Spotify has had a tough couple of weeks. Its inventory took an enormous hit Wednesday due to a slowing progress forecast, and the corporate has seen creators from the music and podcasting world desert the platform due to feedback by comic and podcast host Joe Rogan.
Whereas the departures are removed from an exodus, the names which have pulled their content material due to Rogan — who has made inaccurate claims about COVID-19 and vaccines on his "The Joe Rogan Expertise" podcast — are notable.
Rogan responded to the controversy earlier this week, saying he is "not attempting to advertise misinformation" and that he by no means "tried to do something with this podcast different than simply speak to folks and have fascinating conversations."
Spotify mentioned it's including a content material advisory to any podcast that features a dialogue about COVID-19.
Here is a listing of artists who've left Spotify due to Rogan:
NEIL YOUNG
Arguably the most important title to tug content material from Spotify, Neil Younger mentioned final week he wished his music eliminated as a result of the platform is "spreading faux details about vaccines — doubtlessly inflicting loss of life to those that consider this disinformation unfold by them."
"They will have Rogan or Younger. Not each," the musician mentioned.
JONI MITCHELL
Following Younger's lead, singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell mentioned over the weekend that she, too, will take away her music from Spotify.
"Irresponsible persons are spreading lies which can be costing folks their lives," Mitchell wrote on her web site Friday. "I stand in solidarity with Neil Younger and the worldwide scientific and medical communities on this challenge."
CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH
David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash additionally backed Younger, their former band mate, by asserting that they need their music off Spotify.
"We assist Neil and we agree with him that there's harmful disinformation being aired on Spotify's Joe Rogan podcast," the three mentioned in an announcement on Crosby's Twitter account Wednesday. "Whereas we at all times worth alternate factors of view, knowingly spreading disinformation throughout this international pandemic has lethal penalties."
The three added, "till actual motion is taken to indicate that a concern for humanity have to be balanced with commerce, we do not need our music, or the music we made collectively, to be on the identical platform."
INDIA ARIE
Musician and podcaster India Arie mentioned Tuesday that she is taking her content material off Spotify. Nevertheless, her causes transcend Rogan's misinformation about COVID-19.
"Neil Younger opened a door that I have to stroll by," Arie wrote on Instagram. "I consider in freedom of speech. Nevertheless, I discover Joe Rogan problematic for causes apart from his Covid interviews. For me, it is also his language round race."
The artist went on to say that Spotify pays musicians a "fraction of a penny" whereas Rogan is paid US$100 million for his podcast, an quantity that was reported by the The Wall Road Journal in 2020 when the comic signed with the streaming big.
"This exhibits the kind of firm they're and the corporate that they hold," Arie mentioned. "I am drained."
MARY TRUMP
Mary Trump, a podcaster, creator and the niece of former president Donald Trump, took to Twitter this week to say she was eradicating her podcast, "The Mary Trump Present" from the platform.
"I do know it isn't an enormous deal however hope it will likely be a part of a rising avalanche," she tweeted.
She additionally thanked Younger and Mitchell for his or her braveness.
This mix photograph exhibits Neil Younger in Calabasas, Calif., on Could 18, 2016, left, and UFC announcer and podcaster Joe Rogan earlier than a UFC on FOX 5 occasion in Seattle on Dec. 7, 2012. (AP Photograph)
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