Young, Neil

Spotify’s Joe Rogan Problem Isn’t Going Away

Still, the backlash intensifies. Civil rights groups organize a boycott. Advertisers pull their campaigns. A hashtag trends. The platform’s employees threaten to walk out. Days later, the chief executive is forced to choose between barring a popular creator — and face the fury of his fans — or being seen as a hypocrite and an […]

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Spotify Responds to Complaints About Covid Misinformation

The chief executive of Spotify responded on Sunday to growing complaints from musicians and listeners over the role of Joe Rogan, the streaming service’s star podcaster, in spreading what has been widely criticized as misinformation about the coronavirus. Last week, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell — two musical icons whose cultural influence is far greater […]

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Spotify Removes Neil Young’s Music After Complaints About Joe Rogan

He added: “They can have Rogan or Young. Not both.” That letter was removed from Young’s website soon after it was posted, though it drew wide news media attention. The Coronavirus Pandemic: Key Things to Know Card 1 of 4 Vaccine mandate. The deadline has arrived for many unvaccinated health care workers in the U.S. to […]

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