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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

From the daily newsletter: can we escape Spotify syndrome? Plus: New Mexico’s nuclear-weapons boom; Susan B. Glasser reflects ...

The first order of business for 2025 was to cancel my Spotify Premium subscription. I’ve been a paid-up member of the Swedish ...

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