Spotify

Report: Spotify is populating its playlists with “ghost artists”

A Harper's Magazine report alleges that some of Spotify's biggest ambient, classical, jazz, and lo-fi-hip-hop playlists are populated with music by "ghost artists," reducing the number of musicians the company pays royalties to.

culture / Technology

Spotify to cut over 1,500 jobs as cost-cutting measure

17% of Spotify employees will be made redundant as CEO Daniel Ek announces lay-offs are required to "substantial action to rightsize costs" at the streaming company.

culture / Technology

Spotify to leave Uruguay following copyright law changes

Spotify will phase out its service in Uruguay starting in January due to newly enacted copyright restrictions in the country.

music / Pop

Billboard releases royalty calculator for Spotify and Apple Music

Billboard has created a royalty calculator so artists can see how much Spotify and Apple Music will pay.

music / Pop

Report: Spotify to demonetize lowest-streaming tracks

Spotify will change its financial model next year, establishing a streaming threshold songs must hit before earning royalties.

music / Pop

Spotify patents new way to send your crush a mixtape

Spotify has acquired a patent for the generation and distribution of a digital mixtape.

music / Pop

Report: Spotify is being used by criminal gangs to launder money in Sweden

Criminla gangs linked to contracy killings and a spate of bombings reportedly use fake Spotify streams to launder their money, according to a new report from the Scandinavian country.

culture / Technology

Universal Music Group is targeting AI-generated music on streaming platforms

The prevalence of AI-generated music on streaming platforms has caused UMG to ask the companies to help with a crackdown.

culture / Technology

Spotify is shuttering Heardle

Nine months Spotify’s purchase of Heardle, the streaming giant is shutting down the popular daily music trivia game.

culture / Internet

Spotify announces DJ, an A.I.-powered listening guide

A new A.I. listener guide called DJ is headed to Spotify.

culture / Technology

Spotify won’t remove Kanye West’s music

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek condemned Kanye West’s anti-semitic comments but said his catalog is staying on the platform for now.

music / Hip-Hop

New study finds Spotify slow to take down “white supremacist music”

A new ADL report finds Spotify “not only allowing the racism and incitement of white supremacist music [but] actively promoting that content.”

music / Electronic