I noticed that Young’s Monday missive credited “the medical professionals who started this conversation.” As I pointed out on “Don Lemon Tonight,” the early January statement by doctors and other pros calling Rogan a “menace to public health” is the proximate cause of the dominos that have fallen since. Young saw a “big boost in music streams and sales” after he pulled his music from Spotify, Jon Blistein reported for Rolling Stone. The goals stated by Ek are about numbers - not art, not creativity.” Get out of the place before it eats up your soul. Then he wrote, “To the musicians and creators in this world, I say this: You must be able to find a better place than Spotify to be the home of your art.”įinally, he addressed “the workers at Spotify” and said “Daniel Ek is your problem - not Joe Rogan. podcast platform by listeners.”Ĭan the circle be squared? Neil Young, whose public challenge to Spotify sparked earlier news cycles about Rogan, added even more pressure on Monday by saying in an open letter that Spotify employees should quit.įirst, Young addressed the public by saying “misinformation is the problem” so “ditch the misinformers” and “find a good clean place to support with your monthly checks.” In other words, cancel Spotify subscriptions. But Ek also knows that – in the words of the WSJ – “Rogan’s show has been crucial to making Spotify the top U.S. So, these issues have been bubbling up for a long time. ![]() The most recent controversy is over his past use of the N-word, but as the Wall Street Journal reported last week, before this eruption, “employees have used message boards to express their concerns about his show” ever since the exclusive distribution deal was struck back in September 2020. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek’s Sunday night memo was full of signs that his employee base is in revolt over Rogan. And so it is at Spotify right now, as employees challenge management and condemn Joe Rogan. Through my coverage of various media industry scandals over the years, and through my first-hand experience with a few of them, I can confidently say this: The scandals are more intense on the inside than they may seem on the outside. ![]() A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter.
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