• What Does the Spotify Controversy Mean for Podcasters?

  • Feb 15 2022
  • Length: 22 mins
  • Podcast

What Does the Spotify Controversy Mean for Podcasters?

  • Summary

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    BROADCAST NOTES:

    Timeline of what happened:

    • Joe Rogan Experience Episode with Dr. Robert Malone (#1757)
    • Open letter to Spotify by Global Science and Medical Professionals
    • Neil Young tweets ultimatum for Spotify over Joe Rogan’s podcast content
    • Spotify respond in favor of Joe Rogan by agreeing to Neil Young’s removal demand
    • Other creatives like Joni Mitchell and Brene Brown join Neil Young in his stance
    • Spotify announces Covid advisories
    • Joe Rogan responds to Spotify controversy
    • Indie Arie pulls her music from Spotify because of a different Joe Rogan episode which  touched on Race


    The below links are by no means the only sources of information on this topic, but highlight the timeline described above.


    Links mentioned:

    • Open Letter to Spotify from the Global Scientific and Medical Community - https://spotifyopenletter.wordpress.com/2022/01/10/an-open-letter-to-spotify/
    • Neil Young - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/business/neil-young-spotify-remove-music.html
    • Joni Mitchell - https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-01-28/joni-mitchell-music-removed-spotify-neil-young-joe-rogan
    • Brene Brown - https://twitter.com/BreneBrown/status/1487535996782710786?s=20&t=PgIie00HgtZDJI90E2vIyQ
    • Covid Advisory added by Spotify - https://www.npr.org/2022/01/30/1076849204/spotify-covid-advisory-joe-rogan-neil-young
    • Joe Rogan’s Response - https://www.npr.org/2022/01/31/1076891070/joe-rogan-responds-spotify-podcast-covid-misinformation
    • Spotify CEO Speaks at Company Town Hall - https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/3/22915456/spotify-ceo-joe-rogan-daniel-ek-town-hall-speech-platform-podcast 
    • Indie Arie - https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/01/entertainment/india-arie-joe-rogan-spotify-race-cec/index.html
    • Trevor Noah Unpacks Joe Rogan’s Response - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOMqQXhCU4M
    • Charles Osborne TikTok Sound - https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdkBJbQ7/


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