BRUSSELS—Brussels fined Apple 1.84 billion euros ($2 billion) on Monday, the iPhone maker’s first ever EU antitrust penalty, for preventing Spotify and other music streaming services from informing users of payment options outside its App Store. The European Commission’s decision was triggered by a 2019 complaint by Swedish music streaming service Spotify over this restriction […]
Audio streamer Spotify said on Monday that it is raising the prices of its Premium plans. In the United States, the company’s Premium Single plan will now be $10.99, up from $9.99. The cost of a Premium Duo plan, which allows for two accounts, will rise from $12.99 to $14.99, while a Premium Family plan […]
Audio streaming platform Spotify suffered a brief outage on Friday, leaving tens of thousands of users unable to access the platform before services appeared to come back online. “Everything’s looking much better now!” Spotify Status, an account that provides updates about the audio platform’s status, said on Twitter. Downdetector, which tracks outages through a range […]
Music streaming giant Spotify Technology S.A. launched on Tuesday its audiobook service for U.S. consumers after its acquisition of global audiobook distributor Findaway back in June. The Swedish company has made over 300,000 audiobooks available on a pay-per-download basis, from independent authors to major publishers, challenging the U.S.’s largest audiobook service Audible of Amazon Inc. Users […]
Rapper Kanye West has announced that he will not be releasing his upcoming album on any major platforms, but exclusively through his own device and platform, blaming the switch on low commissions and a move towards independence from binding contracts.
Comedian Joe Rogan told an audience in Texas on Tuesday that he will not accept a $100 million offer from video platform Rumble to exclusively host his show. The company’s CEO this week offered him the contract in a widely shared social media post amid controversy over Rogan’s future at Spotify. Over the past several […]
Joe Rogan and Spotify are coming under a lot of scrutiny these days. Over the weekend, dozens of Rogan’s episodes were deleted from Spotify. Now, Rumble offered Rogan a contract, promising that all his episodes will be allowed on their platform.
Two budget airlines are planning to merge together in a multi-billion dollar deal. It would make them the fifth largest airline in the United States. How would it impact travelers? Streaming platform Spotify is saying it’s not going to silence top podcaster Joe Rogan, after controversies over some of his episodes. Meanwhile, another platform makes a […]
Two budget airlines are planning to merge together in a multi-billion dollar deal. It would make them the fifth largest airline in the United States. How would it impact travelers? Streaming platform Spotify is saying it’s not going to silence top podcaster Joe Rogan, after controversies over some of his episodes. Meanwhile, another platform makes a […]
Spotify has said it has no plans to “silence” its top-rated podcaster Joe Rogan or remove him from its platform after a heavily edited video compilation surfaced over the weekend that showed him saying the “N-word” several times. “There are no words I can say to adequately convey how deeply sorry I am for the way ‘The […]
Podcast host Joe Rogan apologized after a compiled video surfaced over the weekend that showed him saying the “N-word” several times. It came after an edited video compilation of Rogan saying the word surfaced, although it’s not clear who made the video, which was compiled from previous podcasts. It was shared by musician India Arie. […]
Swedish streaming platform Spotify recently pulled down more than 100 episodes of “The Joe Rogan Experience” from its services since Friday, according to reports. The tech giant removing the episodes comes amid controversy Joe Rogan is facing in connection to the opinions presented by his guests regarding the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus—with several musicians, as well […]
David Crosby and Steven Stills announced they stood in solidarity with former bandmates Neil Young and Graham Nash, who both recently asked to pull their music from Spotify in protest of Joe Rogan’s podcast. “We support Neil and we agree with him that there is dangerous disinformation being aired on Spotify’s Joe Rogan podcast,” the […]
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has called on Spotify this week to take more action in censoring Joe Rogan’s popular podcast after the streaming giant introduced content advisory warnings on episodes that include the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. Psaki made the remarks during Tuesday’s White House press briefing while responding to a question by a […]
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson showed his support for Joe Rogan this week after the top-rated podcast host faced allegations of “spreading COVID-19 misinformation” on his popular Spotify show. Rogan recently faced criticism from several people, including singer Neil Young who demanded the tech giant remove “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast from the platform after claiming […]
Spotify’s market cap increased by billions of dollars on Monday, following a controversial week that has seen the streaming platform at the center of a culture war between the folk-rock star Neil Young and leading podcast host Joe Rogan over allegations that the latter has used his platform to spread misinformation concerning the CCP virus. The […]
Rock star Neil Young has pulled his music from Spotify. Several artists are now following his lead, trying to pressure Spotify into removing Joe Rogan from the platform. The company is making some changes, but it seems Rogan isn’t going anywhere.
President Joe Biden met with state governors and later welcomed Qatar’s leader to discuss oil supply, Iran nuclear talks, and Afghanistan, some musicians are following rock star Neil Young’s lead by pulling their music from Spotify, and a man convicted of molesting a 10-year-old girl receives a sentence to serve in juvenile detention.
