Musicians including Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and India Arie – who resurfaced the episodes with racial slurs – have since requested that Spotify stop hosting their back catalogs. Back in September of 2020, a group of employees sought to get ahead of the issue by limiting the extent to which Rogan could book controversial guests and spread disinformation. The controversy around Rogan has erupted in light of vaccine disinformation that the podcaster has included in past episodes. The latest raft of removals – 71 episodes were taken down on Friday February 4 – are directly related to the racial slurs. 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.”Īt the time of writing, 113 episodes of the Joe Rogan podcast were not available on Spotify. This will dramatically increase our efforts in these areas. “So I am committing to an incremental investment of $100m for the licensing, development and marketing of music (artists and songwriters) and audio content from historically marginalized groups. We’ve been doing a great deal of work in this area already but I think we can do even more.
In the statement to employees, Ek said: “If we believe in having an open platform as a core value of the company, then we must also believe in elevating all types of creators, including those from underrepresented communities and a diversity of backgrounds.
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