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> CEO Daniel Ek has defended the inclusion of Rogan on the company's roster and told a company town hall that the podcast was vital to Spotify's success.

> "If we want even a shot at achieving our bold ambitions, it will mean having content on Spotify that many of us may not be proud to be associated with," Ek said during the town hall. "Not anything goes, but there will be opinions, ideas and beliefs that we disagree with strongly and even makes us angry or sad."

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/more-than-70...

At least he's sad. But sad tears are dried by dollars notes?




There's a big difference between 'having this content on your platform,' and 'paying $100m for exclusive rights.'


If one person's podcast is vital to Spotify's success then you're gonna need a better business model.




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