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January 15, 2023 | Reuters
Spotify Back Up After Brief Outage: Downdetector
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 […]
September 21, 2022 | Toya Bayar
Spotify Takes on Amazon’s Audible, Launches 300,000 Audiobooks for US Users
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 […]
February 20, 2022 | Naveen Athrappully
Kanye West Says New Album Won’t Appear on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon, or YouTube
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.
February 10, 2022 | Jack Phillips
Joe Rogan Turns Down $100 Million Offer: ‘No, Spotify Has Hung in With Me’
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 […]
February 7, 2022 | Arian Pasdar
Joe Rogan Takes Dozens of His Episodes Down
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.
February 7, 2022 | Paul Greaney
NTD Business Full Broadcast (Feb. 7)
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 […]
February 7, 2022 | Paul Greaney
NTD Business Full Broadcast (Feb. 7)
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 […]
February 7, 2022 | Katabella Roberts
Spotify Has No Plans to ‘Silence’ or Drop Joe Rogan After Edited Video Compilation Shows Him Saying N-Word
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 […]