Late on Sunday night, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek confirmed that the service wiped several archival episodes of its flagship podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, at the request of its host, Joe Rogan, who had been recorded on said show saying the N-word multiple times in many different contexts. It’s unclear …
Read More »Why Did These 'Joe Rogan Experience' Episodes Get Yanked From Spotify?
Over 70 episodes of the Joe Rogan Experiencewere quietly removed from Spotify on Friday, adding yet another development in the ongoing debate over whether the streaming giant is responsible for monitoring misinformation and harmful content posted to its platform. Among the episodes removed include interviews with Amy Schumer, Marc Maron, …
Read More »Author Roxane Gay Pulls Podcast From Spotify Over Joe Rogan's 'Misinformation'
Roxane Gay has joined Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and other artists and podcasters in removing their content from Spotify, revealing Thursday that the author has pulled all episodes of The Roxane Gay Agenda podcast from the streaming service over their handling of “misinformation.” On Feb. 1, Gay tweeted, “It won’t …
Read More »Spotify CEO Defends Handling of Joe Rogan Situation, Downplays Artists' Catalog Removal
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek defended the streamer’s handling of the Joe Rogan situation — and downplayed the impact of artists like Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and more removing their music from the streaming service — during an earnings report Wednesday, the New York Times reports. The earnings call came just …
Read More »Another Neil Young Cause, Another CSNY 'Reunion': Could This Be the Final One?
For Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young loyalists craving a reunion of any type, that moment has unexpectedly arrived — sort of. On Wednesday, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash joined their erstwhile bandmate Neil Young in requesting that their music be yanked off Spotify as a way to protest …
Read More »Hear the 1986 Neil Young Show That Joe Rogan Worked as a Security Guard
It’s been just slightly over a week since Neil Young told Spotify that he’d remove his music from their service if they continued to air The Joe Rogan Experience, but a lot has happened in that time. Young went through on his threat later in the week, and his longtime …
Read More »Neil Young: I'm Not Trying to Censor Joe Rogan
Neil Young‘s decision to remove his music from Spotify due to the persistent stream of misinformation about vaccines on The Joe Rogan Experience has earned the singer more attention that he’s received in years. But some critics, most notably in the anti-vaccine crowd, have accused him of somehow trying to …
Read More »Neil Young Pulls Music from Spotify, Blasts It as the 'Home of Life-Threatening' Covid Lies
Spotify has begun to remove Neil Young‘s music following the rocker’s protest of dissemination of Covid-19 misinformation on the streamer’s Joe Rogan‘s podcast. Both Young, who shared a letter on his website, and Spotify confirmed the news in separate statements. On Monday, Young posted a since-deleted letter on his website …
Read More »Dave Chappelle's New Orleans Show Made It Clear He's Not the Victim
Dave Chappelle and Joe Rogan’s arena show in New Orleans, announced in June and later delayed after Rogan contracted Covid-19 in August, finally took place Thursday night. Both comedians made damn sure everybody was aware of the hot water they’ve found themselves in — Rogan for his spurious vaccine-alternative claims, …
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