Spotify has seen several other artists and podcasters remove their content in protest of Rogan, who has been accused of spreading vaccine misinformation. They include Joni Mitchell Crosby, Stills, and Nash podcaster and author Roxane Gay self-help guru Brene Brown Grammy Award-winner India.Arie and Sophia Bush.ĭaniel Ek, the Spotify CEO, told employees on Sunday that he has no plans to “cancel” Rogan after viral videos showed the podcaster utter the N-word.

The “Rockin’ in the Free World” crooner set off a chain reaction that inspired other artists to either pull their content from the popular streaming platform or to announce a “pause.” Robert Malone, a virologist who was banned from Twitter for his comments about Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Young was outraged over an interview Rogan conducted in December with Dr. He called on the Swedish streaming giant to “put health warnings on (Joe Rogan’s) podcasts and I think they should stand up and applaud Neil for taking a strong position.” Mercuriadis, the co-founder and CEO of intellectual property rights firm Hipgnosis Songs Fund, said he supported Young’s decision to go to war with Spotify last month. “We’re at 38% up in streaming alone, and we’re hundreds of percentages up in terms of album sales and that.” Young removed his songs from Spotify after the streaming giant refused his ultimatum to sever ties with podcaster Joe Rogan. “The interesting thing about Neil is that his consumption has gone up in the two weeks since he came off the service,” Mercuriadis told Bloomberg. In 2020, Spotify signed Rogan, whose podcast amassed a following of millions of fans on YouTube, to a licensing deal reportedly worth $100 million. Young pulled his music after Spotify refused his demand to sever ties with Rogan, the host of the popular Joe Rogan Experience podcast, whom he accused of “spreading fake information about vaccines.” Streaming of Neil Young’s songs has increased 38% since his exit from Spotify in a flap over Joe Rogan’s podcasts, according to Merck Mercuriadis, the owner of half of the rights to the Canadian-American rocker’s catalog. Joe Rogan blasts CNN over Spotify flap: ‘Nobody listens to them’ Jon Stewart defends Joe Rogan over COVID ‘misinformation’ - slams CNN, NY Times Joe Rogan’s podcast vanishes briefly from Spotify Crosby, Stills, Nash … & Rogan: Rockers rejoin Spotify after 5-month protest

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