I glad to see it worked out for him.
He actually got paid and still pretty much was able to keep every free liberty he had anyways. Can't ask for anything better.
Seems like a win/win for everyone. Spotify will advertise the crap out of it and will easily get back the 100 million of the next 5 or so years. Rogan is far and away the most popular podcast on the planet and it's not even close.