Spotify CEO Apologizes to Employees for Joe Rogan Backlash, Says He Won’t Silence Star Podcaster

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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek apologized to employees for the backlash that has followed the emergence of podcast star Joe Rogan’s use of a racial slur in previous episodes of his show WSJWhatsNow

Spotify Technology SA Chief Executive Daniel Ek apologized to employees for the backlash that has followed the emergence of Joe Rogan’sHe said in a letter shared with The Wall Street Journal by a company

spokesman that he has no plans to remove the star podcaster from the streaming platform and committed to spending $100 million on music and audio content from what he called historically marginalized groups.

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