Re:Spotify lays off 200 employees, or about 2% of its workforce
by toyg on Monday June 05, 2023 @10:35AM
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Anecdoctical, but Rogan seems way less relevant now he's locked in the Spotify walled garden. It could well be that it's just him running out of steam; the whole galaxy he's effectively part of, has significantly fallen in popularity since the Capitol riot.
Re:Spotify lays off 200 employees, or about 2% of its workforce
by kcplate on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @09:24AM
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IMO probably more related to pandemic wind down than the Jan 6 stuff. His podcast has always been pretty eclectic and has siloed audiences based on the topics.
During the pandemic he had a lot of notoriety and relevance because he would platform opinion contrary to the establishment governmental health authorities. To a large degree because of the mis/disinformation guidelines on social media sites, his podcast was the only place a lot of that information could be found and his show gained popularity with a new silo of listeners. He achieved a lot of relevance from that group…and the media because of it, which was hellbent on attempting to “correct” his allegedly dangerous opinions.
I rarely watch it since the move away from YouTube but as far as I'm aware they haven't released numbers.