"Mood Machine" tunes into Spotify's playlist algorithm
2 days ago · From “Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist” by Liz Pelly. Reprinted by permission of One Signal Publishers/Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster Inc.
'Mood Machine': The hidden costs of Spotify's music empire
13 hours ago · Spotify's dominance has made cofounder and current CEO Daniel Ek a very rich man. With more than 600 million active users worldwide, Spotify’s net worth is fast approaching $100 billion.
Liz Pelly Critiques Spotify in Her New Book, 'Mood Machine'
4 days ago · “The story of Spotify,” Pelly writes in Mood Machine, “is the story of the 21st century’s overeager and opportunistic tech solutionists, of billionaires and their overhyped machines ...
Author Liz Pelly on Spotify Book, Ghost Artists and Indie Musicians
3 days ago · 'Mood Machine,' a mix of investigative reporting and cultural criticism, focuses on how Spotify has reshaped how we listen to music: "This is a book that’s about music, but it’s also a book ...
What Spotify Is Really Costing Us | The New Yorker
Dec 23, 2024 · Liz Pelly’s new book, “Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist,” is a comprehensive look at how the company’s dominance has profoundly changed the way we...
‘It’s About How Power Works’: Author Liz Pelly on Her New Spotify …
3 days ago · These issues are at the forefront of Mood Machine (out tomorrow), which is, in part, an investigation into the company’s internal practices. But the book is also a treatise — using Spotify merely as “an entryway into a broader story,” as Pelly puts it — on big-picture issues of power, politics, labor, and surveillance capitalism.
“Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect ...
3 days ago · “Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs … Morning News / Jan 6, 2025 / 09:47 AM CST An investigation into Spotify’s origins and influence on music, and how streaming is reshaping ...
Does it have an index? @LizPelly’s Must-Read Investigation in “Mood …
Dec 26, 2024 · She explains what called her to write Mood Machine: Spotify, the rumor had it, was filling its most popular playlists with stock music attributed to pseudonymous musicians—variously called ghost or fake artists—presumably in an effort …
New book investigates Spotify's origins, influence and …
Dec 2, 2024 · A new book set to be published in 2025 will explore Spotify's origins and influence on the music industry. Written by music journalist Liz Pelly, Mood Machine: The Rise Of Spotify And The Costs Of The Perfect Playlist has been pieced together using more than 100 interviews with music industry insiders, former Spotify employees and musicians.
Mood Machine | Book by Liz Pelly - Simon & Schuster
An unsparing investigation into Spotify’s origins and influence on music, weaving unprecedented reporting with incisive cultural criticism, illuminating how streaming is reshaping music for listeners and artists alike.
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