

Robert Malone, on his podcast in December. The issue emerged when Rogan hosted v accine scientist Dr. Spotify's CEO Daniel Ek confirmed that the platform had updated its user rules and added a content advisory to podcast episodes containing conversations about COVID-19. "I'm always going to stand firmly on the side of free speech, so I had a lot of learning to do," she said. If there's a line-who gets to decide it? Do warnings really help?" The research professor and lecturer said she paused her podcast because she "needed to wrestle with the line between misinformation and censoring. Trump Tells Rogan 'Stop Apologizing' To Avoid Looking 'Weak and Frightened'īrown noted that she does not have the option of pulling her work from the platform as she has an exclusive contract with the company-unlike the likes of Neil Young and Joni Mitchell who pulled their music from the app in protest at Rogan and Spotify's stance on tackling misinformation.Trevor Noah Condemns Joe Rogan's 'O.G.Joe Rogan Defends 'Missteps' Says Listeners Know He Is 'Trying To Be Funny'.Fox News Largely Defends Joe Rogan Amid Spotify N-Word, COVID Controversy.


Their Archewell Foundation released a statement disavowing the “rampant mis and disinformation” being spread on the platform, BBC News reports. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have a podcast deal with Spotify estimated to be worth $25 million.

Tom Scharpling also pulled his long-running weekly radio show The Best Show from Spotify. “To our #UnlockingUs and #DaretoLead communities, I’m sorry and I'll let you know if and when that changes.” At publication time, Brown has not publicly cited a specific reason for her decision. “I will not be releasing any podcasts until further notice,” she wrote on Twitter. Brown, a renowned researcher, bestselling author and speaker whose work explores emotional facets of the human experience, is launching a new podcast Dare to Lead on Spotify, slated to. BRENE BROWN EXPLAINER: What will Neil Youngs protest mean for Spotify Eye Opener: Tens of thousands still without power following deadly winter storm in the. In addition to Young, Mitchell, and Nils Lofgren’s Spotify boycott, the band Belly recently changed their profile and header images on their Spotify artist pages to read “ DELETE SPOTIFY.” Due to contractual difficulties, their music has not been pulled from the platform.īrené Brown, the author and lecturer with a Spotify podcast deal of her own, has also announced that she’s stepping away from the platform. Rogan responded to the wave of departures in an Instagram video, saying he isn’t “mad” at Young and Mitchell, and would “certainly be open” to hosting “more experts with differing opinions right after I have the controversial ones.”
