Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young in removing music from Spotify over anti-vaccine content
31 January 2022 |
10:22 am
Last week, Young penned a letter to company bosses over the comedian's wildly popular podcast which has been condemned by scientists and doctors for spreading misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccine. The 76-year-old musician's catalogue was removed from the streaming service's library on Wednesday.
Related
10 Feb 2019
Mitchell Green, Lead Edge Capital partner, and Bloomberg's Mark Gurman discuss Spotify Technology SA's big bet on podcasts with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology."
17 Mar 2019
Spotify Technology SA said Apple Inc. should be probed by the European Union’s antitrust agency over how it allegedly squeezes rival music streaming services.
18 Mar 2019
Apple Inc. said its App Store contributed to Spotify becoming the business it is today, according to a statement on Friday.
29 Apr 2019
Music streaming service Spotify hit 100 million subscribers to its premium streaming service in the first quarter, more than double the number of nearest rival Apple.
1 Sep 2019
In re-producing the song "Lose Yourself," and hundreds of others by the rapper, the lawsuit claims the music streamer infringed on copyright laws. The publisher's complaint adds that "Lose Yourself" was put into a category meant for unknown song owners on Spotify.
6 Dec 2019
With the decade coming to a close, streaming giant Spotify has released its biggest songs and artistes of the past 10 years. And one of the songs that made the list was Drake’s ‘One Dance,’ which featured Kyla and Nigerian Afrobeats star, Wizkid.
30 Dec 2019
Music streaming service Spotify joined Twitter in suspending political advertising on its platform and podcasts in 2020. Fake news is increasingly a problem with fears of foreign manipulation of the US election in 2020.
21 Jan 2020
Based on what type of pet you own, 'Spotify for Pets' will make a list of tunes. @SpotifyNews, via Twitter As of now, the feature is available for cats, dogs and birds. You can also use it if you own a hamster or iguana.
3 Feb 2021
Spotify to suggest music based on mood
2 May 2021
The activist Fahmi Reza got in trouble over a playlist named after a remark the queen is believed to have recently made. The monarch called critics "jealous" after she reportedly jumped the queue for a COVID vaccine.
31 Jan 2022
Last week, Young penned a letter to company bosses over the comedian's wildly popular podcast which has been condemned by scientists and doctors for spreading misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccine. The 76-year-old musician's catalogue was removed from the streaming service's library on Wednesday.
31 Jan 2022
Spotify will roll out an advisory to COVID-related podcasts, directing listeners to scientific resources about the pandemic. The streaming giant has been under pressure to tackle falsehoods about COVID on the platform.
Latest
1 day ago
Find these stories and much more when you grab a copy of The Guardian on Friday.
1 day ago
The French-speaking province has become the latest wildfires hotspot in the country. Smoke from the fires has traveled as far away as New York, significantly hindering visibility and prompting air quality alerts.
1 day ago
The European Commission hopes that pushing ahead long-brewing trade deals with Latin American governments can boost the EU.
1 day ago
Feminists and human rights activists in Lebanon are speaking out against attempts to impose increasing restrictions on their lives in the name of "conservative values". This follows an attack on a woman at a beach in the southern city of Sidon, when an Islamic cleric and his followers told Mayssa Hanouni she didn't have the right to wear a bathing suit there before getting violent.
1 day ago
EU interior ministers are set to debate plans for stricter asylum rules. Will Germany throw a spanner in the works?
1 day ago
We look at reactions and videos after the devastating Kakhovka dam collapse that marks a new turning point in the war in Ukraine. The world of golf is rocked by a merger between rival Saudi-backed LIV and PGA leagues which is heavily criticised by the Western press. And: scientists have unearthed evolutionary links to human masturbation!