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Spotify
big returns
Mar. 22, 2024
Joni Mitchell and Neil Young Make Their Way Back to Spotify Two years ago, the two artists removed their music catalogues from the platform. What changed?
money money money money
Mar. 7, 2024
Congress Wants to Help Musicians Make More Money Off Streaming Representatives Rashida Tlaib and Jamaal Bowman introduced the Living Wage for Musicians Act.
the industry
Feb. 7, 2024
Spotify’s New Joe Rogan Deal Brings the Company Full Circle After years of splurging and expanding, the audio platform’s podcast strategy has backtracked.
the industry
Dec. 20, 2023
The Podcast World’s Year From Hell Dozens of hosts, producers, and executives vent about a tough year for the audio industry — and cautiously look ahead to 2024.
best of 2023
Dec. 7, 2023
The Best Podcasts of 2023 Despite a tough year for the industry, the podcast world remains vast in its pleasures.
By Nicholas Quah
the industry
Dec. 6, 2023
Heavyweight Down, Stolen GoneSpotify dropped two critically adored podcasts this week.
By Nicholas Quah
spotify wrapped
Nov. 29, 2023
By Olivia Craighead
bostonians up
Nov. 29, 2023
Spotify Wrapped Takes Us to Sound Town A rep says “it is objective” that you’re a Burlington resident now.
By Jason P. Frank
extremely on spotify
Nov. 29, 2023
Spotify Is a Swiftie Too For the first time, Taylor Swift is the top-streamed artist.
By Justin Curto
screen time
Oct. 20, 2023
Spotify Is Eating the Entire Music Business As indie music platforms like Bandcamp deteriorate, artists must cater to a single, powerful streaming platform.
By John Herrman
the algorithm
Oct. 16, 2023
By Bethy Squires
podcast review
Sept. 21, 2023
Strike Force Five Heralds Podcasting’s First True SupergroupThe late-night hosts have gathered to create a very historic — and uneven — audio experiment.
By Sean Malin
We Need a Podcast for the Meghan-Harry Podcast Drama A full episode is needed to explain how Taylor Swift is involved in all of this.
By Alejandra Gularte
death by tweet
July 2, 2023
Rihanna Deals Yet Another Blow to Rihanna Fans With Celebratory Tweet She broke a Spotify record without having released an album since 2016.
By Charu Sinha
the industry
June 28, 2023
Spotify Is Equally Responsible for the Royal Podcast Flop Sure, everyone’s looking at Harry and Meghan, but it takes two parties to tango.
By Nicholas Quah
harry and meghan
June 20, 2023
Prince Harry and Meghan’s Spotify Split New details allege a messier picture of the former podcast partnership.
By Bindu Bansinath
keeping up with the ex-royals
June 16, 2023
By Zoe Guy
investigations
Apr. 7, 2023
Why Are My Secret Spotify Songs Following Me Around? At bars, with friends, on TV, I kept hearing the same music from my “Discover Weekly” rotation. So I tried to peer inside my bubble IRL.
By Nate Jones
What Does Spotify Want From Podcasts Now? A closer look at a head-spinning week in the audio industry.
By Nicholas Quah
sad gay representation
Jan. 31, 2023
Jason P. Frank
like clockwork
Dec. 27, 2022
’Tis the Season for Mariah Carey to Set Yet Another Record “All I Want for Christmas Is You” now has the most single-day streams in global Spotify chart history.
By Jennifer Zhan
spotify x myers-briggs
Nov. 30, 2022
There’s Just Too Much Spotify Wrapped Apple Music and YouTube Music are onboard — while Spotify has gone overboard.
By Justin Curto
People Will Accuse Meghan Markle of Lying About Anything Commenters have decided she made up a story about fearing for her child’s safety.
By Danielle Cohen
The Mid-2022 Podcast Industry Progress Report Where things stand now, creatively and financially
By Nicholas Quah
mmm whatcha heard
July 12, 2022
Spotify Buys Wordle Clone Heardle is an interesting fit for the spendy audio company.
By Nicholas Quah
This Era of Reply All Has Ended Hosts Alex Goldman and Emmanuel Dzotsi have signed off on their final episode, leaving the show’s future unclear.
By Nicholas Quah
joe rogan experience
Apr. 23, 2022
By Jennifer Zhan
The Obamas Will No Longer Make Podcasts for Spotify Probably not a good look to stick with the exclusive home of Joe Rogan.
By Nicholas Quah
Joe Rogan Says N-Word Supercut Is “Taken Out of Context” “Whenever you’re in a situation where you have to say ‘I’m not racist,’ you fucked up.”
By Alejandra Gularte
the industry
Feb. 4, 2022
Like It or Not, Joe Rogan Is Spotify’s Future The fate of the company’s grand vision lies with the controversial figure.
By Nicholas Quah
Mark Zuckerberg’s Disaster Is Taking Silicon Valley With It Hundreds of billions of dollars disappeared overnight, and it may get worse.
By Kevin T. Dugan
respect the classics
Feb. 2, 2022
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Reunite … Against Spotify “We don’t want our music — or the music we made together — to be on the same platform.”
By Devon Ivie
just asking questions
Feb. 1, 2022
The Spotify Spin Kara Swisher says to focus less on Joe Rogan and more on the company paying him.
By James D. Walsh
The Spotify Backlash Never Had a Chance What Joe Rogan’s critics don’t realize about the juggernaut.
By Kevin T. Dugan
too little too late
Jan. 30, 2022
By Charu Sinha
#DeleteSpotify Reaches Harry and Meghan Prince Harry and Meghan Markle “express concerns” about Spotify’s COVID-misinformation policies.
By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
Joni Mitchell Will Take Her Music Off Spotify ‘in Solidarity’ With Neil Young “Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives.”
By Jennifer Zhan
Neil Young Says Spotify Can Have His Music or Joe Rogan’s Vaccine Misinformation After his music was removed, he wrote that leaving Spotify’s “shitty” sound quality behind was an added bonus.
By Jennifer Zhan
hear to please
Dec. 20, 2021
By Dan Reilly
Inside the Extremely Unfunny War Between Comedians and Spotify “For them to then pull down our work, it’s so nasty. It’s so corporate. It’s so ‘F - - - you.’”
By Dan Reilly
bubblegrunge?!
Dec. 1, 2021
Spotify Wrapped 2021: Our Top Questions From audio auras and movie soundtracks to all those (fake-sounding) genre names.
By Justin Curto
good for her!
Nov. 21, 2021
By Charu Sinha
Eric Eddings and Brittany Luse Go Back to the Beginning The former hosts of The Nod discuss reviving For Colored Nerds after years of making shows for other people.
By Nicholas Quah
my single is dropping
Oct. 28, 2021
By Bethy Squires
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