Spotify pulls comedy catalogs in retaliation to comedians asking for owed royalties

Late last week as most of the world was preparing to take some down time and enjoy a Thanksgiving spread with their families, streaming giant Spotify quietly removed albums, and in some cases entire comedian catalogs from its platform. This effected all levels of comedians from working comics to some of the biggest names in the game including Jim Gaffigan, John Mulaney, Dave Attell, Mike Birbiglia, Chad Daniels, Tom Segura, and Kyle Kinane.

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