Musicians keep leaving Spotify in protest of CEO's defense investments

Musicians keep leaving Spotify in protest of CEO's defense investments

In the last few months, bands including Hotline TNT and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have pulled music from Spotify in a new wave of artist-led protests against the platform.

Yet more artists announce Spotify boycott over demonetised music, AI fakes and Daniel Ek's defence investments

More than 30 music creators based in Seattle have signed a letter criticising Spotify and pledging to remove their tracks from the market leading streaming platform. They follow a number of other artists who have pulled their music from Spotify in recent months in protest over CEO Daniel Ek’s investments in the defence sector, though the new open letter also runs through other criticisms of the digital music giant. “Spotify’s harmful actions hav…

Musicians keep leaving Spotify in protest of CEO's defense investments - TPR: The Public's Radio

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