From an ethical standpoint, that’s more complicated, only because they are a business for putting up different ideas and positions. Barton Carter: From a business standpoint, what they would do is decide which is going to cost them more money. Barton Carter BU Today: Was Spotify right to stand by Rogan and keep his podcast going? Barton Carter, a College of Communication professor of media science and a lawyer with expertise in communication law and new technologies who has written three textbooks on the First Amendment and communication law. For his part, Rogan pledged to open his podcast to “ differing opinions” on COVID.Īre Spotify and Rogan’s steps enough amidst an ongoing pandemic? BU Today asked T. Spotify responded by saying it would append a content advisory to any podcast episode on COVID, steering listeners to reputable experts. (Critics say Rogan, who has had COVID, has himself pooh-poohed vaccination requirements for mass events and criticized COVID safety measures.) After Spotify sided with Rogan-honoring Young’s request to remove his music if it wouldn’t cancel Rogan’s podcast-Joni Mitchell, Peter Frampton, and Nils Lofgren, a longtime member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and Young’s Crazy Horse, quickly announced they were following Young off the platform. Young triggered a celebrity secession this week from the streaming platform for hosting Joe Rogan’s podcast- Spotify’s most popular-where the comedian has interviewed anti-VAX guests. We will have to listen to see if Rogan lives up to his promises of research and varied opinions.Įditor’s Note: The opinions expressed here by columnists are their own, not those of health advocates are humming Forever Young in homage to Neil Young after the 76-year-old singer’s dustup with Spotify over COVID-19 misinformation. While Young’s intentions were right, how he went about it fell on deaf ears. Rogan produces 4 to 5 original podcasts a week with many lasting hours while Young has not written music since 2019 and his album that year Colorado was met with negative reviews and considered more of a political statement than a musical endeavour. Rogan is popular because of his defiant, funny, sometimes controversial opinions and Young telling Spotify they had to pick between his music and Rogan’s podcast was an error on his part as they clearly will choose Rogan. They have the exclusive rights to Rogan’s podcast while Young’s albums are also available on Amazon and Apple Music so it is evident one would be a bigger loss for the platform than the other. Spotify has rules that prohibit dangerous misinformation but they seem to be trying to avoid enforcing these rules on one of their highest grossing personalities. His blog post did however seem to undermine the seriousness of the issue as it focused on the importance of free speech and declined to punish Rogan for promoting dangerous misinformation. We’ve heard the criticism and we’re implementing changes to help combat misinformation. There’s been a lot of conversation about information regarding COVID-19 on Spotify. In a statement Spotify CEO Daneil Ek said that new measures would be in place aimed at addressing misinformation on the streaming service including adding content advisories to any podcast episode discussing COVID-19. Rogan responded to the criticism saying he is ‘not trying to promote misinformation’ and that is is ‘not trying to be controversial’ Rogan says his podcast is simply a space to talk to people and have interesting conversations but he does recognise that recent opinions expressed regarding COVID vaccines could have repercussions. I’ve always been a Neil Young fan.’ and he apologised to his listeners and admitted fault telling them ‘If I pissed you off, I’m sorry … Do I get things wrong? Absolutely.’ Related Articles: Artistic Agency in the Digital Space: Adele Gets Spotify to Remove Shuffle Button | Podcasts to Align You With The SDGs Rogan apologised to Neil Young saying ‘I’m very sorry that they feel that way.
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