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Stefan Hegerat's Bet Against Algorithmic Music article by Lawrence Peryer, published on June 1, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more Catching Up With articles ...

Spotify was started, according to its official claims, because its founders “love music and piracy was killing it”.

IN the maelstrom of media we now live in, where ever-smarter channels pour through ever-cleverer devices, the news felt nearly traditional ...

Hence, this is the best way to listen to Spotify: not relying on its playlists, being less lazy when it comes to choosing ...

In Mood Machine, music journalist Liz Pelly argues this is rewriting history. In fact, she points out, Spotify founder Daniel Ek initially patented a platform around 2006, for circulating “any ...

Author Liz Pelly revealed that the Swedish music platform has a secretive internal programme. Spotify reportedly promotes ghost artists to minimise royalty payments. The internal program called ...

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 ...

Once upon a time, we listened to music, now, music listens to us. Algorithms have become the DJ of culture serving up curated moods, optimizing our emotions, and quietly reshaping the soundtrack of ...