
Then Neil Young gave the music streaming company an ultimatum: They can.
Rogan later praised the company's decision but defended his booking of controversial guests. Spotify Boycott: What Neil Youngs Joe Rogan Beef Could Mean for the Music Industry. It bought the exclusive streaming rights to "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast in a deal reportedly worth at least $200 million.Īfter the scandal, Spotify promised to add content advisories that would connect users with public health resources. Spotify had been under fire for hosting the episodes. Host Joe Rogan also faced accusations from medical professionals that he has repeatedly spread conspiracy theories about Covid-19.
2 min read A day after Spotify removed Neil Young ’s music from its site, a movement has started to boycott the streaming company. However, I find Joe Rogan problematic for reasons OTHER than his Covid interviews, citing his language about race. Today, the COVID content advisory appears on ~1.4 million podcast episodes on our platform." The Spotify boycott has grown far bigger than Neil Young. "Three days later, on Feb 2, we launched the content advisory on our platform and we've been adding it to episodes that include discussion about COVID-19 on a rolling basis ever since. "On January 30, 2022, Spotify announced plans to add a content advisory to any podcast episode that includes a discussion about COVID-19," a spokesperson told CNBC. The company didn't say why it might not have been visible before now, but software updates typically roll out over several weeks or months. 2, but CNBC spotted it in the app for the first time on Monday.
Spotify said it began to roll out the feature to users on Feb.