Mitchell is now the second major artist to have their music pulled from Spotify over the past week due to concerns over misinformation spread by Rogan’s podcast, leaving open the question of whether others will follow their lead. Universal Music Group’s Geffen Records put out an additional four Mitchell albums in the ‘80s and early ‘90s. Like Young, the majority of Mitchell’s recorded music catalog rests with Warner Music Group, which has released Mitchell albums on WMG subsidiaries including Reprise Records (which put out her landmark 1971 album Blue, among others), Asylum Records, Nonesuch and Rhino. Spotify has a responsibility to mitigate the spread of misinformation on its platform, though the company presently has no misinformation policy.” 24) in a since-deleted post on his website Neil Young Archives (as reported by Rolling Stone), writing in part, “With an estimated 11 million listeners per episode, JRE, which is hosted exclusively on Spotify, is the world’s largest podcast and has tremendous influence. Mitchell’s announcement comes just two days after Spotify confirmed it would be granting Young’s request to have his music removed from the platform. Among other comments, they noted that Rogan has discouraged young people from receiving the vaccine, incorrectly claimed that mRNA vaccines are “gene therapy” and promoted the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19, contrary to FDA warnings against using the drug to treat the virus. In the letter, the signees asked Spotify to implement a misinformation policy as a means of combatting claims made by Rogan and his guests. Mitchell’s note was accompanied by a link to the open letter published earlier this month by a group of 270 doctors, scientists, professors and other medical professionals expressing concern over Rogan’s platforming of misinformation around COVID-19.
A representative for Mitchell declined to comment. Spotify did not immediately respond to Billboard‘s request for comment. 24), writing in part, “With an estimated 11 million listeners per episode, JRE, which is hosted exclusively on Spotify, is the world’s largest podcast and has tremendous influence.
At the time of publishing, Mitchell’s music was still available on Spotify.
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