Daniel Ek said exclusive deals like one with Joe Rogan are critical to the company’s business, that he sometimes finds the podcast offensive, but that he doesn’t consider Spotify a “publisher” in terms of bearing responsibility for content it carries.“I understand the premise that because we have an exclusive deal with him, it’s really easy to conclude we endorse every word he says and believe the opinions expressed by his guests.
That’s absolutely not the case,” said Ek, Spotify’s founder and CEO, in comments at a town hall with employees. Audio was obtained by The Verge.“Spotify doesn’t “fit neatly into just one category” but “is defining an entirely new space of tech and media,” Ek says in the recording.The event was held Wed., days after the company was roiled by musician defections in protest of Covid-19 misinformation on Spotify’s no.
1 podcast The Joe Rogan Experience. Separately, Spotify shares tanked today after fourth-quarter financials showed weaker than expected subscriber growth.
The numbers lend credence to Ek’s town hall comments about needing to find “leverage” in a competitive market.“One way we could do this was in the form of exclusives,” he said. “To be frank, had we not made some of the choices we did, I am confident that our business wouldn’t be where it is today.”“It is important to note that we do not have creative control over Joe Rogan’s content.
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