Spotify Ceo Hits Back At Calls To “Cancel” Joe Rogan Amid Jre Racism Controversy
While Spotify CEO Daniel Ek initially defended Rogan amid the COVID misinformation controversy, new monitoring website "JREMissing" reported that Spotify has secretly canceled over 100 episodes of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast this week. According to podcast tracking site JREMissing, Spotify removed 113 episodes of the Rogans podcast on Saturday. According to JRE Missing, a website that tracks the show, over 100 episodes of The Rogans Show have been removed from the podcast library. Almost immediately after the platform started hosting its older podcasts, users noticed that some of the older episodes were not being shown.
This is despite Rogan's claims that his entire library is available for streaming. In a Jan. 31 statement, Rogan apologized to Spotify for the impact of COVID misinformation and said he would "struggle to balance" in future episodes. A person familiar with the speech told Variety that Rogan asked the streaming service to remove 70 episodes and apologized for using the word N. He condemned Rogans' comments and revealed that the podcast host was the one who decided to delete the episodes.
“While I strongly condemn what Joe said and agree with his decision to remove past episodes from our platform, I understand that some will want more. He added that Rogan "decided to remove a number of episodes" from Spotify and posted an apology for doing so. using race-insensitive language After these discussions and his own deliberation, he decided to remove the series of episodes from Spotify.
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek confirmed Sunday that Joe Rogan has decided to remove more of his popular podcasts from the streaming service after Spotify executives discussed its use of "racially insensitive language," according to a memo sent to employees. An episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience." . On February 6, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek issued a letter of apology to employees for Joe Rogan's "painful" remarks. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has called Joe Rogan's past use of racist slurs "very harmful" but doubled the fine for keeping Rogan's podcasts on the streaming service.
Spotify has removed 113 episodes of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast from its platform as of Saturday evening after Rogan apologized for using racist slurs on his platform in the past. Spotify is facing a new wave of controversy related to Joe Rogan and has said it has removed episodes of his podcast from its platform at Rogans' request. Rogan issued an apology on Saturday after Spotify removed 71 episodes of the podcast after videos of the comedian using racist slurs went viral on social media.
Rogan, who vowed to do better last week while discussing pandemic-related issues, apologized Saturday morning after a compilation of videos using the n-word was widely shared on social media. Rogan, accused of spreading misinformation about the coronavirus on his Spotify show, regularly exploits vaccine skeptics and conspiracy theorists. Last week, amid a debate about Rogan's fondness for spreading misinformation about COVID-19, singer India.Arie shared a video of Rogan using the N-word 24 times on his podcast episode.
Earlier this week, Grammy-winning singer India Ahri, who pulled her catalog from Spotify, shared on Instagram a selection of videos of Rogan uttering racist slurs about numerous past episodes. Arieh is among the music artists who have asked to have their music removed from Spotify due to misinformation about Covid-19 that aired on Rogans' show. The controversy prompted several artists, including Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, to demand that their music be removed from the streaming service. In recent weeks, Spotify has removed Neil Young's music from its platform at the request of stars while protesting the spread of misinformation about vaccines on Joe Rogan's podcast.
Last month, more than 270 scientists and medical professionals called on Spotify to crack down on misinformation, claiming that an episode of Rogens' podcast featuring virologist and immunologist Malone had spread disinformation and Covid-19 and vaccines. conspiracy theory. The incidents came as musicians protested that the streaming service allowed the Rogans podcast to spread misinformation about COVID-19. Spotify responded to the criticism, saying it would add content notifications to any episode of the podcast, not just Rogans, that included discussions of Covid-19, which Rogan said he agreed with. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek first responded to Rogans' controversy over his comments on COVID and a vaccine for the deadly virus in an official statement Sunday, saying Spotify will add a COVID-19 warning to all virus-related events.
According to Vices Motherboard, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said the company had heard concerns from employees but decided not to remove the content. Streaming Mammoth, however, is sticking with Rogan, with CEO Daniel Ek saying the service "is not in the business of dictating speeches to its creators." On Thursday, the Swedes fired employees who demanded that Rogan be removed from the service's catalog, saying the controversial podcaster was so important to the platform's future that the company could not dictate the speeches of its shows. Spotify reportedly held a company-wide meeting on Wednesday in which several employees expressed disdain for the platform's hosting of episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience that they said contained "transphobic" comments.
More than 70 episodes of the podcast disappeared from Spotify last week after videos of Rogan using racist slurs on past shows went viral on social media. Spite directs subscribers to a site that tracks Spotify's removal of episodes of "The Joe Rogan Experience"; confirmed varieties listed are no longer available. In a backlash, Spotify quietly removed more than 70 episodes after removing 40 in April 2021. Spotify's apology came shortly after the fan-made site discovered the episodes were no longer available on Spotify.
Earlier this month, Rogans' exclusive deal with Spotify officially began. In 2020, Spotify SPOT made a deal with Rogan to exclusively bring his hugely popular podcast to their platform. Spotify's latest installment of The Joe Rogan Experience featured guests such as podcaster, actor and comedian Marc Maron, LGBT activist and writer Dan Savage, political commentator Kyle Kulinsky and comedians Bill Burr, Tom Segura, Ilisa Schlesinger, Theo Von, Brian Redban, Rich Vos. and Pete Holmes. Other episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience not available on the platform include episodes featuring Chris DELIA, a stand-up comedian accused of sexual harassment.
Spotify also removed a series of Rogans episodes, which included far-right figures like Jones and McInnes, as well as former Breitbart editor Yiannopoulos. Interestingly, Spotify didn't cancel episode 1. Dr. Robert Malone's JRE 1757 is arguably the most controversial episode of Rogans' COVID series. For now, Spotify has decided to keep the episode on the platform.