Young concluded: “Warner and Hipgnosis, my great partners, are standing with me to help stop the flow of misinformation from Spotify.
It stopped us from working together to spread the music. I wish he had not taken the steps he has taken, because it stopped my music from being shared on his Spotify platform.
He also said he supports freedom of speech. In a statement on his website Friday, Young reiterated his objections to Rogan’s podcast and brushed off Spotify’s sound quality. I know Daniel Ek, who owns Spotify, a private business. The tech rivals have also pounced on the controversy, with SiriusXM restarting a Neil Young channel and Apple Music being called Neil Young’s house. I did this because I had no choice in my heart. Hipgnosis Song Fund purchased 50 percent of Young's material for a reported 150 million last year. In an open letter titled SPOTIFY: More Songs and Less Sound posted Friday (Jan. I sincerely hope that other artists can make a move, but I can’t really expect that to happen. Neil Young thanked the co-owners of his catalog for their support in his bid to have Spotify remove his material, acknowledging it was a costly move. Neil Young is calling out Spotify for being a tech company instead of a music service. He added his thanks to his “good friends at Warner Brothers/Reprise” and added that "misinformation about COVID cannot be accepted. Losing 60 percent of worldwide streaming income by leaving Spotify is a very big deal, a costly move, but worth it for our integrity and beliefs.” I want to personally thank Merck and Hipgnosis for standing with me. The company Hipgnosis now has part of my publishing, and I am very happy with their support. My deal with Merck Mercuriadis and Hipgnosis began on Jan. Neil Young is calling out Spotify for being a tech company instead of a music service. He later walked it back, calling himself a “fucking moron” and “not a respected source of information.Responding to Spotify’s confirmation that the removal was happening, Young wrote on his website: “I want to thank my partners for standing with me. Last year, for example, he falsely suggested that young, healthy people don’t need to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The company announced earlier this week that it was pulling Young’s music off its platform after the. In addition to featuring guests who’ve spread misleading information about the pandemic, Rogan has come under fire for some of his own comments. Neil Young railed against Spotify in a new blog post published on the Neil Young Archives. Spotify also said it has rules against content that “promotes dangerous false or dangerous deceptive medical information.” Given some of Rogan’s episodes, those rules do not seem to have been enforced with much vigor. On Sunday, Spotify released a statement saying it would add a content advisory to podcasts that discuss the coronavirus and direct listeners to its “ COVID-19 hub” for more information. Rogan also pledged to “balance out these more controversial viewpoints with other people’s perspectives so we can maybe find a better point of view.” Neil Young, 76, is encouraging listeners to tune into his work on Amazon after he cut ties with Spotify over its popular - and controversial - podcaster Joe Rogan Amazon has been leading the pack. I’ve always been a Neil Young fan.”Īt various points in his nearly 10-minute statement, Rogan admitted that he doesn’t always do a lot of prep work for his show but promised to do more research “and have all the pertinent facts at hand before I discuss them.” “I’m very sorry that they feel that way,” he said. Rogan said he doesn’t hold it against either of them. “Not both.”įellow music legend Joni Mitchell followed suit, saying: “I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue.” The hashtag SpotifyDeleted trended on Twitter yesterday. His fans are apparently taking their frustrations out on Spotify's support page. Young had asked the music-streaming service to remove his music from its library.
“They can have Rogan or Young,” Young wrote. Neil Young's music is no longer available on Spotify. Rogan’s comments came days after rock icon Neil Young pulled his music from Spotify because of Rogan’s podcast.
“I wanted to hear what their opinion is.” “They have an opinion that is different from the mainstream narrative,” he said. However, Rogan also took issue with the term “misinformation” and defended his “highly credentialed, very intelligent, very accomplished” guests. “And if you enjoy the podcast, thank you.” “If I pissed you off, I’m sorry,” Rogan said on Instagram. Podcaster Joe Rogan apologized on Sunday to anyone who is offended by his frequent broadcast of misinformation about the coronavirus and the vaccine as pressure increases against Spotify, which hosts his show.
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