28 April 2021, 03:04 am
Spotify listeners have a new headache to tell upon learning Joe Rogan s stand on COVID-19 vaccination. The 53-year-old comedian has shattered the notion that the people used to follow about the issue.
For him, there is no need for healthy and young people to get a vaccine jab. Instead of entertaining his audience, all he got this time are comments that criticized the disinformation that he shared on the platform.
Joe Rogan Believes 21-Year-Olds Should Not Be Vaccinated
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Rogan s talk on Spotify has exposed a lot of things going on in his mind. He told the people that they should receive a vax jab only if they are vulnerable. Additionally, a person should only get a shot like in the case of his parents, which he exemplified.
Spotify s Changing Plans
On Apr. 27, Spotify announced the launch of podcast subscriptions. But it is only rolling them out for select partners at the moment, and has said podcasters won t have to pay it for the service for the first two years, meaning subscribers are unlikely to see it generate any extra revenue for the platform until 2023.
This is a similar story with the company s Car Thing music player, which is only getting a limited launch for now, and which the company is currently giving away instead of selling.
The report release follows Spotify s announcement that it would soon be increasing prices for its family plan in the US, and Duo, Student, and Family plans in the United Kingdom, and some European countries.
Operator
Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Spotify First Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]
I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Bryan Goldberg, Head of Investor Relations at Spotify. Thank you. Please go ahead.
Bryan Goldberg
Investor Relations
Great. Thank you, and welcome to Spotify s first quarter 2021 earnings conference call. Joining us today will be Daniel Ek, our CEO and Paul Vogel, our CFO. We will start with opening comments from Daniel. And after the remarks, Daniel and Paul will be happy to answer your questions.
We will again be taking questions exclusively through slido. Questions can be submitted by going through slido.com, S-L-I-D-O.com and using the code #SpotifyEarningsQ121. Analysts can ask questions directly into slido and all participants can then vote on the questions they find the most relevant. We ll start by taking one question per analyst. Once everyone has had the oppo