Image: Alamy Stock Photo Image: Alamy Stock Photo THE HEAD OF embattled streaming service Spotify has told staff that Joe Rogan is vital to the company, but that he doesn’t agree with the controversial podcaster.
“There are many things that Joe Rogan says that I strongly disagree with and find very offensive,” he said, according to a transcript of the company town hall published by The Verge. These shares have been on the slide since November, but have been badly hit by news that its subscriber growth is slowing.
In response Ek announced this week that they would add a content advisory to podcasts about Covid-19, directing listeners to scientific and medical sources. “We needed to find leverage, and one way we could do this was in the form of exclusives,” he said, according to the transcript.
Money before truth and public health it would appear....... company values? Any?
The Journal peddles more fake news than any other MSM outlet in Ireland. Spotify had an earnings call yesterday, in which it lowered growth forecasts. Stock price has nothing to do with Rogan.
Rogan is a misogynistic, racist, homophobic self entitled white man. His past comments about race, women and transgender people disqualify him from having any credibility. Covid has now come along and he is putting lives at risk. Spotify are at fault for empowering him.