Much of that trouble has been over money. At a news briefing on Tuesday, press secretary Jen Psaki was asked about Spotify’s response and said: “This disclaimer, it’s a positive step, but we want every platform to continue doing more to call out mis- and disinformation, while also uplifting accurate information.”įor longtime observers of Spotify, the Young episode is the latest strain in the company’s complex and frequently troubled relationship with artists. The company may well face questions about this from Wall Street analysts when it announces its fourth-quarter earnings report on Wednesday.Įven the White House has weighed in. Many users have taken to social media to declare they were canceling their subscriptions. So far the commercial impact of the controversy is unclear. Apple advertised itself as “the home of Neil Young,” and SiriusXM revived a Neil Young channel. Young’s withdrawal led to quick marketing moves by Spotify’s competitors. Then the R&B singer India.Arie and two musicians who have played with Young - the guitarist Nils Lofgren and Graham Nash - said they would also pull their music from Spotify in solidarity. He was quickly followed by Joni Mitchell, another musical icon whose cultural influence far exceeds her commercial impact online. Young said that 60 percent of his streaming income comes from Spotify. Even in an era when tech companies like Twitter, YouTube and Facebook are constantly policing content about Covid-19 on their platforms - and facing blowback from both sides of the free-speech debate for doing so - it was a rare instance of a top musician taking a stance that would affect his bottom line.
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