Arie announced that she’s removing her music from the platform.įebruary 3 - Daniel Ek addresses the Rogan controversy in an earnings call with investors, saying that he’s “really proud of the steps we took following the concerns raised by the medical and scientific communities”, but admits that “we should have done it earlier”. Singer-songwriter India Arie posted an Instagram compilation video of Rogan using the N-word 24 times in episodes of the podcast that predate his exclusivity deal with Spotify. Rogan posts a video to Instagram in which he apologizes for his use of racial slurs in past podcast episodes, saying that “I certainly wasn’t trying to be racist”. He also pledges $100 million towards “licensing, development and marketing of music (artists and songwriters) and audio content from historically marginalized groups”.įebruary 5 - JREMissing, a site that tracks the podcast, reported that 113 episodes of the Joe Rogan experience had been pulled from Spotify. “While I strongly condemn what Joe has said and I agree with his decision to remove past episodes from our platform, I realize some will want more.” Ek said. Neil Young urges Spotify workers to leave the company “before it eats up your soul”, taking aim at CEO Daniel Ek in a blog post.įebruary 6 - Daniel Ek tells employees that Rogan’s use of racial slurs were “incredibly hurtful”, but that “silencing Joe is not the answer” in a memo. Spotify and Joe Rogan news and updatesįebruary 7 - Rumble Inc., an online video platform popular among US conservatives, publicly offers Joe Rogan a $100 million deal to leave Spotify. To help you get your head around the issue, we’ve compiled everything you need to know about Joe Rogan and Spotify, as well as what you should know if you’re planning on jumping ship to another streaming service. It feels like the news surrounding the Spotify controversy has been relentless over the past few weeks. Things went from bad to worse for Spotify when a video compilation highlighting Rogan’s use of racist language during previous episodes of his podcast was posted to Instagram by singer India Arrie, triggering a fresh wave of uproar.
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