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

But, as journalist Liz Pelly, has revealed, the biggest streaming platform on the market might have been supplanting real ...

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

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

As the year winds down, Spotify, which should be going out on a high, is instead mired in controversy. After slogging through ...

According to a shocking new book, Spotify has been promoting so-called "ghost artists" so it can avoid paying its piddling ...

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

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

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

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Support local artists and check out (and even purchase!) some the most interesting 2024 releases by Bay Area artists. Here’s ...

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