How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts
here's what's going on Nick Heer / Pixel Envy : ‘Ghosts’ of Spotify — Liz Pelly, Harpers: … Reading this article made me feel quite sad. Bluesky: @nanobii.com : the spotify “fake artist” issue appar...
The RIAA sues AI music services Suno and Udio over alleged mass copyright infringement and claims they are trying to “hide the full scope of their infringement”
here's what it means Ben's Bites : Major labels are suing AI music startups Suno and Udio Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak : RIAA Sues Suno & Udio AI Music Generators For ‘Trampling’ on Copyright Markus Ka...
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr release Now and Then, the first “new” Beatles song since 1995, created using AI and an old lo-fi John Lennon recording
with help from AI James Farrell / SiliconANGLE : Beatles get back together for one last song with the help of artificial intelligence Maria Sherman / Associated Press : Listen to the last new Beatles'...
Spotify plans to lay off ~6% of its workforce, or ~600 jobs, says content and ad head Dawn Ostroff is leaving, and reorganizes its engineering and product units
read the memo CEO Daniel Ek sent to staff Bob Cronin / Newser : Spotify Plans Layoffs, After Boss Concedes Miscalculation Rachyl Jones / Observer : Spotify Will Lay Off 600 Employees, or 6% of its Wor...
Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko says he rejected more than five US investors offering “hundreds of thousands of dollars” to preserve the platform's nonprofit status
Fast-growing open-source microblogging site has seen a surge of interest since Elon Musk took over Twitter Tweets: @suji_yan , @barbariancap , @wilbanks , @tariqkrim , @astaniscia86 , @davewiner , @ma...
How Brazilian singer Anitta's fans gamed Spotify's algorithm to make her song top the charts by switching accounts after 20 streams, creating playlists, more
Fans skirted terms and conditions, but a strategy from the singer's team came close to the streaming platform's limit. Tweets: @dada_drummer , @mvzelenks , @alexgonzor , and @anupkaphle Tweets: Damon ...
A look at Spotify-exclusive “music and talk” podcasts, which let hosts avoid music licensing fees and fair-use legal fights via free access to Spotify catalog
Music-filled — and Spotify-exclusive — shows like “Black Girl Songbook” and “60 Songs That Explain the '90s” dance around copyright constraints. Tweets: @nytimesmusic , @dariansymone , @staceynycdc , ...
Spotify buys app developer Betty Labs, creator of Locker Room, a live social audio app where fans can talk about sports, which Spotify plans on expanding
one way or the other! 🤷♂️ genius move or peak bubble moment—what do you think? https://twitter.com/... Gady Epstein / @gadyepstein : I'm working on a project combining various substacks into a single...
Founder of the Rookie mag reflects on being an early influencer and the effect that Instagram had on her life and career as Instagram's aesthetic keeps evolving
My senior year of high school, I had three Instagram accounts: a public one, a private one for friends and internet friends, and a private one that was just for me. Tweets: @hamishmckenzie , @mosseri ...