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Alex Cooper Jumps From Spotify to SiriusXM in Multiyear Deal  
Alex Cooper Jumps From Spotify to SiriusXM in Multiyear Deal  -June 2024
Jun 9, 2025 4:12 AM

Alex Cooper is breaking up with Spotify.

The worlds most popular female podcaster has struck a new multiyear deal to take herCall Her Daddyshow and Daddy Gang of super fans over to SiriusXM starting in 2025.

The move represents a major poach by the SiriusXM Podcast Network, as Cooper has been the music streamers No. 2 original behind Joe RogansJoe Rogan Experience.

While numbers were not disclosed, Cooper made a record-breaking three-year $60 million Spotify deal in 2021. At the time, this was the second-biggest podcast deal ever struck following Rogans own Spotify mega-deal. Cooper had reportedly been seeking at least $100 million guarantee and revenue sharing for her new deal. The move follows SiriusXM luring another top title,SmartLess, from Amazon in January. I am beyond excited to work with SiriusXM, the 29-year-old Cooper said in a statement. The Daddy Gang will always be my top priority, and with SiriusXM we will continue to find new ways to evolve and provide my listeners the best experience. The Daddy Gang wants more, so were getting ready to give them moreI cant wait for this new chapter to begin.

The new deal gives SiriusXM exclusive advertising and distribution rights for host and executive producer Coopers flagship podcast, as well as her Unwell brands lineup of shows (which includeHot Mess with Alix Earle,Pretty Lonesome with Madeline Argy,Boyfriend Material with Harry Jowsey, andIn Your Dreams with Owen Thiele).

Alexs fearless, unfiltered approach, where no topic is off the table, has created a passionate and dedicated fanbase that is unmatched in podcasting and perfectly aligns with the content that SiriusXM subscribers have come to love and expect from us, said Scott Greenstein, president and chief content officer at SiriusXM. SiriusXM is the perfect home for Alex to continue her amazing growth trajectory, with our unique ability to introduce her and her growing roster of standout talent to new listeners, as well as super-serve her core fans with new content. Alex is the voice of a new generation, and I cant wait to see what we do together in the years to come.

Last year, Spotify CEODaniel Ek signaled that the company wasgoing to be very diligent in how we invest in future [podcast] content deals, causing some to wonder if the music streamer was going to continue to strike mega-deals for top content creators. In February, Spotify nonetheless renewed its Rogan deal for a contract thats reportedly worth $250 million.

Launched in 2018,Call Her Daddywas initially a bawdy and sex-positive chat show with two young and single hosts (Cooper and co-host Sofia Franklyn). The show was quickly acquired by Barstool Sports where it became a nearly overnight success. In 2020, Cooper parted ways with Franklyn and, in 2021, took the podcast to Spotify. Its since evolved into a modern twist on feminism podcast that covers a range of topics and has frequent A-list celebrity guests (such asJane Fonda, Post Malone, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hailey Bieber, Miley Cyrus and John Mayer). Rolling Stone has dubbed Cooper Gen Zs Barbara Walters.

Most recently, Cooper launched media company, Trending, and its subsidiary Unwell Audio Network, LLC, alongside her husband and business partner Matt Kaplan of Ace Entertainment. This media venture will elevate the voices and stories of Gen Z.

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