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 ...

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

The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist By Liz Pelly Published by One Signal. 274 pp. £22 FROM the ...

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

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 exposure in some playlists, Spotify is buying in music from p ...

In an excerpt from "Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist" published in Harper's, author Liz Pelly reveals that the streaming platform has a secretive internal ...

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In Pelly’s investigation, she found that Spotify had been working with stock-music companies like Epidemic, which offer music that tends to be played in the background rather than music that is wholly ...

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