Addressing his phone camera, he explained how he simply hosted well-credentialed guests whose views may be outside of mainstream wisdom.

Rogan, a master communicator, did much better. He perversely avoided addressing the actual controversy: Neil Young wasn’t ticked off about whether or not Spotify slipped in a disclaimer before a podcast containing misinformation, he was steamed about Joe Rogan. This forced responses from the shiny-domed men at the center of it.Įk’s written response was a corporate-speak promise to do better, and a belated reveal of Spotify’s content standards. And the gab-osphere exploded with takes on the controversy.

Apple Music seized the moment, calling its service the home of Neil Young. The ensuing conflagration engulfed Spotify, tanking its stock and causing some subscribers to bail. Medical experts also objected to the podcast. This spurred the singer Neil Young to pull his catalog from the streamer, and some other artists followed suit. In an episode that went live on December 31, Rogan’s guest spun conspiracy theories about Covid vaccines, thematically consistent with some previous shows.

The other is Joe Rogan, a comedian and wrestling commentator turned podcaster, whose show lives exclusively on Spotify. One is Daniel Ek, a Swedish billionaire who heads Spotify, the audio streaming company. Early this week, the public got statements from two middle-aged men with shaved heads.

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