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Rogan's past comments, he said, "do not represent the values of this company" as he emphasized that Spotify does not act as the publisher of "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast.
In his letter, Ek said Rogan had made the decision to remove the episodes himself and said he agreed with the move. The letter came as the company was reported to have taken down about 70 episodes of "The Joe Rogan Experience" over the weekend after Rogan publicly apologized for instances when he used the N-word in past podcasts.
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