“While some might want us to pursue a different path, I believe that more speech on more issues can be highly effective in improving the status quo and enhancing the conversation altogether,” Ek said. In his letter to staff, Ek said he would be committing to an “incremental investment of $100 million for the licensing, development, and marketing of music (artists and songwriters) and audio content from historically marginalized groups” to boost “all types of creators,” including those from underrepresented backgrounds. The site noted that a total of 113 episodes - which includes the 71 taken down on Friday - have been removed from Spotify.
On Friday, 71 episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience were removed from Spotify, according to the website JRE Missing, which tracks when the podcast episodes are missing from the streaming platform. Last Thursday, the musician India.Arie - who has said she will remove her music and podcast from Spotify in protest of Rogan’s comments about race - resurfaced a compilation of video clips showing Rogan using the racial slur and describing being with Black people as akin to “Planet of the Apes.” The podcaster apologized over the weekend, calling his comments “regretful and shameful.” Discovery Among Top Hollywood Stock Gainers in First Quarter Meanwhile, Spotify recently took on a suggestion from Adele and changed its default setting, which shuffles album tracks in random order.Lionsgate, Warner Bros. Long time subscriber from 2007 here, cancelled my subscription today because of this 👎 If I had the power to pull my music off those platforms I would. The CEO has given €100m, that he’s leeched from artists over the years, to a military company using AI weaponry. #boycottspotify.”Īnother added: “Long time subscriber from 2007 here, cancelled my subscription today because of this.”
Many users also greeted the deal angrily with one writing: “Just cancelled subscription. I’m closing the account, need to find another way to deliver the mixtapes. just found out that the CEO invested €100 million in AI defence tech company. “Fuck Spotify,” he wrote before adding: “I had 3 soundtracks ready for ttrpg module sprawlscape. Another artist in Italy SprawlScape MegaDeck was equally as angry.
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