Rogan has been accused of spreading COVID misinformation on his popular “The Joe Rogan Experience” show, and he’s drawn fire over using the N-word in past episodes (which Spotify has since removed). That suggests that Spotify was not seeing a significant loss of users because of the backlash over Rogan, who has a $200 million-plus exclusive deal with the company. Spotify has mass-deleted at least 70 episodes of the Joe Rogan Experience as the platform faces further calls to remove Rogans show from its platform. Prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to Vogel, Spotify was trending ahead of its Q1 guidance of adding a net 8 million total users, including 3 million paying customers. Vogel also alluded to the recent controversy over podcaster Joe Rogan, which has spurred calls to boycott the streamer (but Vogel didn’t identify Rogan by name). According to a Spotify spokesperson, the loss of its business in Russia is not material: The country represents less than 1% of total revenue. That’s according to Spotify CFO Paul Vogel, who spoke at Morgan Stanley’s 2022 Technology, Media and Telecom Conference on Wednesday. Since 2002, Rogan has provided color commentary for the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) on Pay Per View, Spike Television, and FOX. India Arie is the latest prominent artist to announce she’ll be removing her music from Spotify because it platforms Joe Rogan, a podcast host who has repeatedly made false claims about the. Spotify has suspended premium service in Russia after the country launched its war on Ukraine - a move that the audio streaming powerhouse expects to result in a loss of about 1.5 million paying customers in the first quarter of 2022. Rogan is host of The Joe Rogan Experience, a long form conversation with guests that is one of the most popular podcasts, currently distributed exclusively on Spotify. Sign up to get unlimited songs and podcasts with occasional ads.
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