From the perspective of a music fan, streaming is, unfortunately, a spectacular product: the universal jukebox! If some have ...

An investigation in a new book sheds light on the alarming rise of dubious real 'artists' peppering Spotify's editorial ...

In an excerpt from "Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist" published in Harper's, author ...

We’ve been hearing about Spotify “ghost artists” for years. Now, there’s an entire book dedicated to the subject – exploring, ...

The history of recorded music is now at our fingertips. But the streamer’s algorithmic skill at giving us what we like may ...

The report goes into great detail, but here's the short version: rather than give individual artists some much-needed ...

In Pelly’s investigation, she found that Spotify had been working with stock-music companies like Epidemic, which offer music ...

In order to avoid paying actual recording artists the $.003 they earn for each play of their songs, Spotify has started ...

Spotify's use of low-cost, pseudonymous tracks in its playlists is undercutting the work of real musicians, according to an ...

The first order of business for 2025 was to cancel my Spotify Premium subscription. I’ve been a paid-up member of the Swedish ...

In the course of her extensive investigation, Liz Pelly spoke to various former Spotify curators and staff, many of which recalled that the internal pressure to add this type of 'PFC' content grew ...