Spotify has been filling your recommendations with fake artists and music it barely pays for, according to in-depth report
The report goes into great detail, but here's the short version: rather than give individual artists some much-needed ...
Most nominated songwriters will miss Spotify's Grammy party in suspected boycott
Now, in a move the company argues is “consistent” with competitors like Apple Music and Amazon Music, some of the pot that ...
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Here’s how much Spotify really pays artists
If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Spotify has always been a double-edged sword for artists. Streaming music is a ...
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Spotify accused of pushing ghost artists into our playlists — here's what's going on
Spotify is now being accused of filling playlists and recommendations with fake artists and cheap, generic music in a new report from Harper's magazine. According to the report, a program called ...
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DDG reveals major Spotify payouts from hit songs
In a recent viral clip, rapper DDG opened up about his impressive earnings from Spotify, shedding light on the financial ...
2024 was the 'year of pop music.' These are the 5 songs Vancouverites streamed most
It'll likely come as no surprise to Vancouverites who were subject to a recent weekend of Taylor Swift mania that pop music — ...
Read this: How Spotify fills playlists with “Ghost artists” and saves on payouts
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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“What I uncovered was an elaborate internal program”: Is Spotify creating fake artists to flood its editorial playlists?
In a lengthy extract from her new book, 'Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist', published in Harper's Magazine, Liz details that she first heard of this worrying ...