Rogan could alienate his legion of fans and set a slippery precedent with other podcasters, according to Mark Mulligan, an industry analyst with Midia Research. Spotify announced Tuesday that it signed The Joe Rogan Experience for a multi-year exclusive licensing deal.

“We’re not in the business of dictating the discourse that these creators want to have on their shows,” he told employees earlier this month in a speech first reported by The Vergeadding that “if we only wanted to make content that we all like and agree with, we will need to eliminate religion, and politics, and comedy, and health, and environment, and education, the list goes on and on and on.”Īnd as a business matter, censoring Mr. Ek has made it clear that he is wary of taking on the role of censor. Kelly and XXXTentacion from playlists in 2018 for content or conduct deemed offensive, a decision the company quickly reversed. Joe Rogan may have just signed an industry-shaking deal, reportedly worth more than 100 million, to bring his massively popular podcast to Spotify, but he doesn’t feel comfortable bragging. Many employees there - and in the United States - were angry when Spotify removed music by R. In an audio message accompanying the press release, Rogan said: 'It will. UFC color commentator Joe Rogan appears to be making even more money with his Spotify deal than originally thought.

Ek, a publicity-shy executive who grew up in a suburb of Stockholm, and many of the company’s engineers and longest-tenured employees are based.įree expression is a deeply held belief in Sweden. Spotify says that Rogan will retain creative control over his show, but didnt reveal how much it paid to clinch the deal. Management of the crisis in the United States may have been further complicated because Spotify’s headquarters is nearly 4,000 miles away, in Sweden, where Mr. LONDON: Audio-streaming service Spotify Technology SA on Wednesday said it had acquired Kinzen, a firm that has helped it identify harmful content on the platform. Spotify has been facing growing pressure to remove Rogan from its service over allegations that his popular show has been peddling COVID 'misinformation,' causing musicians like Neil Young and Joni.

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