Popular digital music streaming service Spotify continues to be embroiled in controversy weeks after Rock legend Neil Young publicly condemned the platform for allowing Joe Rogan to use his podcast, ‘The Joe Rogan Experience,’ to spew what was deemed ‘misinformation’ about COVID-19.
Among those supporting Young was fellow GRAMMY winner India.Arie, who called for a boycott of the streamer after shining an even brighter spotlight on Rogan – namely his documented history of spouting racial slurs on that same show.
As a result of the negative attention, Spotify not only lost billions in market value but has also earned a wave of negative press – ongoing embattlement that led the controversial commentator to issue an apology.
And while Spotify opted to remove over 100 of Joe’s more eyebrow-raising podcasts from their platform, reps from the company opted to remain mum on the hoopla. That is, until a staff letter penned by the company’s CEO Daniel Ek was leaked to the press.
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