Spotify announced it has begun removing Neil Young’s music on Wednesday, following the musician’s criticizing the streaming service for “spreading false information about vaccines” via its #1 podcaster Joe Rogan’s show. “We regret Neil’s decision to remove his music from Spotify, but hope to welcome him back soon,” the streaming …
Read More »UFC head Dana White weighs in on Joe Rogan & Spotify letter
UFC President Dana White defended podcast host and UFC commentator Joe Rogan after Rogan was called a “menace to public health” in an open letter signed by 270 doctors, scientists, and professors. Upon being asked about the letter on Saturday evening, White expressed shock that the doctors had called on …
Read More »Google, Spotify, Snapchat, Discord, other platforms suffer outage – Downdetector
The site Downdetector began showing a spike in reports of outages starting at 12:40pm Eastern time on Tuesday, affecting Google, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Discord, Spotify, and TikTok, as well as e-commerce sites Target, Etsy, Shopify, and Home Depot, among others. Amazon, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Cloudflare were also affected. …
Read More »‘They said they don’t need the money’: Billionaire Spotify CEO Ek claims Arsenal rejected $2.5BN bid, says he’s ready to try again
The co-founder of the music platform has been backed by club legends Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp in his purported bid, which emerged in the wake of fans criticizing Kroenke and his father, Stan, who own Arsenal through their Kroenke Sports Enterprises company. Tantalizingly for supporters who have protested against the pair since Arsenal’s involvement …
Read More »Spotify’s plans to guess listeners’ gender will hurt trans people and reinforce stereotypes – rights group
A few years ago, Spotify filed a patent describing how its app could benefit from speech recognition. The technology is not unlike what every digital assistant does – it constantly listens to the environment and picks up speech. But instead of translating words into commands and search queries, Spotify’s version …
Read More »In Spotify, music listens to you: streaming platform wins patent to surveil users’ emotions to recommend music
Spotify has received a patent that will allow it to use speech recognition and sound analysis to assess a user’s demographic attributes, determine their emotional state, and even glean insight into their location. The information will be used – hypothetically, at least – to pick the perfect song to play …
Read More »Joe Rogan vs. Spotify, reporters reliving ‘Trump Years,’ Twitter casting movies: 2021 predictions for mainstream media & Hollywood
If you think Joe Biden entering the White House and a Covid-19 vaccine will return the world to some vague sense of normalcy in 2021, you haven’t been paying attention. Cultural divides have only grown sharper in 2020, partly fueled by a heated and contested presidential election and virtue-signaling stemming …
Read More »Harry and Meghan’s toe-curling new Spotify podcast sees 2020’s most woke couple become further detached from reality
I tried, I really did. For 34 minutes, I sat and endured the relentless codswallop from Archewell Audio’s premiere podcast, my teeth grinding and knuckles whitening before finally laying my face on the table as it finished, groaning, ‘Thank you, God’. In case you missed Archewell Audio’s 2020 Holiday Special …
Read More »‘We’re not going to ban specific individuals’: Leaked email suggests Spotify defends Alex Jones’ appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast
Rogan’s Tuesday show featured Jones and comedian Tom Dillon. The trio’s colorful conversation prompted outcry online as outraged subscribers vowed to cancel their Spotify subscriptions in protest. But the company appears to be standing by Rogan, who recently signed an exclusive deal with the Swedish-based audio streaming and media services …
Read More »Spotify employees flexing muscles to CENSOR Joe Rogan are getting their revenge, even if it means killing their cash cow
Rogan issued a groveling apology via Instagram last week for claiming during a conversation with British conservative commentator Douglas Murray that “left-wing people” had been arrested for lighting forest fires in Portland. Amplifying the rumor already circulating among conservative outlets was “definitely a mistake” and “very irresponsible,” a downcast Rogan …
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