“I want to thank my truly great and supportive record company Warner Brothers – Reprise Records, for standing with me in my decision to pull all my music from Spotify. “Before I told my friends at Warner Bros about my desire to leave the Spotify platform, I was reminded by my own legal forces that contractually I did not have the control of my music to do that,” Young wrote on his official website Wednesday. Warner Bros is in charge of striking deals with third parties, such as Spotify, which can reproduce Young’s work. The licensing rights to Young’s music are owned by Warner Bros – Reprise Records, his record company. Like many artists, Young was unable to independently pull his own music from Spotify because he was not fully in control of his licensing rights.

And earlier this month, 270 health wrote an open letter to Rogan criticizing him for a history of “broadcasting misinformation, particularly regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.”Īfter it became clear that Spotify would not be removing Rogan’s show, Young made good on his pledge, but he couldn’t do it alone-he had to ask his record label first. Last spring, Spotify removed 42 of Rogan’s episodes that featured controversial guests and topics.

However, Rogan has come under more intense scrutiny over the past year. The show has 11 million subscribers, and is a massive source of influence and income for Spotify. Spotify struck a $100 million deal with Rogan in 2020 to gain exclusive rights to his show The Joe Rogan Experience, the most expensive deal in the podcast history.

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