Random music news for Monday, August 29, 2022
You have to be a real Tesla fan to do something like this. Meanwhile, in music news for August 29, 2022… Some interesting David Bowie rarities will be released along with the upcoming
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Random music news for Monday, June 27, 2022
This could be the biggest leap in beer technology since we dispensed with can openers. Think about how much that might change your life as you read some music news for June 27,
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Random music news for Friday, February 18, 2022
The Queen–yes, the monarch–has launched a brand of dog perfume. Gotta pay for Prince Andrew’s indiscretions somehow, right? Now let’s try some music news for Friday, February 18, 2022. Wait: Spotify is paying
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Traffic to Spotify’s cancellation page is up 200%
The backlash against Spotify created by the Joe Rogan controversy and ignited by Neil Young’s boycott seems to have legs. According to a company called SimilarWeb, visits to Spotify’s cancellation page spiked by
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Random music news for Friday, February 11, 2022
Futurama is coming back with all the original voices! Something to look forward to–but only after we go through music news for February 11, 2022. Spotify’s valuation is half of what it was
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Neil Young’s streaming numbers are up, even after pulling his music from Spotify
It’s been a couple of weeks since Neil Young pulled his music from Spotify over his distaste of Joe Rogan and his penchant for distributing of COVID misinformation. At the time, he said
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Random music news for Wednesday, February 9, 2022
A 3-second exercise that makes a difference? Tell me more. Let’s then try some music news for February 9, 2022. Neil Young is urging Spotify workers to quit: “Get out of that place
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Joe Rogan gets US$100 million offer from Rumble, a site associated with Donald Trump
Well, this is pretty gross. Rumble, a site that started in Canada (sorry!) and is now a hit with American conservatives who believe that the media is out to get them, says it’ll
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Untangling the Neil Young vs. Joe Rogan-Spotify situation
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] When Neil Young announced he was pulling his music from Spotify in protest over COVID-19 disinformation espoused on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, I expected
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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek had to apologize for Joe Rogan again.
For the second Sunday in a row, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek had to take bullets for Joe Rogan and the company’s flagship podcast. At issue was a supercut posted online featuring Joe using
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Weekly survey: How do you feel about the current Spotify/Joe Rogan controversy?
The blowup over some of the content on the Joe Rogan show began a couple of weeks ago when Neil Young pulled all his music from Spotify over the COVID misinformation coming from
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