
“We should have clear lines around content and take action when they are crossed, but canceling voices is a slippery slope. “I want to make one point very clear - I do not believe that silencing Joe is the answer,” Ek wrote. In recent days, Ek has introduced a new plan for addressing medical misinformation on the platform, and he’s responded to the “incredibly hurtful” use of the N-word on Rogan’s podcast that caused them to remove 70 of his shows from their library. Meanwhile Papa Rogan has the 1 podcast and is the most popular media show in the USA. The musician requested his catalog be removed from Spotify late last. Most Spotify hipster employees probably think Neil Young was the first man on the moon. Neil Young is encouraging a mass exodus of Spotify employees following his highly publicized debate with the streaming service. The goals stated by EK are about numbers - not art, not creativity.” Hi Joe Rogan, my name is Neil Young and I’d like you to have me on the show soon so we can talk about your misunderstanding of Covid and set the record straight. Musician Neil Young urged Spotify employees to leave the music streaming company in a recent blog post, claiming that CEO Daniel Ek is their 'big problem.' CNBCs Squawk on the Street reports. Get out of the place before it eats up your soul. “To the workers at Spotify, I say Daniel Ek is your problem - not Joe Rogan. “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,” he writes in a new letter on the Neil Young Archives. Neil Young has urged Spotify employees to quit their jobs before the streaming platform 'eats up' their souls. Spotify reportedly paid 100 million dollars (€88 million) to exclusively host The Joe Rogan Experience in 2020.Two weeks after kicking off the revolt against Spotify due to Joe Rogan’s vaccine misinformation, Neil Young is taking aim at CEO Daniel Ek.

"And I want to make one point very clear – I do not believe that silencing Joe is the answer." "While I strongly condemn what Joe has said and I agree with his decision to remove past episodes from our platform, I realise some will want more," he said in a note to staff. © Gary Miller/Getty Neil Young warned Spotify employees on Monday.

His latest criticism of Spotify and its chief executive comes after Ek told his employees that cancelling Rogan was "not the answer" and that he was "deeply sorry" for the impact the controversy was having on them. Rock star Neil Young has posted a message on his website encouraging Spotify employees to leave the company and criticizing its CEO over the ongoing controversy centered around coronavirus misinformation on 'The Joe Rogan Experience.''To the workers at SPOTIFY, I say Daniel Ek is your big problem - not Joe Rogan,' wrote Young, who has removed his music from the platform. Aila Slisco Neil Young has urged Spotify employees to quit their jobs before the streaming platform 'eats up' their souls. The singer’s campaign to remove his music triggered a wave of similar action from fellow artists and content creators, including Joni Mitchell, Crosby, Stills and Nash and the Science Vs podcast. "To the musicians and creators in the world I say this: You must be able to find a better place than Spotify to be the home of your art." Joni Mitchell among the artists to remove her music from Spotify in protest The only goals stated by Ek are numbers, not art, not creativity. "Get out of that place before it eats up your soul. Young previously requested his entire back catalogue be removed from the platform due to the spread of coronavirus misinformation on the site, which he attributed in part to programme The Joe Rogan Experience.īut on Monday he wrote on his personal website: "To the workers at Spotify I say Daniel Ek is your problem – not Joe Rogan. The Grammy-winning musician said the firm’s chief executive Daniel Ek is the "problem" with the streaming service, rather than controversial podcast host Joe Rogan. Neil Young has urged Spotify employees to leave the company "before it eats up your soul" in the latest stage of his campaign against the streaming giant.
