The Swedish tech giant has rigged the music industry against artists, mined listeners for data, and made music boring for ...

Each December, journalist Liz Pelly observes Spotify Wrapped day with a mix of horror and hope. For the past decade or so, Pelly has been writing critical essays and investigations into Spotify ...

Perhaps the move to streaming—the subject of Liz Pelly’s new book Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist—makes that question moot. If Pelly is right that ...

In this episode, Morgan is joined by music journalist and author Liz Pelly to break down how Spotify built its playlist empire, the rise of so-called “ghost artists” on the platform, and how its ...

Primavera Pro has revealed its full programme, with the likes of writer Liz Pelly among the experts joining the talks and panels at the industry event. Professionals from across the music world will ...

Music journalist Liz Pelly calls this phenomenon ‘selling lean-back listening’. “There were way more listening hours using music as a background experience—people who wanted to lean back ...

Along the way, as journalist Liz Pelly shows in Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, the company has recast its product in several guises: quasi-legal ...

Of the many galling facts in Mood Machine, Liz Pelly’s forensic account of how Spotify upended the music industry, most exasperating is that the Swedish company didn’t initially set out to be a music ...

And that has big implications for how artists get paid. Liz Pelly, Author, "Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist" Streaming services don't pay per stream ...