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

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

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Spotify calls these songs 'Perfect Fit Content (PFC)' and actively uses them as part of its monetization strategy, as revealed by author Liz Perry in her book ' Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify ...

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The Swedish music and podcast streaming giant funnels listeners toward what it dubs “perfect fit content,” or what author Liz Pelly less-charitably describes as “low-budget stock muzak” in her ...