24 in a since-deleted letter on his website, and two days later the streaming service began to oblige. The musician first demanded Spotify remove his music on Jan. Young’s numbers have been rising steadily for two weeks now, according to MRC Data (formerly Nielsen Soundscan). Among other comments, they noted that Rogan has discouraged young people from receiving the vaccine, incorrectly claimed that mRNA vaccines are “gene therapy,” and promoted the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19, contrary to FDA warnings against using the drug to treat the virus.Neil Young saw a big boost in music streams and sales even after he pulled his music from Spotify in protest of the Covid-19 misinformation being shared on The Joe Rogan Experience. In an open letter to Spotify, the signees asked the streaming service to implement a misinformation policy as a means of combating claims made by Rogan and his guests.
We regret Neil’s decision to remove his music from Spotify, but hope to welcome him back soon.”Įarlier in January, a group of 270 doctors, scientists, professors and other medical professionals also expressed concern over Rogan’s platforming of misinformation around COVID-19. We have detailed content policies in place and we’ve removed over 20,000 podcast episodes related to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. With that comes great responsibility in balancing both safety for listeners and freedom for creators.
In a statement provided to Billboard, a spokesperson for the streamer said, “We want all the world’s music and audio content to be available to Spotify users. Not both,” Young wrote in that letter, which was addressed to his manager as well as the co-chairman and COO of Warner Records, which releases Young’s music through its Reprise Records imprint. 24 - which was later deleted - requesting that his catalog be pulled from Spotify, citing the spread of vaccine misinformation on the popular Joe Rogan Experience podcast as the reason. His note follows an open letter shared Jan. He continues by writing that Spotify chooses “business over art,” and Young claims the streamer “is ripping you off and has been since day 1.”īillboard has reached out to Spotify for comment. Spotify then sells you the downgraded music.”
That’s what Spotify the tech company does. Young claims in his letter that Spotify cuts the quality of its music to 5% of its original content and adds, “It’s easy to do that with digital, thus allowing more songs and less music to stream faster. Spotify's Daniel Ek Criticizes Kanye West's 'Awful' Antisemitic Comments, But Music Won't Be Removed
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