Artist Joni Mitchell and others followed him, along with some podcasters.įor its part, Spotify stuck with Rogan and went into damage-control mode. Young put his songs where his values are and said goodbye to Spotify.

Not both,” the rocker said in a now-deleted letter to his management posted online. The #cancelspotify controversy took hold on January 26 when Canadian-American folk rocker Neil Young told his managers to pull his songs from the streaming service over what he (and hundreds of scientists) believe is misinformation about coronavirus vaccines spread through Spotify’s immensely popular podcast The Joe Rogan Experience.

To recap: Spotify kicked off the week smack in the middle of a Twitter campaign urging users to delete their accounts. One scandal involved a new media platform, the other an old media TV executive so powerful he is practically a household name.īut both media maelstroms shine a spotlight on the stunning profits that have been generated from broadcasting polarizing content to an American public in the throes of an increasingly destructive culture war. Tax revenue jumps 23% in first half of FY 2022-23ĭirect tax collection came at Rs 8.98 lakh crore between 1 April to 8 October 2022, 23.The US media business is always full of drama, and there was a heaping helping of it this week between the controversy surrounding streaming service Spotify and the abrupt resignation of CNN chief Jeff Zucker. “The two initially had an argument over delivery personnel’s entry in the society which, in a matter of seconds, escalated into a fist fight and just like that, they picked up sticks and rained blows on each other,” Watch: Raining blows on each other, food delivery guy and security guard at Noida society arrested

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