Spotify CEO apologizes to employees for Joe Rogan controversy

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[isaelci]

I agreed 100% with ceo, we should allow different opinions even if we disagree

[mrsbiodeb]

This is not a controversy - it's a smear campaign.

[calmills]

don't apologize joe. just be you
the world is turns sad and woke
i stand for free speech

[soul_voyage]

Cancelling cancel culture. Much appreciated!

[dylun]

been a rogan fan for a long time, seeing the compilation video was def disappointing, but not totally surprised. Your ex president was pretty much like this speaking to the entire world on live tv.

[Enr]

I respect Joe Rogan a million times more than Daniel Ek.

[jamesdean]

Dont apologize when you didn't do anything wrong

[michaelparker]

Spotify is done. Racism is racism. It's over buddy! Good bye!😎😊😄😆😉

[noahway]

The SAFETY of his listeners? I'm a slight tad on liberal side, (like Joe) but these snoflakes that have to be protected from HEARING something? And they'd have to be listening to his podcast in the first place. I am soooo sick of this crap.

[richardmaya]

I see a few heads in here saying joe Rogan spreads misinformation but aren’t specific as to what information exactly is fake & misleading…it’s entertainment at the end of the day folks 🤷‍♂️ YOU DONT HAVE TO WATCH

[michaelzurkinden]

Don’t bend Spotify. Mainstream is freaking out. And bet they have a reason to!

[terrycollins]

Good job U tube! It says 65 comments but I only count half that, deleted conservative comments I’m assuming

[HelptheBroncos]

What happened ? who ? And Spotify when ?

[doodlebob]

I see a lot of betas and simps are leaving Spotify over their feelings being hurt. Emotional men can go find a different platform I guess.

[kayleeensley]

Trying to silence Rogan.. Talk about head hunting.. So if anyone has a different opinion, then they should have their life and career ruined. That's the media, government, and hollywood for you. Does anyone see anything wrong with that picture?

[carrettaroberts]

I am so upset with Joe Rogan and I enjoy his podcast for so long but, now to find out he's an undercover racist, I will not ever watch his podcast again, now, he don't have to be surprise by the Apes in the theater again.you got the audacity, you should never watch a football game basketball game dancing boxing and stand up again don't watch anything that the Apes dominant, as far as I am concerned it's over for your career

[LiavVansower]

"I do not believe than silencing joe is answer"
It's such a predictable Swedish sentence that it's just trying to play it objective but just lacking in understanding the implications of all sorts of controversial issues. Beyond that, you just can not lie that Joe Rogen's podcast inspires and distributes FAKE NEWS. You just do not want to remove it because you are earning a fortune on this podcast. As far as I can remember Spotify was developed to make music accessible to me. But lately Spotify executives have been giving more priority to podcasts and FAKE NEWS distributors than promoting their music division. All competing platforms have advanced to HIFI hearing quality. Spotify, on the other hand, the platform with the most users, is still stuck on MP3 audio quality.

[josephbenson]

CEO says the getting rid of rogan, isn't the right thing to do. Well... if course it is. Spreading falsehoods isn't an opinion, it's lying. Of course, what the CEO is actually saying is that, they are making money off rogan and don't care what he says. AND they won't until they are no longer making money from his BS.

[helpme]

No one here will read the positive side, ? I'm glad Spotify is going this route. I'm just not interested in any of it