Mood Machine,' a mix of investigative reporting and cultural criticism, focuses on how Spotify has reshaped how we listen to ...

In her book, music journalist Liz Pelly peels back the curtain on the Spotify algorithm and explains how it's affecting the ...

The book, an investigation into the internal practices and cultural effects of the streaming giant, is "an entryway into a ...

From the perspective of a music fan, streaming is, unfortunately, a spectacular product: the universal jukebox! If some have ...

In an excerpt from "Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist" published in Harper's, author ...

We’ve been hearing about Spotify “ghost artists” for years. Now, there’s an entire book dedicated to the subject – exploring, ...

If Spotify is actually pushing them down, its going to ruin the careers of people making that music and potentially degrade ...

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 ...

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

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