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An apparent internet service outage has disrupted operations on countless major websites including Google, Spotify, and Amazon Web Services.Around midday Thursday, outage monitoring service DownDetector.com reported widespread service disruptions across commonly used platforms like SnapChat and YouTube, with many social media users reporting difficulty accessing several sites.Some notable web services experiencing disruptions include: Spotify, Discord, Google and related services like Google Maps, Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare, SnapChat, YouTube, OpenAI, CharacterAI, FuboTV, Etsy, Vimeo, UPS, Shopify, Microsoft Azure, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Google Gemini, DoorDash, Calendly, Paramount+, IKEA, Twitch andMicrosoft 365.A full list of shuttered services can be found on DownDetector.com.Cloudflare, an...

It’s the group’s first song to hit the milestone.Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Bad Moon Rising” has reached a new kind of success, joining the Spotify Billions Club 55 years after its original release. Songs enter the club when they tally more than one billion streams on the platform. Written by founding member John Fogerty, “Bad Moon Rising” was released as the lead single off Creedence Clearwater Revival’s third album Green River. The track peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in June of 1969, and reached number one in the U.K. in September of the same year. The...

Released in 1965, the record was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001.The Mamas & The Papas’ classic 1965 version of “California Dreamin’” has joined Spotify’s Billions Club. It’s the seminal California band’s first time achieving the milestone. The group, fronted by Mama Cass, originally sang backup on the song, first released in 1963 by Barry McGuire. But their version would go on to endure as one of the most popular hits of the era. ‘Jingle Bell Rock’: Bobby Helms’ Rockin’ Christmas Classic Cara Delevingne Stars As Elton John In New ‘Step Into Christmas’ Video US Battle...

Hailey Welch has gone MIA. The "Hawk Tuah" girl has not released a new episode of her popular weekly podcast, Talk Tuah, in two weeks. There was no previously announced hiatus of the show. Welch also has not posted on her social media channels in weeks either. Welch became a viral sensation over the summer after dropping what would go on to become her catchphrase "Hawk Tuah" in a video clip that spread across the internet like wildfire. Welch capitalized on her internet fame by selling merchandise like t-shirts and then eventually launching a weekly podcast called Talk Tuah, which...

Bait and Nintendo Switch... Exciting news, Nintendo fans! The video game giant just revealed something huge! Could this be it? The fabled Nintendo Switch 2 announcement that internet leakers have been teasing for months?! Nope, it’s just Spotify for Nintendo music.Last night, Nintendo revealed Nintendo Music; a music streaming app that comes as a packaged deal for anyone with a Nintendo Switch Online subscription.Anyone who has been desperately searching for a way to listen to the Pikmin 4 soundtrack while they pump iron down at the gym is probably thrilled, but the other 99.99% of the internet is not best...

Spotify has never revealed how many listeners Joe Rogan has on his massively popular podcast – until now. "The Joe Rogan Experience" has a gigantic audience – triple the size of the next most-listened-to podcast on the streaming platform. In February, the Wall Street Journal reported that Rogan had signed a new multiyear deal with Spotify worth an estimated $250 million. By re-signing with the streaming behemoth, Rogan reportedly received an upfront minimum guarantee and revenue-sharing based on sales of advertisements. The contract is a three-year deal, according to the New York Daily News. ... in the press release regarding...

Joni Mitchell's music has quietly returned to Spotify after a two-year hiatus. She made headlines after joining Neil Young's boycott over the music-streaming site's deal to exclusively distribute The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Young issued an ultimatum to the music service, saying: "They can have Rogan or Young. Not both." The comedian had come under fire for comments regarding COVID-19 and vaccines. "Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives," Mitchell said at the time. "I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue." Rogan's contract, reportedly worth an...

Neil Young has grudgingly returned his catalog to Spotify. He removed his music in 2022 in protest against the streaming service’s exclusive Joe Rogan podcast, accusing the production of spreading “misinformation.” In a new post on his website, Young made no bones about his dislike of Spotify, but explained his move was a reaction to Rogan’s show becoming available on other platforms too. “Spotify, the number one streamer of low-res music in the world – Spotify, where you get less quality than we made – will now be home of my music again,” he wrote. “My decision comes as music...

Spotify has locked Joe Rogan into another “multiyear” contract worth as much as $250 million, per The Wall Street Journal, though the audio giant will no longer be the sole distributor of his popular podcast. A spokesperson for Spotify told The Post that The Journal’s estimates were “incorrect,” but declined to elaborate on the financial terms of the deal. However, the new licensing agreement does allow Spotify to sell ads for and distribute “The Joe Rogan Experience” (JRE) across several podcast platforms, including Apple and Amazon, as well as in a video format on YouTube, the spokesperson confirmed to The...

Podcast king Joe Rogan may ditch Spotify for another platform — possibly even joining Elon Musk’s X — after his contract expires next year. The wildly popular host of the “Joe Rogan Experience” — which draws an estimated 11 million listeners per episode — signed an exclusive licensing deal with Spotify that paid him a reported $200 million in 2020. But with Spotify cutting its ballooning costs as Rogan’s contract comes to end, industry experts said the podcaster is in the driver’s seat. “It’s a situation where you are damned if you do, and you are damned if you don’t,”...

Spotify has parted ways with Harry and Meghan, ending a deal they inked back in 2020. The media outlet reportedly paid them $20 million for a series of podcasts. They ended up making twelve episodes. That’s really nice work if you can get it. Is this what the left means when they talk about privilege? Who else gets to make that kind of money for this kind of work? NBC News reports: Prince Harry and Meghan’s deal with Spotify ends as they agree to ‘part ways’ Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, have announced another high-profile split. The...

It’s the end of the road for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle…’s Spotify deal. This match made in heaven, or somewhere, came into being in December 2020 and spawned Markle’s successful podcast series Archetypes. Yet despite that show hitting the top of Spotify’s podcast charts, the ex-royal couple and the streamer have decided to call it quits.“Spotify and Archewell Audio have mutually agreed to part ways and are proud of the series we made together,” the two parties said in a joint statement (via CNN).As for why the reported $20 million deal was discontinued, it’s a bit of a he-said-she-said...

Meghan Markle’s “Archetypes” Spotify podcast will not be renewed for a second season, The Post can confirm. A source close to the situation told The Post on Thursday that the Archewell media company launched by Prince Harry, 38, and Markle, 41, didn’t produce enough content to receive the full payout of the roughly $20 million deal the couple signed in 2020. The news comes after struggling Spotify announced this month it will cut 200 jobs as it reimagines its approach to podcasting.

The music and podcast-streaming service Spotify announced Monday it is laying off 200 people as it makes changes to its podcasting division. “We are expanding our partnership efforts with leading podcasters from across the globe with a tailored approach optimized for each show and creator. This fundamental pivot from a more uniform proposition will allow us to support the creator community better. However, doing so requires adapting,” said Sahar Elhabashi, Spotify’s vice president and head of its podcast business, in an internal update. “As a result, we have made the difficult but necessary decision to make a strategic realignment of...

Clarity:If Joe meant it to say that Jews are trustworthy and talented about it. That is one thing. For instance, Trump: 'INSIDE STORY' ON TRUMP GETS STUCK ON THE SURFACE Oct 2, 1991 — ... Trump is quoted as saying: "I have black guys counting my money. . . . I hate it. The only guys I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes all day." https://buffalonews.com/news/inside-story-on-trump-gets-stuck-on-the-surface/article_48c93c9e-fa72-5fcb-af30-617d8dfbb398.html Bad is, if Rogan meant it in the wrong way, as in recycling old libels, jealousy and/or hate originated generalizations. Terrible. Incidentally: America's Jewish Community Leads in Per Capita Giving...

Music streaming service Spotify announced Monday that it is slashing hundreds of jobs in the latest round of layoffs in the tech sector. Spotify said it would cut 6 percent of its staff, or about 600 workers, based on its last earnings report. “Like many other leaders, I hoped to sustain the strong tailwinds from the pandemic and believed that our broad global business and lower risk to the impact of a slowdown in ads would insulate us. In hindsight, I was too ambitious in investing ahead of our revenue growth,” CEO Daniel Ek wrote in a statement. Ek announced...

Spotify's (SPOT.N) CEO Daniel Ek renewed his attack on Apple (AAPL.O) on Wednesday in a series of tweets alleging the iPhone maker "gives itself every advantage while at the same time stifling innovation and hurting consumers". Ek tagged a number of sympathetic business leaders in his 21-tweet thread, including Musk, Microsoft president Brad Smith, and Proton founder Andy Yen. On Monday, the world's richest person Elon Musk criticized the fee Apple charges software developers - including his Twitter business - for in-app purchases, and posted a meme suggesting he was willing to "go to war" rather than pay it.

During a Monday airing of The Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan vehemently shut down the possibility of interviewing the 45th President of the United States. I am not a Trump supporter, in any way, shape or form,' Rogan, 54, said. 'I have had the opportunity to have him on my show, more than once, and I have said no every time.' The controversial podcaster weighed in on the devastatingly polarized political spectrum in America and said he was not interested in giving Trump a platform because the former president is an 'existential threat to democracy itself.' 'It is already a weird...

Classic rockers Crosby, Stills & Nash have returned to Spotify after the band’s five-month boycott of podcaster Joe Rogan. The band had pulled their library of songs off of the streaming platform in solidarity with ex-band member Neil Young in February but are now back as of Saturday.

Popular podcast host and UFC commentator Joe Rogan isn’t interested in interviewing former President Donald Trump.“The Joe Rogan Experience” has been one of the most popular podcasts in the world for many years.But Rogan doesn’t have any interest in having Trump on the podcast.“I am not a Trump supporter, in any way, shape, or form. I have had the opportunity to have him on my show, more than once, and I have said no every time…I don’t want to help him, I’m not interested in helping him,” Rogan said.Rogan’s comments aren’t quite as bad as some may think.For starters, his...