![]() ![]() The deal made Spotify the sole distributor of Rogan’s show, which used to be hosted on competitors such as YouTube. The company signed Rogan to an exclusive multiyear licensing deal in 2020, said to be worth around $100 million. When a company acts as a publisher, it has more editorial control over what is said, and it will often create or pay for specific types of content that might draw a profitable audience.Ĭritics, including some Spotify employees, have accused the streamer of trying to have it both ways with Rogan. When a company serves as a platform for user-generated content, it generally doesn’t tell users what to post and can be shielded from legal liability for what’s uploaded to its services. “They just look at it after it’s already on the platform and remove it if it doesn’t meet guidelines.”Īt the employee town hall, both Ek and chief content and advertising business officer Dawn Ostroff “repeatedly used the phrase ‘ if we were a publisher,’ very strongly implying we are not a publisher, so we don’t have editorial responsibility” for Rogan’s show, said a second Spotify employee who listened to the remarks - and who, like some Spotify employees listening, found the executives’ position “a dubious assertion at best.” ![]() Spotify CEO Daniel Ek told employees Wednesday morning that the streaming service doesn’t closely supervise controversial podcast host Joe Rogan because the company sees itself as a platform to distribute Rogan’s show rather than as Rogan’s publisher, according to two employees who listened to the remarks.Įk told employees at a livestreamed company town hall that “Spotify doesn’t approve Rogan’s guest list, they don’t look at his content until it goes up, and so they don’t have editing power,” recounted one employee, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
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