“We want all the world’s music and audio content to be available to Spotify users. Not both.” and even though they wouldn’t see it this way, Spotify have effectively chosen Rogan. Neil had, earlier this week, given the streaming platform an ultimatum: “They can have Rogan or Young. Paris 1989 – The Classic Acoustic Broadcast, a dodgy-looking grey market live recording, is the only Neil Young album available on Spotify right now

Young thanked both for their support (and Universal Music), pointing out that losing 60 percent of worldwide streaming income was a “very big deal”. This support was forthcoming, which underlines the strength of both of those relationships and backs up what Mecuriadis often says when he does a deal to buy publishing from musicians – that he is on the side of the artist and will act with integrity. In a post on his website yesterday, Neil admitted that he alone didn’t actually have the power to make Spotify remove his music and that he needed the support of his record label Warner-Reprise and Merck Mecuriadis and Hipgnosis (who own part of his publishing). Rogan’s views on the pandemic and vaccination are “unfactual, misleading and false” in the view of Young, who says that the young “24-year-olds” who listen to Spotify are “impressionable and easy to swing to the wrong side of the truth”.

This is a reference to the platform hosting The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Young had accused Spotify of becoming a “damaging force via it’s public misinformation and lies about COVID”.

Unlike Facebook or Instagram, Spotify has no publicly available anti-misinformation policy.Spotify has now removed most of Neil Young’s music from its streaming platform after the Canadian-American musician ordered his management and record label to set those wheels in motion earlier this week. In 2020, Rogan signed an exclusive distribution deal with the company which is said to be worth about $100 million, and in September the broadcaster was quick to defend his paymasters, telling his audience, 'Spotify has asked me to change nothing. Spotify is enabling its hosted media to damage public trust in scientific research and sow doubt in the credibility of data-driven guidance offered by medical professionals.” It read: 'By allowing the propagation of false and societally harmful assertions. The letter was prompted by an episode that promoted the widely discredited theory of ' mass formation hypnosis'. The statement didn't explain why Spotify had removed 20,000 podcast episodes that fell foul of their content guidelines, but not the episode of Rogan's podcast that had prompted the 270 medical professionals to complain. 'We regret Neil’s decision to remove his music from Spotify, but hope to welcome him back soon.' We have detailed content policies in place and we’ve removed over 20,000 podcast episodes related to Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic. With that comes great responsibility in balancing both safety for listeners and freedom for creators. Young's back catalogue has now been removed from the platform.Ī spokesman for Spotify wrote, 'We want all the world’s music and audio content to be available to Spotify users. 'I want you to let Spotify know immediately today that I want all my music off their platform,” he wrote. In an earlier, now-deleted post on his website, Young had issued Spotify with an ultimatum.

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