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Joe Rogan spread anti-vaccine misinformation. Spotify's CEO is standing behind him- CNN Business
By Kerry Flynn -- Updated 11:55 AM ET, Wed April 28, 2021
Rogan said in a recent episode of his podcast, "The Joe Rogan Experience," that healthy young people should not get the Covid vaccine, a statement that stands in contrast to all credible public health advice. When Bloomberg reporter Lucas Shaw asked Ek about those comments on Wednesday, Ek declined to address them directly.
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Rogan broadcast his anti-vaccine message at a point in the Covid-19 pandemic in which more younger people are getting hospitalized from the virus and remain at risk for spreading it.
"Joe Rogan is wrong. I'm hoping he was just trolling for new subscribers, but he has a pretty big platform and that's really destructive," CNN media analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner said on "New Day" Wednesday. "The young are the reservoirs of this virus in our community. They are really powering the spread so the only way to put this virus down once and for all is to immunize."
Spotify says it has 8 million creators, but the company continues to single out and champion Rogan, a major name in podcasting who it signed to a licensing deal last May. On its first-quarter earnings report released Wednesday, Spotify name-dropped Rogan twice. The report said Rogan's podcast was helping Spotify grow its ad-supported business and that the podcast had performed above the company's expectations for adding new users and engagement.
As usual, follow the money.
I've never listened to Rogan's podcast, but if I did, I'd start boycotting it now. And I don't have a paid Spotify account, but if I did I'd cancel it and let them know why.
WA-03 Democrat
(3,058 posts)Is basically Kim Kardashian but with a lot of steroids and a lot less hair. Hes what incels think is smart and macho.
Spotify, lets think about this, you dont own content so you sign trash like this to cover the huge hole in your business model. Dont forget the StormFront crowd!
If only there was more than one streaming service!
There are of course a ton of streaming choices. Its a commodity now. Vote with you $$. I killed my Spotify account after spending a regrettable 30mins figuring out this vile paper Mâché project called Joe Posey Cheeks.
Good riddance to garbage!
Pinback
(12,174 posts)A friend whos a pro musician with work on Spotify told me about this compensation averages around $0.0038 per stream.
By contrast, Pandora Premium & Prime, Amazon Music, and Apple Music pay only slightly more. But for artists who get a lot of streams, this can create a modest income flow.
Obviously small-time independent artists arent going to make Taylor Swift money, but there should be a reasonable minimum thats not a slap in the face to the artists who make the service possible.