A lot of people were illegally downloading music for free. The founders of Spotify wanted to "create a service that was better than piracy and at the same time compensates the music industry." ...

Author Liz Pelly on her new book, Mood Machine, which critiques the practices and cultural effects of the streaming giant ...

Stories about Spotify’s insidious effect on the livelihood of musicians aren't new. Pelly takes that criticism further, ...

What is Spotify? Spotify was founded in 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon in Stockholm, Sweden. This was at a time when ...

Who doesn’t love free music? In today’s fast-paced digital world, platforms like mp3juice have become a go-to source for ...

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

Liz Pelly interviewed over 100 industry insiders, former Spotify employees, and musicians, to look at how music has become increasingly playlisted, personalized, and autoplayed. Her new book Mood ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Despite a revival in physical media, most of us still use music streaming services when we want ...

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