Shares of Spotify dropped 12% last week, and some tech rivals have tried to capitalize on the controversy. Joe Rogan & Spotify Respond to Pressure Over COVID-19 Misinformation Claims Spotify CEO Daniel Ek is introducing content advisories following concerns about. "I think when they are looking for ways to maximize income, the podcast is clearly a direction in which they’re going, and Joe Rogan is the standing on the top of the heap example of that direction," Thompson told NBC News correspondent Emilie Ikeda on TODAY Monday. Spotify paid millions to lure Joe Rogan but now faces pressure from more than 200 doctors to hold him to account for spreading misinformation about COVID vaccines on his podcast. This group was not advocating for Rogan, who reportedly has a 100 million contract with Spotify, to be removed from the platform, or even that the episode featuring Malone should be removed. Photo: eric lalmand/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. is an attorney, founder of the Waterkeeper Alliance and Children’s Health Defense, author, and 2024 candidate for the office of the President of the United States of America. Robert Thompson, a professor of popular culture at Syracuse University, sees Spotify's latest step as a business decision. (2 min) Neil Young said Spotify was spreading fake information about vaccines through Joe Rogan’s podcast. Listen to this episode from The Joe Rogan Experience on Spotify. Rogan has been the centerpiece of Spotify's aggressive expansion into the podcast space since signing him to a reported $100 million deal to exclusively host his show on the streaming service. Many of Rogan's millions of listeners have come to his defense. ‘Neil Young is a hero’: Backlash grows against Spotify over decision to support Joe Rogan. The issue has also been divisive on social media, where some people have been announcing they will cancel their Spotify subscriptions if Rogan's show is not removed. Joe Rogan backs Spotify disclaimers and says he will ‘do best to research topics’ in future.
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