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Neil Young is an old hand at protesting as Spotify has found to its chagrin, and Palaton, well, it's a hot mess.

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Welcome to the viewers room. I'm Rob Cox, the editor of Breaking Views, the financial

commentary arm of Reuters News, coming to you from Zurich, Switzerland. This week, we delve

into three stories. First, we look at Spotify's Joe Rogan problem. Canadian troubadour and

Crazy Horse frontman Neil Young took his

tunes off the streaming group's platform over the talk show host spreading of misinformation

related to COVID-19 vaccines. Later it emerged that Rogan, whom Spotify signed for like $100 million,

used racial slurs in past episodes. Spotify CEO Daniel Eck condemned Rogan for that but refused to ax him.

That may be because Rogan represents a podcast pivot that's key to boosting earnings, says Liam

while I had Liam and Emia editor Peter Thal Larson on the line. We also talked about how a few

failed deals illuminate the red lines for semiconductor mergers.

The regulatory foiling of UK-based arm and Germany's siltronic, deals worth some $45 billion altogether, says more about scarce technology than the prospects of industry consolidation,

they say. Finally, John Foley, our U.S. editor, talks about John Foley, the Peloton CEO,

that is, no relation to our John Foley.

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