Joe Rogan Experience, other podcasts go dark during Megaphone outage
Many top shows were unavailable for eight hours late Monday and early Tuesday because Spotify failed to renew Megaphone’s security certificate.
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Many top shows were unavailable for eight hours late Monday and early Tuesday because Spotify failed to renew Megaphone’s security certificate.
All shows hosted on Megaphone were unavailable for several hours due to the slip up..
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