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Accusing Rogan of spreading misleading information about Covid-19, Young told Spotify this week: “They may have Rogan or Yang. Not both.”
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Spotify regretted the request and hoped the artist would return to the platform soon.
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Young on Monday publicly accused Spotify of “spreading false information about vaccines, potentially leading to the deaths of people who believe the misinformation they spread”.
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In another statement posted on Yang’s website on Wednesday, he accused the music streaming giant of becoming “home to life-threatening misleading information about Covid.”
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“Lies are being sold for money,” he added.
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The artist also thanked his record brand Reprise Records, which is owned by Warner Brothers, for supporting his decision, saying that 60% of all his streaming music is played on Spotify.
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According to media reports, Spotify paid $ 100 million (€ 89 million) in 2020 for the podcast rights to The Joe Rogan Experience. The program is Spotify’s most popular podcast and is reportedly downloaded nearly 200 million times a month.
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