Joe Rogan Has to Abide by the Same Policies as Others: Spotify CEO

Spotify Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek on February 2 addressed the controversy surrounding podcast presenter Joe Rogan, claiming that the corporate doesn’t deal with Rogan otherwise and can penalise him if his present violates their content material pointers. Rogan has been chastised by medical doctors, musicians, and fellow podcast hosts for spreading false data concerning COVID-19. In truth, musicians Neil Young and Joni Mitchell urged Spotify to take away their songs from the platform final week. Separately, hosts of a Spotify science programme questioned why Rogan was permitted to offer deceptive details about vaccines.

Rogan, host of The Joe Rogan Experience on Spotify, has reportedly made many incorrect and inaccurate assertions about COVID-19 and vaccines. In 2020, Spotify had signed Rogan for an unique multi-year contract for round $100 million (roughly Rs. 750 crore). With that, Spotify grew to become an unique distributor of Rogan’s present, which was beforehand hosted on YouTube. On a convention name with buyers, Ek mentioned that Rogan’s podcast was the preferred in additional than 90 nations.

A Bloomberg report quoted Ek as saying, “While Joe has a massive audience — he’s the No. 1 podcast in more than 90 markets — he also has to abide by those policies. We don’t change our policies based on one creator.”

Ek, nonetheless, admitted that he could not forecast how this whole episode would have an effect on subscriptions. He mentioned it was too early to foretell what the influence can be, and added that previously each time there was an issue, the corporate has measured it in months, not days.

A number of days in the past, Rogan responded to the controversy via an Instagram video, and mentioned that he was not attempting to advertise misinformation. He added that although at occasions he received issues unsuitable, he is all the time tried to right them.

Spotify is house to over 3.6 million podcasts, lots of which mirror divisive viewpoints on a big selection to subjects.