Spotify CEO to Employees: Canceling Rogan Not ‘The Answer’

Spotify CEO to Employees: Canceling Rogan Not ‘The Answer’

FILE PHOTO: NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 9: Daniel Ek, chief executive officer of Spotify, speaks about a partnership between Samsung and Spotify during a product launch event at the Barclays Center, August 9, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The new Galaxy Note 9 smartphone will go on sale on August 24. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

By TOM KRISHER and LINDSEY BAHR, Associated Press

Spotify's CEO says in a note to employees Sunday that while he condemned podcaster Joe Rogan's use of racist language, he does not believe that cutting ties with the popular personality was the answer.

Daniel Ek writes in the letter that he does not "believe that silencing Joe is the answer."

Ek's message comes a day after Rogan apologized for using racist slurs on his podcast and removing some older episodes.

Spotify reportedly paid $100 million to license Rogan's podcast, but has faced intense criticism for hosting his show, which has also been criticized for promoting COVID-19 vaccine skepticism.

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