Apple Music, Amazon Music, and SiriusXM pounced on the loss of Neil Young.
Three days after Young pulled his catalog from the music streamer in protest of The Joe Rogan Experience, Amazon is giving fans a free four-month trial.
Young shared with fans on Friday that all new Amazon Music subscribers will get four months of free music.
On Thursday, Apple Music added a "We Love Neil" section to its website and sent out push notifications related to Young's latest album. The Neil Young Radio program would be airing on the satellite radio company over the next seven days.
"When you have an opportunity to present an icon still at the height of his creativity, you don't hesitate to do it, again," said Steve Blatter, Senior Vice President of Music Programming.
—Apple Music (@AppleMusic) January 28, 2022
The courting of Young's audience follows the ultimatum that was given to the streaming service by the writer.
Young wrote on his website that most of the people listening to the unfactual, misleading, and false COVID information on the platform are 24 years old.
According to a January 18 report from Midia, a research and analysis service focused on digital content, Apple Music has 15% of global streaming subscribers. Amazon and Tencent Music are tied for third place.
In a post on her website, Mitchell wrote that she would pull her music from the streaming service because she believed irresponsible people were spreading lies that were costing people their lives.
According to internal messages published by The Verge, the communications chief told employees that episodes of Joe Rogan's show didn't meet the threshold for removal.
The Wall Street Journal was told by a spokesman for Spotify that they regret Neil's decision to remove his music from the service, but hope to welcome him back soon.
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