The Private Lives of Liza Minnelli (The Rainbow Ends Here) And while Joe has a massive audience - he is actually the number one podcast in more than 90 markets - he also has to abide by those policies.” And I do believe they’re right for our platform. “Our policies have been carefully written with the input from numbers of internal and external experts in this space. “I think the important part here is that we don’t change our policies based on one creator nor do we change it based on any media cycle, or calls from anyone else,” Ek said during the earnings call.
The earnings call came just days after Spotify imposed a new “content advisory” warning on Covid-19 discussions in the aftermath of artists and podcasters ditching the streaming service over the “misinformation” pumped out by the Joe Rogan Experience despite the controversy, Spotify has stood behind Rogan, even though his Experience is now subject to the advisory warnings. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek defended the streamer’s handling of the Joe Rogan situation - and downplayed the impact of artists like Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and more removing their music from the streaming service - during an earnings report Wednesday, the New York Times reports.
