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Spotify acquires two more companies to become a podcasting juggernaut

Spotify’s logo and branding. (credit: Spotify) Streaming-audio platform Spotify has announced its acquisition of two podcasting companies, each of which sheds some light on Spotify’s long-term plan to dominate the podcasting business. The online audio giant is acquiring both Podsights and Chartable. The companies make two of the leading tools related to marketing, advertising, metrics, […]

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Joe Rogan Addresses COVID Stance & N-Word Scandal In New Standup: ‘I Talk S**t For A Living’

Joe Rogan is speaking out about all the controversies he’s recently been making headlines for… The Joe Rogan Experience host and standup comic performed a gig Tuesday night on the Vulcan Gas Company stage in Austin, Texas, and he didn’t shy away from speaking about his scandals. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rogan’s “intimate” appearance at the venue […]

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Defending Joe Rogan! Defending Whoopi Goldberg! Defending Kim Kardashian! And MORE!

Should we cancel cancel culture? Talking this week’s most divisive celebs and more on our latest podcast! Watch tomorrow on our @PerezHilton YouTube or listen NOW! This week: Kanye West has is trying to control Kim Kardashian still – and she’s not having it! Joe Rogan should not be fired from Spotify, we think! U? […]

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Spotify removes 70 Joe Rogan episodes as he faces heat over use of n-word

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Cindy Ord ) Spotify on Friday removed 70 Joe Rogan Experience episodes from 2020 and previous years. Meanwhile, Rogan issued an apology after video showed him saying the n-word on various podcast episodes. The new episode removals weren’t related to the COVID misinformation that led Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and […]

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Joe Rogan Apologizes For Repeatedly Using The N-Word After Old Videos Resurface

Joe Rogan issued an apology after videos of him using a racial slur multiple times on his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience resurfaced online. The 54-year-old host, who is already at the center of the controversy surrounding COVID-19 misinformation on Spotify, came under fire again after artist India Arie shared clips of him saying the […]

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Joe Rogan: Antivaxer or Critical Thinker? | Perez Hilton

Have U ditched Spotify over Joe Rogan ? Will U? This and more on our latest podcast ! CLICK HERE to watch this episode of The Perez Hilton Podcast with Chris Booker ! Or CLICK HERE to listen to the audio version ! We believe in freedom of choice. Like, you can choose to get […]

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Joe “just conversations” Rogan defends misinformation like a classic grifter

Enlarge / Joe Rogan on July 9, 2021, in Las Vegas, NV. (credit: Getty | Icon Sportswire ) Long before the pandemic took the lives of more than 5. 6 million people and created a lucrative market for COVID grifts, misinformation, and snake oil, there was Goop. The aspirational lifestyle brand and its lustrous “contextual […]

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Spotify shows that when platforms become producers, the results are messy

Enlarge / Spotify is in the middle of a transformation—it just may not realize it. (credit: Cindy Ord/Getty Images) Spotify probably didn’t realize it, but it ceased being a tech company a few years ago. It was excelling at all the tech startup things—attracting users and losing money—but like most businesses, it eventually wanted to […]

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Blowback and Backlash: Prince Harry & Meghan Markle, Adele, Joe Rogan And More! | The Perez Hilton Podcast – WATCH Here!

More details emerge about Adele and her last minute cancellations and they don’ t paint her in the best light. Spotify is starting to feel the heat for their support of Joe Rogan . Prince Harry and Meghan Markle just got paid, but will anyone care about the content that they’ re putting out? Is […]