone can get this done, it’s your mother,” Freddie Highmore‘s Edward hears in the first trailer for Prime Video thriller The Assassin Season 2.

Amazon’s streaming service has released a trailer and pencilled in a November 6 launch date for the show in the UK and Ireland. The show also debuts on Stan in Australia on the same day, with Banijay Rights selling piecemeal elsewhere. ZDF’s launch in Germany wasn’t revealed.

The Assassin stars Keeley Hawes the mother in question, Julie, opposite Highmore, who plays her son. Season 2’s trailer shows hitwoman Julie reluctantly teaming up with Edward once again, when his dream honeymoon with Kayla (Shalom Brune-Franklin) is hijacked and his new wife take hostage. “The honeymoon… couldn’t get any worse,” deadpans Edward as he reveals the news to his mom.

The pair are then thrown back into a world of high-speed car chases, international crime and kidnapping in Spain, as their fragile relationship is tested to the core.

Also returning alongside Hawes, Highmore and Brune-Franklin is Devon Terrell, with Arnaud Bindard, Natalia Tena, Boris Van Severen, Jacqueline Boatswain and Monic Hendrickx joining the cast along with Karl El-Santos, Mehdi Regragui, Casimiro Aguza, Tony Corvillo, Amin Hamada and Lolo Herrero.

Two Brothers Pictures produced the show for Prime Video UK and Ireland, ZDF in Germany and Stan in Australia in association with Banijay Entertainment stablemate Banijay Rights. Harry and Jack Williams, who both also serve as executive producers, are the writers, with Sarah Hammond, Alex Mercer and Daisy Mount also serving as EPs for Two Brothers Pictures, and Hawes and Highmore also serving in the same roles.

John Griffin is producer with Terry McDonough, another executive producer – directing episodes 1-3 and Sarah O’Gorman directing episodes 4-6. Jessica Mescall serves as casting director. Filming on series 2 took place in Malta.

Season 1 of the show streamed in the U.S. on AMC+.