{"id":58939,"date":"2021-07-30T06:13:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T00:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.www.bullfrag.com\/should-spotify-have-editorial-responsibility-for-its-podcasts\/"},"modified":"2021-07-30T15:07:37","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T09:37:37","slug":"should-spotify-have-editorial-responsibility-for-its-podcasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/should-spotify-have-editorial-responsibility-for-its-podcasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Spotify have editorial responsibility for its podcasts?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spotify<\/strong> has done a very strong bet on podcasts<\/strong> And the results are on sight. The streaming platform has an increasingly extensive catalog and exclusive productions that reach 365 million users worldwide. However, not everything is rosy.<\/p>\n

Some podcasts available on Spotify have generated controversy when dealing with sensitive topics such as politics, sexual harassment and the COVID-19 pandemic. But nevertheless, Daniel Ek<\/strong>, co-founder and CEO of Spotify, you do not believe that your company has editorial responsibility for what is said in your podcasts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Swedish businessman addressed the issue in an interview with Axios<\/a><\/em>, in which he gave his opinion on the present and future of podcasts. When asked if Spotify should intervene in cases where the content of podcasts is controversial, he was against the possibility. As a striking fact, made a direct comparison with the<\/strong> rap<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“We also have a lot of highly paid rappers on Spotify, who make tens of millions of dollars, if not more, every year. And we don’t dictate what they put in their songs, either,” Ek said. In this way, the executive banished the possibility of installing a lowering of the line to address the most controversial topics.<\/p>\n

Podcasts and Spotify’s (Non) Editorial Responsibility<\/h2>\n

One of the notorious cases of controversy that Spotify podcasts can cause is that of The Joe Rogan Experience<\/em>. This title was added to the service in September 2020 and now is exclusive to the platform<\/strong>. Since its landing on Spotify, it has become the most listened to and has already been the subject of several criticisms.<\/p>\n