Neil Young's music is being removed from Spotify's streaming service after the singer-songwriter objected to his songs playing on the same platform that offers Joe Rogan's podcast.
Key points:
- The Joe Rogan Experience is Spotify's top-rated podcast
- Spotify accounts for 60 per cent of Young's music streams
- The platform said the removal could be reversed if Young changes his mind
Earlier this week, Young published a letter addressed to his manager and record label, Warner Music Group , accusing Rogan of spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, and demanding that Spotify no longer carry his music.
On Wednesday, the veteran rocker thanked his record label for "standing with me in my decision to pull all my music from Spotify," and encouraged other musicians to do the same.
"Spotify has become the home of life-threatening COVID misinformation," he said on his website.
"I realised I could not continue to support Spotify's life-threatening misinformation to the music-loving people."
Spotify said it worked to balance "both safety for listeners and freedom for creators" and had removed more than 20,000 podcast episodes related to COVID-19 in accordance with its "detailed content policies."
Rogan, 54, is the host of The Joe Rogan Experience, the top-rated podcast on Spotify, which holds exclusive rights to the program.
He has stirred controversy with his views on the pandemic, government mandates and vaccines to control the spread of the coronavirus.
Earlier this month, 270 scientists and medical professionals signed a letter urging Spotify to take action against Rogan, accusing him of spreading falsehoods on the podcast.
Young's Spotify page sees more than 6 million monthly listeners, which the 76-year-old said accounted for 60 per cent of the streaming of his music to listeners around the world.
"The removal is a huge loss for my record company to absorb," he said.
Reuters
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2022-01-26 23:38:18Z
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