“We encourage all musicians, artists and music lovers everywhere, to stand with us all, and cut ties with Spotify,” Lofgren wrote in a statement on his website. 29 that he was taking 27 years’ worth of his music from Spotify. “I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue.” Nils Lofgrenīruce Springsteen’s E Street Band guitarist, Lofgren announced on Jan. “Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives,” Mitchell, known for hits such as “Big Yellow Taxi” and “Help Me,” wrote on her website. The move prompted the hashtag #spotifydeleted to trend on social media. Here’s who has said they’re leaving Spotify so far: Joni MitchellĬiting solidarity with the global scientific community, Mitchell, 78, announced on Jan. This is a classic example of short-term value at the detriment to long-term shareholder value,” he said. The “short-term decision to profit from misinformation and lies has damaged long term brand value,” he said. “There is going to be a sharp rise in shareholders who are going to be absolutely spitting. Imran Ahmed, CEO at the Center for Countering Digital Hate, disagreed. “As of right now, I don’t see it as an issue.” Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek on Wednesday said it was “too early to know”’ if the Rogan controversy was hurting subscriptions.
Wall Street analysts and investors aren’t convinced the controversy will affect the company’s bottom line. “If the movement is picked up by lots of artists that demand to leave the platform, then Spotify has to make a decision,” said Tim Nollen, an analyst at Macquarie Capital. Wendy Zukerman and Blythe Terrell, the creators of “Science Vs,” an award-winning podcast that streams on Spotify, also announced on Twitter they will focus on fact-checking Rogan and other sources of misinformation on the platform and pause production of other content. In that talk, Rogan said it’s “very strange” that anyone would call themselves Black unless they’re from the “darkest place” of Africa. Her comments follow a controversial interview that Rogan, 54, had last month with Jordan Peterson, a conservative YouTube personality. Singer and podcaster India Arie said she intends to leave Spotify because of Rogan’s “language around race,” she wrote in a note on Instagram, signaling the backlash is spreading beyond Covid misinformation. Other issues surrounding Spotify’s content have also began to bubble to the surface this week. Yet it remains to be seen whether those actions will be enough to quell the uproar. Rogan also posted a 10-minute video on Instagram in which he vowed to bring more balance to his show. Spotify earlier this week outlined steps it will take to halt the spread of misleading information about COVID-19 on its audio-streaming service. Meanwhile, some social media users have said they are deleting the app.Īcademics and other experts on misinformation said the company may soon face the tricky - and largely uncharted - world of corporate content moderation, much in the same vein that social-media giants Facebook, now called Meta Platforms Inc., and Twitter Inc. His pushback has also led to larger questions about the streaming service’s support for Rogan and its responsibility for monitoring content distributed on its platform to hundreds of millions of listeners. Since then, a small but growing cadre of artists has followed Young’s lead. Not both.” A day later, Young announced his music would come off the platform. In a letter posted on his website, Young wrote: “ They can have Rogan or Young. He accused the streamer’s star podcaster, Joe Rogan, of spreading vaccine misinformation on his show, “The Joe Rogan Experience.” The streaming giant has faced mounting criticism after singer-songwriter Neil Young followed through on threats to remove his music from Spotify.
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