Liz Pelly’s Mood Machine offers a history of the biggest player in streaming.

the thought is that most people wouldn't really notice who the artist is making those chill beats. Instead, the music pushed there is meant to make the playlist more profitable for Spotify by ...

Novelty suffers, too. By one estimate nearly three-quarters of streamed songs are over 18 months old. Compared with the raucous explosion of genres that characterised popular music until the 2000s— ...

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

Streambait? Spotify-core? The Swedish streaming giant has birthed genres that a new book argues has taken the edge off modern ...