Rogan also mentions the two podcast guests (Dr. He has also apologized to Spotify for the backlash. He has published a nearly ten-minute video on Instagram, defending his decision to invite controversial guests to his podcasts. Joe Rogan from which it all seemingly started has now addressed the ongoing situation in an Instagram post, reports The Verge. Joe Rogan apologizes to Spotify and defends his podcast show Its stock price had already dropped earlier this month, as the company reported a 25% fall in share value on January 25, a day before this all started.ĭespite that, the popular streaming service stated that it had already removed over 20,000 podcast episodes related to the pandemic since its start. Spotify has not been having the greatest of times even before the loss this controversy caused. The cited episode of the popular podcast was with medical doctor Robert Malone, who had some controversial things to say in regards to COVID vaccines. Additionally, Canadian singer Joni Mitchell has also backed Young and had her songs removed from the platform too.īefore all this happened, an open letter to Spotify signed by 270 doctors and professors urged the platform to better moderate its content and cited an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience. Spotify's shares have subsequently dropped by 6% in just three days, from January 26 to January 28 ( via Variety), following Young's protest.

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