During a 15-minute speech, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek defended his stance in choosing to keep The Joe Rogan Experience over Neil Young’s music.
Spotify isn’t cracking under pressure when it comes to Joe Rogan. During a 15-minute speech on Wednesday, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek spoke to his company about escalations over Rogan’s podcast, which has caused a domino effect of artists deciding their shows and music from the platform. According to artists such as Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and India Arie, Rogan’s COVID misinformation has deterred them from continuing a relationship with Spotify.

Spotify leaders that joined Ek at their new “Pod City” headquarters in Los Angeles were Dustee Jenkins, Spotify’s head of global communications and public relations; Dawn Ostroff, chief content and advertising business officer; Gustav Söderström, chief R&D officer; and Paul Vogel, CFO., according to Verge. All seemed to have backed Ek’s viewpoint.

Spotify employees claimed that the company’s Black History Month had taken a backseat to Rogan’s controversial views. Instead of providing clarity on the importance of company initiatives, Ek was said to have largely focused on why Rogan – and him hosting the number-one podcast in America–was an integral part of Spotify.

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