Young thanked both for their support (and Universal Music), pointing out that losing 60 percent of worldwide streaming income was a “very big deal”. This support was forthcoming, which underlines the strength of both of those relationships and backs up what Mecuriadis often says when he does a deal to buy publishing from musicians – that he is on the side of the artist and will act with integrity. In a post on his website yesterday, Neil admitted that he alone didn’t actually have the power to make Spotify remove his music and that he needed the support of his record label Warner-Reprise and Merck Mecuriadis and Hipgnosis (who own part of his publishing). Rogan’s views on the pandemic and vaccination are “unfactual, misleading and false” in the view of Young, who says that the young “24-year-olds” who listen to Spotify are “impressionable and easy to swing to the wrong side of the truth”. This is a reference to the platform hosting The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Young had accused Spotify of becoming a “damaging force via it’s public misinformation and lies about COVID”. Spotify has now removed most of Neil Young’s music from its streaming platform after the Canadian-American musician ordered his management and record label to set those wheels in motion earlier this week.
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