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 ...

If Spotify is actually pushing them down, its going to ruin the careers of people making that music and potentially degrade ...

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

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 ...

A Harper's Magazine report alleges that some of Spotify's biggest ambient, classical, jazz, and lo-fi-hip-hop playlists are ...

Spotify's influence on the music market is often criticized for working against artists. Beyond the issue of low fees for ...

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

In an article published on Harper's, Liz Pelly described the mechanisms of Spotify's PFC program. She stated that musicians ...