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Digital music and audio

February 2022

  • Neil Young and Spotify chief exec Daniel Ek.

    Neil Young to Spotify workers: ‘Get out before it eats your soul’

  • Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek

    Spotify CEO condemns Joe Rogan over use of N-word but won’t ‘silence’ him

  • Joe Rogan

    Full Story
    Can Joe Rogan change?

  • John Naughton

    The networker
    Spotify’s attempt to use the Facebook playbook over Joe Rogan won’t wash

    John Naughton

  • Brief letters
    Not such a civil service after all

  • ‘I wish I could’: why it’s hard for smaller artists to boycott Spotify

  • Four alternatives to Spotify: swapping is easier than you think

  • Graham Nash removes music from Spotify, calling company ‘enabler that costs lives’

  • Missing Joni and Neil? Here’s how to break up with Spotify

31 January 2022

  • Joe Rogan

    Joe Rogan pledges to ‘try harder’ after Spotify misinformation controversy

  • Last week, Neil Young (left) asked his management to remove his music from Spotify, citing misinformation on Joe Rogan's (right) podcast.

    Spotify to direct listeners to accurate Covid information after Joe Rogan outcry

30 January 2022

  • Meghan and Harry, the Duchess and Duke of Sussex

    Harry and Meghan voice concern to Spotify over Covid misinformation

    Sussexes say they are committed to continuing to work with the music and podcast streaming platform
  • Joe Rogan’s podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, was downloaded 190m times a month in 2019

    Joe Rogan: rise of a highly controversial cultural power

    In a row over Covid misinformation, Spotify sided with the wildly successful podcast host over Neil Young
  • Dorian Lynskey

    Podcasts were meant to revive Spotify. Now it’s on the culture war frontline

    Dorian Lynskey
    Neil Young versus Joe Rogan is a PR disaster and a sign the digital platform has lost its way

29 January 2022

  • Neil Young, who has had his music taken off Spotify.

    My Spotify playlists tell the story of my life – can I really quit now?

    Sarah Ann Harris
    The Neil Young and Joe Rogan row may be the final straw for some, but many music lovers like me are in a dilemma, asks Sarah Ann Harris, the Guardian’s deputy audience editor

28 January 2022

  • Eamonn Forde

    The Joe Rogan v Neil Young furore reveals Spotify’s new priority: naked capitalism

    Eamonn Forde
  • Elle Hunt

    Music taste has become the latest weapon in our online dating war

    Elle Hunt

27 January 2022

  • Alexis Petridis

    Neil Young’s battle with Spotify is principled – and comfortable

    Alexis Petridis
    In pulling his music from Spotify in protest at Joe Rogan’s Covid misinformation, the singer continues a life of political action – but unlike others, he doesn’t need to please the streaming giant
  • This combination photo shows Neil Young in Calabasas, Calif., on May 18, 2016, left, and UFC announcer and podcaster Joe Rogan before a UFC on FOX 5 event in Seattle on Dec. 7, 2012. Young fired off a public missive to his management on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, demanding that they remove his music from the popular streaming service Spotify in protest over Rogan's popular podcast spreading misinformation about COVID-19. But by Tuesday afternoon, his letter had been removed from his website, "Heart of Gold" and other hits were still streaming. (AP Photo)

    Spotify removes Neil Young music in feud over Joe Rogan’s false Covid claims

    Musician has condemned misinformation on platform’s top podcast, saying ‘they can have Rogan or Young’
  • streaming apps on a smartphone

    UK watchdog to study music streaming amid claims of raw deal for artists and fans

    Competition regulator acts after stinging criticism by MPs of record labels and platforms such as Spotify
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