Spotify Faces Boycott Calls Over Royalties, Trump Inauguration Donation. Published Jan 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM EST. By . Marni Rose McFall is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K.

The long-running indie-rock band is protesting chief executive Daniel Ek’s military investments and also said the company “is flushing itself down the toilet” ...

For the record, Spotify earned record-high sales in 2024. The company’s controversial CEO, Daniel Ek, is currently earning substantially more than the highest-streamed artists on the Spotify ...

Twisted secret behind Spotify's biggest new band... as fans and artists boycott the music service. A popular new band called The Velvet Sundown are rumored to be AI-generated ...

On the latter front: Billboard reports Spotify is hosting a Songwriter Of The Year Grammy party on January 28, but four out of the five songwriters nominated in that category will not be in ...

Artists have walked away from the Spotify before for countless reasons. Still, Snoop Dogg’s decision to sever ties could spark others to join his boycott. Facebook ...

Spotify obliged, and then Joni Mitchell announced she would also be leaving the platform for the same reason. Then, at least one podcaster announced they would suspend their Spotify shows.

Mitchell, 80, removed her songs from Spotify in 2022 in solidarity with Young to boycott Joe Rogen’s controversial podcast. At the time, Mitchell wrote a post on her official site titled “I ...

Earnings Results Spotify stock slammed by light subscription forecast, but CEO says Joe Rogan was not the reason Music-streaming service topped $10 billion in revenue for the first time in 2021 ...

Neil Young voluntarily removed his music from Spotify in 2022 after Joe Rogan, whose podcast was exclusively on Spotify, had a controversial infectious disease expert on as a guest during the ...