For those following certain parts of Twitter during the last week, it would have been easy to come away with the impression that Spotify was facing a mass exodus of artists protesting COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on Joe Rogan's immensely popular podcast.
When Neil Young pulled his music from the Swedish streamer over its airing of "The Joe Rogan Experience," he invited others to join him. Fellow Canadian rocker and polio survivor Joni Mitchell followed suit in solidarity (the friends share the same manager and record label). Few others did.
The exit of Young and Mitchell was enough to get Spotify Chief Executive Daniel Ek to release a lengthy statement on Spotify's "critical role to play in supporting creator expression while balancing it with the safety of our users." He didn't mention Rogan by name.
