Spotify CEO condemns Rogan's use of racial slurs, but says company won't be 'silencing' him

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(CNN Business) Daniel Ek, the chief executive of Spotify, addressed Joe Rogan's past use of racial slurs on Sunday night, telling staff in a memo that while he found the comments "incredibly hurtful" and inconsistent with company values, he did not believe "silencing" the podcaster was the answer.

Ek's comments come as Spotify faces an unprecedented crisis over Rogan's rhetoric on race and Covid-19 that has enveloped the company in controversy and led to a growing number of recording artists and podcasters abandoning the platform

Rogan, who vowed last week to do better when discussing matters related to the pandemic, apologized Saturday morning after a video compilation of him using the n-word was widely shared on social media.

Rogan said he is "not racist" and had not used such language in recent years. He admitted in an Instagram video posted to his account that he acted inappropriately, though he said videos being spread online took him out of context.

Rogan conceded, nevertheless, that "whenever you're in a situation where you have to say, 'I'm not racist,' you f**ked up, and I clearly have f**ked up."

Skagritch on February 7th, 2022 at 14:55 UTC »

I'm pretty sure Rogan had a very solid platform for saying whatever the fuck he wanted without Spotify? How exactly would he be silenced.

Tsquare43 on February 7th, 2022 at 11:09 UTC »

Corporate Speak: He still hasn't cost us anything significant yet

LobsterHead37 on February 7th, 2022 at 06:10 UTC »

On this episode of things I’m tired of hearing about