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Source: Spotify took down episodes of the Joe Rogan Experience at Rogan's request; all the removed episodes were recorded before he signed a deal with Spotify

Source: Spotify took down episodes of the Joe Rogan Experience at Rogan's request; all the removed episodes were recorded before he signed a deal with Spotify

Joe Rogan apologized Saturday for using a racial slur in past episodes of his popular podcast, many episodes of which have been removed from Spotify without explanation.

Audio: Daniel Ek says Spotify needs exclusives for leverage to land deals with Amazon, Google, and others, and he finds many things Rogan says “very offensive”

He says Spotify is a platform, not a publisher  —  Spotify CEO Daniel Ek addressed employees about the Joe Rogan controversy …

Joe Rogan posts a video to Instagram defending booking contentious guests, apologizes to Spotify for the backlash, and says he may book more “experts”

Lots of audio platform-related news over the past week. Shruti Shekar / Android Central : Spotify's ‘misinformation honeymoon’ is over, the whip has been cracked Tweets: Joe Rogan / @joerogan : My tho...

Sources: at an all-hands, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek defended keeping Joe Rogan's transphobic podcasts available; Spotify passed on some other old Rogan episodes

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