Spotify has pulled the works of some of the most popular comedians, including Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, John Mulaney, and Jim Gaffigan due to a royalties dispute.
As the WSJ notes, comedians are typically paid by their label or distributor — along with digital performance rights organization SoundExchange — when a digital service plays their content.
After failed negotiations with Spoken Giants, Spotify removed hundreds of comedians’ content from the service.
There’s no word whether Spotify will try to reach an agreement with Spoken Giants again, or if the comedians’ content will ever return.