Joni Mitchell tells Spotify to remove her music over ‘lies that are costing people their lives’
2 years, 11 months ago

Joni Mitchell tells Spotify to remove her music over ‘lies that are costing people their lives’

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Joni Mitchell has told Spotify to remove her music catalogue “in solidarity with Neil Young” amid the backlash over Joe Rogan’s podcast. Young issued an ultimatum to Spotify and asked that his music be deleted from the platform last Monday over its affiliation with Rogan’s The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, which he said had spread “false information” regarding Covid-19 vaccines. “We regret Neil’s decision to remove his music from Spotify, but hope to welcome him back soon,” a spokesperson for the streaming service told The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, confirming that Spotify was in the process of pulling Young’s catalogue at the time. “If all artists were as punk rock as Neil Young maybe we wouldn’t be getting absolutely screwed by corporate streaming companies,” musician Margo Price tweeted after Spotify’s announcement on Wednesday.

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Joni Mitchell returns to Spotify two years after boycott over Joe Rogan’s COVID-19 ‘lies’
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Joni Mitchell returns to Spotify two years after boycott over Joe Rogan’s COVID-19 ‘lies’

LA Times  

Joni Mitchell’s music returned to Spotify last week, more than two years after she boycotted the streaming giant for platforming “The Joe Rogan Experience.” Joni Mitchell can look at Spotify from both sides now: before and after her 2022 boycott. The prolific “Both Sides Now” singer, 80, reinstated her catalog to the music giant before the weekend, ending her two-year …

Neil Young Will Return to Spotify After Two-Year Boycott Over Joe Rogan
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Neil Young Will Return to Spotify After Two-Year Boycott Over Joe Rogan

Live Mint  

Neil Young said he will allow his music to return to Spotify, two years after the singer pulled his catalog over opposition to the streaming service’s relationship with podcaster Joe Rogan. Last month, The Wall Street Journal reported Rogan had reached a deal that would allow his podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” to be distributed more widely, a change from …

Neil Young returns to Spotify after Joe Rogan boycott
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Neil Young returns to Spotify after Joe Rogan boycott

The Independent  

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Neil Young returns his music to Spotify, ‘except for the full sound we created’
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Neil Young returns his music to Spotify, ‘except for the full sound we created’

LA Times  

Neil Young, seen performing in Napa Valley in 2019, plans to perform in April for an charity concert, his first live show since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Young withdrew his catalog in 2022 after lamenting the spread of medical misinformation on popular Spotify podcasts such as “The Joe Rogan Experience.” Young’s move prompted a few other artists, including …

Spotify accused of pushing anti-vaxx conspiracy theory songs on recommendation playlists
2 years, 10 months ago

Spotify accused of pushing anti-vaxx conspiracy theory songs on recommendation playlists

The Independent  

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Joe Rogan dispute shows Spotify limits of being hands off
2 years, 11 months ago

Joe Rogan dispute shows Spotify limits of being hands off

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Like Facebook and Twitter, Spotify is learning the limits of deflecting responsibility for what is said on its platform. But experts say that is difficult to defend after Spotify reportedly spent $100 million to become the sole distributor of “The Joe Rogan Experience.” “They are acting like they should get treated as a platform -- when they …

Neil Young urges Spotify employees and musicians to quit over his Joe Rogan boycott
2 years, 11 months ago

Neil Young urges Spotify employees and musicians to quit over his Joe Rogan boycott

The Independent  

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Spotify CEO says canceling Joe Rogan isn’t ‘the answer’
2 years, 11 months ago

Spotify CEO says canceling Joe Rogan isn’t ‘the answer’

Associated Press  

Joe Rogan has put Spotify in a tough spot, but the streaming giant is not ready to part ways with the popular podcast host despite intense criticism over his anti-coronavirus vaccine comments and use of racial slurs. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek also said in a message to employees Sunday that Rogan’s racist language was “incredibly hurtful” and that the host …

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek tells employees that ‘silencing Joe Rogan is not the answer’
2 years, 11 months ago

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek tells employees that ‘silencing Joe Rogan is not the answer’

The Independent  

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After 3 Hours of Joe Rogan, I Have Thoughts
2 years, 11 months ago

After 3 Hours of Joe Rogan, I Have Thoughts

Wired  

After first angrily challenging a media report about his retirement, GOAT Tom Brady said … he is retiring. In an episode that went live on December 31, Rogan’s guest spun conspiracy theories about Covid vaccines, thematically consistent with some previous shows. He perversely avoided addressing the actual controversy: Neil Young wasn’t ticked off about whether or not Spotify slipped in …

Should You Ditch Spotify Too?
2 years, 11 months ago

Should You Ditch Spotify Too?

Wired  

Kate, I'm glad you mentioned switching from Spotify to Apple because in the second half of this podcast, we're going to talk about how to do that. It's not like you can upload just anything you want to Spotify, even if you are Joe Rogan. They are claiming that none of Joe Rogan's podcast violated these rules, which is interesting …

News Analysis: Spotify’s biggest problem isn’t Joe Rogan. It’s ambition
2 years, 11 months ago

News Analysis: Spotify’s biggest problem isn’t Joe Rogan. It’s ambition

LA Times  

Spotify built a new regional headquarters in the Arts District in Los Angeles as part of its plans to conquer the audio world. “These platforms have a responsibility to invest in developing effective approaches to combat misinformation.” The letter triggered a month of drama for Spotify that continues, with boycotts by artists like Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, cries of …

Crosby, Stills and Nash become latest act to pull music from Spotify over Joe Rogan misinformation
2 years, 11 months ago

Crosby, Stills and Nash become latest act to pull music from Spotify over Joe Rogan misinformation

The Independent  

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Spotify: How to quit controversy-hit streaming service after Joe Rogan and Covid misinformation issues
2 years, 11 months ago

Spotify: How to quit controversy-hit streaming service after Joe Rogan and Covid misinformation issues

The Independent  

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Rock band Failure removes music from Spotify amid protest against ‘Covid-19 misinformation’
2 years, 11 months ago

Rock band Failure removes music from Spotify amid protest against ‘Covid-19 misinformation’

The Independent  

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Sharon Stone cancels Spotify amid Joe Rogan backlash: ‘His behaviour is dangerous’
2 years, 11 months ago

Sharon Stone cancels Spotify amid Joe Rogan backlash: ‘His behaviour is dangerous’

The Independent  

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EXPLAINER: What will Neil Young’s protest mean for Spotify?
2 years, 11 months ago

EXPLAINER: What will Neil Young’s protest mean for Spotify?

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Neil Young vs Joe Rogan seems like the strangest of cultural clashes. Yet the 76-year-old rock star’s protest over coronavirus-related content on Rogan’s popular Spotify podcast has ignited a hot debate over misinformation and free speech, bruising a streaming service that has become the central way that millions of people around the world experience music. His protest …

EXPLAINED: What Will Rock Star Neil Young's Protest Mean For Spotify?
2 years, 11 months ago

EXPLAINED: What Will Rock Star Neil Young's Protest Mean For Spotify?

News 18  

Neil Young vs Joe Rogan seems like the strangest of cultural clashes. Yet the 76-year-old rock star’s protest over coronavirus-related content on Rogan’s popular Spotify podcast has ignited a hot debate over misinformation and free speech, bruising a streaming service that has become the central way that millions of people around the world experience music. His protest came after dozens …

Why more musicians haven’t joined Neil Young’s Spotify boycott over Joe Rogan
2 years, 11 months ago

Why more musicians haven’t joined Neil Young’s Spotify boycott over Joe Rogan

LA Times  

For those following certain parts of Twitter during the last week, it would have been easy to come away with the impression that Spotify was facing a mass exodus of artists protesting COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on Joe Rogan’s immensely popular podcast. Music rights are complicated Even when artists want to leave Spotify — and some do — it isn’t as …

Graham Nash and India Arie join Neil Young’s Spotify boycott over ‘problematic’ Rogan
2 years, 11 months ago

Graham Nash and India Arie join Neil Young’s Spotify boycott over ‘problematic’ Rogan

LA Times  

Musicians India Arie, left, and Graham Nash have vowed to pull their music from Spotify. Two more musicians, Graham Nash and India Arie, have vowed to remove their music from Spotify after Neil Young renounced the streaming platform last week. Nash declared his support for his Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young bandmate Tuesday after “having heard the COVID disinformation spread …

Neil Young vs Joe Rogan: Has Young finally sparked an artists’ revolt against Spotify?
2 years, 11 months ago

Neil Young vs Joe Rogan: Has Young finally sparked an artists’ revolt against Spotify?

The Independent  

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ‘express concerns to Spotify’ over Joe Rogan controversy
2 years, 11 months ago

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ‘express concerns to Spotify’ over Joe Rogan controversy

The Independent  

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Spotify to add advisories to podcasts discussing COVID-19
2 years, 11 months ago

Spotify to add advisories to podcasts discussing COVID-19

Deccan Chronicle  

New York: Following protests of Spotify kicked off by Neil Young over the spread of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, the music streaming service said that it will add content advisories before podcasts discussing the virus. In a post Sunday, Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek laid out more transparent platform rules given the backlash stirred by Young, who on Wednesday had his …

Why streaming giant Spotify is facing the music over Joe Rogan, COVID-19 and Neil Young
2 years, 11 months ago

Why streaming giant Spotify is facing the music over Joe Rogan, COVID-19 and Neil Young

Firstpost  

The Swedish streaming giant has issued a statement saying it will add a content advisory to coronavirus-related podcasts after artists accused podcaster Joe Rogan of promoting misinformation about vaccines Music streaming giant Spotify is in a spot of bother. Let’s examine why the Swedish streaming giant is facing the music: Spotify gets the full Joe Rogan Experience In May 2020, …

Spotify Loses Over $2 Billion in Three Days Amid Joe Rogan Podcast Controversy
2 years, 11 months ago

Spotify Loses Over $2 Billion in Three Days Amid Joe Rogan Podcast Controversy

News 18  

It seems American podcaster Joe Rogan’s controversial episode on COVID-19 misinformation has caused audio streaming platform Spotify a loss of $2 billion in market value. According to a report by Variety, the Swedish audio streaming company’s market capitalisation fell about $2.1 billion a span of three days last week after folk rocker Neil Young removed his songs from Spotify to …

Why did Spotify choose Joe Rogan over Neil Young?
2 years, 11 months ago

Why did Spotify choose Joe Rogan over Neil Young?

The Independent  

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Neil Young and Joni Mitchell left Spotify. So why is some of their music still there?
2 years, 11 months ago

Neil Young and Joni Mitchell left Spotify. So why is some of their music still there?

LA Times  

Musicians Neil Young, left, and Joni Mitchell have removed some of their music from Spotify. For example: Mitchell’s “Night Ride Home”, “Dog Eat Dog” and “Wild Things Run Fast” — all albums released by Geffen Records — can still be found and played on Spotify. Other Mitchell records, such as the David Geffen Company/UMG Recordings’ ”Chalk Mark in a Rain …

Joe Rogan loves Joni Mitchell, especially when she sounds like Rickie Lee Jones
2 years, 11 months ago

Joe Rogan loves Joni Mitchell, especially when she sounds like Rickie Lee Jones

LA Times  

Joe Rogan found himself correcting a little musical misinformation he spread accidentally when he praised Joni Mitchell on Sunday as the talent behind the 1979 tune “Chuck E.’s in Love.” Which would have been lovely, except Rickie Lee Jones wrote and performed “Chuck E.’s in Love,” and Mitchell had nothing to do with it. “Whenever I get something wrong, I …

Spotify to add advisories to podcasts discussing COVID-19
2 years, 11 months ago

Spotify to add advisories to podcasts discussing COVID-19

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Following protests of Spotify kicked off by Neil Young over the spread of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, the music streaming service said that it will add content advisories before podcasts discussing the virus. In a post Sunday, Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek laid out more transparent platform rules given the backlash stirred by Young, who on Wednesday had …

Joe Rogan vows to ‘balance things out’ after Spotify misinformation controversy
2 years, 11 months ago

Joe Rogan vows to ‘balance things out’ after Spotify misinformation controversy

LA Times  

Rogan has been the center of a firestorm of controversy over how Spotify manages misinformation about COVID-19 on its audio platform. Recent episodes of “The Joe Rogan Experience” raised alarm among people in the medical community, prompting major artists including Neil Young and Joni Mitchell to pull their music from Spotify to put pressure on the streaming service to take …

Ava DuVernay is the latest artist to follow Neil Young’s exit from Spotify because of Joe Rogan
2 years, 11 months ago

Ava DuVernay is the latest artist to follow Neil Young’s exit from Spotify because of Joe Rogan

LA Times  

Veteran singer-songwriter Neil Young recently urged “other artists and record companies” to “move off the SPOTIFY platform and stop supporting SPOTIFY’s deadly misinformation about COVID.” Some of his music peers have answered the call. On Jan. 26, Young made good on his threat to remove his songs from Spotify unless the streaming service agreed to cut ties with controversial podcast …

Joni Mitchell joining Neil Young in protest over Spotify
2 years, 11 months ago

Joni Mitchell joining Neil Young in protest over Spotify

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Joni Mitchell said Friday she is seeking to remove all of her music from Spotify in solidarity with Neil Young, who ignited a protest against the streaming service for airing a podcast that featured a figure who has spread misinformation about the coronavirus. “Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives,” Mitchell said Friday …

Joni Mitchell Yanks Music From Spotify To Back Neil Young Over Joe Rogan's COVID Lies
2 years, 11 months ago

Joni Mitchell Yanks Music From Spotify To Back Neil Young Over Joe Rogan's COVID Lies

Huff Post  

Legendary singer Joni Mitchell has announced she is yanking all of her music from Spotify to support Neil Young in his action against right-wing extremist Joe Rogan’s lies on the platform about COVID-19. Not both.” He accused Spotify of allowing people like Rogan to spread “false information about vaccines” and potentially cause death “to those who believe the disinformation being …

Neil Young: Backlash grows against Spotify
2 years, 11 months ago

Neil Young: Backlash grows against Spotify

The Independent  

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Neil Young fans suggest musician’s polio experience inspired campaign against Joe Rogan
2 years, 11 months ago

Neil Young fans suggest musician’s polio experience inspired campaign against Joe Rogan

The Independent  

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Spotify Was Never Going to Drop Joe Rogan
55 years ago

Spotify Was Never Going to Drop Joe Rogan

Wired  

This week, Spotify removed the musical catalog of Neil Young from its platform. Yes, plenty of people are angry at Rogan, including the 270 health care professionals whose highly publicized open letter to Spotify about the podcaster’s content inspired Young. Spotify didn’t give Rogan a reported $100 million in a noble effort to spearhead a public health campaign. But say …

Neil Young: Spotify ‘regrets’ musician’s decision to remove music over Joe Rogan row
2 years, 11 months ago

Neil Young: Spotify ‘regrets’ musician’s decision to remove music over Joe Rogan row

The Independent  

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Neil Young Stands His Ground, Spotify to Remove His Music After Joe Rogan Ultimatum
2 years, 11 months ago

Neil Young Stands His Ground, Spotify to Remove His Music After Joe Rogan Ultimatum

News 18  

Neil Young made good on his vow to have his music removed from Spotify after demanding the streaming service choose between him and Joe Rogan, the controversial podcaster accused of spreading disinformation. The prolific, legendary singer behind “Heart of Gold” and “Harvest Moon” had published an open letter this week accusing Spotify of “spreading fake information about vaccines — potentially …

Spotify says it will grant Young’s request to remove music
2 years, 11 months ago

Spotify says it will grant Young’s request to remove music

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Neil Young’s music will be removed from Spotify at his request, following the veteran rock star’s protest over the streaming service airing a popular podcast that featured a figure criticized for spreading COVID misinformation. Spotify, in a statement on Wednesday, said that it regretted Young’s decision, “but hope to welcome him back soon.” It wasn’t immediately clear …

Spotify WILL remove Neil Young's music after singer protested Joe Rogan's vaccine misinformation
2 years, 11 months ago

Spotify WILL remove Neil Young's music after singer protested Joe Rogan's vaccine misinformation

Daily Mail  

Spotify will remove Neil Young's music after he demanded that it be removed from the streaming service in a blazing row over vaccine misinformation spread by podcaster Joe Rogan. Neil Young has demanded Spotify remove all of his music from their streaming service in a blazing row over vaccine misinformation spread by podcaster Joe Rogan In the now-deleted online letter, …

Neil Young leaving Spotify won’t get rid of Joe Rogan now — but it might eventually
2 years, 11 months ago

Neil Young leaving Spotify won’t get rid of Joe Rogan now — but it might eventually

The Independent  

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Neil Young gives Spotify an ultimatum: Me or Joe Rogan
2 years, 11 months ago

Neil Young gives Spotify an ultimatum: Me or Joe Rogan

LA Times  

Veteran rocker Neil Young has threatened to remove his music from Spotify unless the streaming giant cuts ties with divisive podcast host Joe Rogan. “Please immediately inform Spotify that I am actively canceling all my music availability on Spotify as soon as possible,” Young’s message read Monday. “I am doing this because Spotify is spreading false information about vaccines — …

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