Stories about Spotify’s insidious effect on the livelihood of musicians aren't new. Pelly takes that criticism further, ...

In her book, music journalist Liz Pelly peels back the curtain on the Spotify algorithm and explains how it's affecting the ...

The book, an investigation into the internal practices and cultural effects of the streaming giant, is "an entryway into a ...

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

Mood Machine,' a mix of investigative reporting and cultural criticism, focuses on how Spotify has reshaped how we listen to ...

We’ve been hearing about Spotify “ghost artists” for years. Now, there’s an entire book dedicated to the subject – exploring, among other things, the platform’s relationships with the companies ...

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

In a lengthy extract from her new book, 'Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist', published in Harper's Magazine, Liz details that she first heard of this worrying ...

According to a shocking new book, Spotify has been promoting so-called "ghost artists" so it can avoid paying its piddling royalties to real artists. In an excerpt from "Mood Machine: The Rise of ...

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Liz Pelly interviewed over 100 industry insiders, former Spotify employees, and musicians, to look at how music has become increasingly playlisted, personalized, and autoplayed. Her new book Mood ...