Business Alert: Spotify’s Joe Rogan problem highlights its rocky transition from music streamer to media producer, insiders say
| Current and former Spotify employees, as well as people familiar with the internal debates, connected the Joe Rogan crisis to the company's decision three years ago to stake its future on exclusive licensing deals for podcasts with prominent figures. But as the company has transitioned from a music streaming service with a hands-off approach to policing content, company leaders have failed to embrace the responsibilities that come with being a producer of controversial content, the people said. |
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| | | | Business Alert | Feb. 2, 3:17 p.m. EST | | | | | Current and former Spotify employees, as well as people familiar with the internal debates, connected the Joe Rogan crisis to the company's decision three years ago to stake its future on exclusive licensing deals for podcasts with prominent figures. But as the company has transitioned from a music streaming service with a hands-off approach to policing content, company leaders have failed to embrace the responsibilities that come with being a producer of controversial content, the people said. | | | | | |
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