Is Spotify creating fake artists to flood its editorial playlists?
An investigation in a new book sheds light on the alarming rise of dubious real 'artists' peppering Spotify's editorial playlists
Spotify accused of pushing ghost artists into our playlists — here's what's going on
If Spotify is actually pushing them down, its going to ruin the careers of people making that music and potentially degrade those genres. As Liz Pelly writes for Harper's, "Spotify had long marketed itself as the ultimate platform for discovery — and who ...
Spotify Employees Say It's Promoting Fake Artists to Reduce Royalty Payments to Real Ones
According to a shocking new book, Spotify has been promoting so-called "ghost artists" so it can avoid paying its piddling royalties to real artists. In an excerpt from "Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist" published in Harper's,
Spotify has been filling your recommendations with fake artists and music it barely pays for, according to in-depth report
The report goes into great detail, but here's the short version: rather than give individual artists some much-needed exposure in some playlists, Spotify is buying in music from p
Spotify Uses "Ghost Artists" to Minimize Royalty Payouts, New Report Alleges
Spotify's use of low-cost, pseudonymous tracks in its playlists is undercutting the work of real musicians, according to an explosive report published by Harper's Magazine.
Read this: How Spotify fills playlists with “Ghost artists” and saves on payouts
In Pelly’s investigation, she found that Spotify had been working with stock-music companies like Epidemic, which offer music that tends to be played in the background rather than music that is wholly focused on.
Spotify accused of using ghost artists to minimise royalty payments
Spotify is allegedly using "ghost artists" to minimise royalty payments, according to a new report investigating how it is increasing its profit margins.
Spotify's algorithmic playlists: Are artists losing out?
An increasing portion of tracks on Spotify playlists are commissioned "fillers," which lack musician copyright ownership. AI writes some of these tracks. Spotify's influence on the music market is often criticized for working against artists.
Spotify uses ghost artists to "shape listening behavior" and avoid paying real ones
Spotify pads playlists with music by unknown artists, and has been accused of generating this music itself or using cheap library music to reduce the amount paid to artists. At Harpers, Liz Pelly, building on reporting by Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter,
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Is There Any Escape from the Spotify Syndrome?
The history of recorded music is now at our fingertips. But the streamer’s algorithmic skill at giving us what we like may ...
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When you listen to Spotify, are you listening to ghost musicians?
In order to avoid paying actual recording artists the $.003 they earn for each play of their songs, Spotify has started ...
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We’ve Been Hearing About Spotify ‘Ghost Artists’ for Years — Now There’s an Entire Book Dedicated to the Subject
We’ve been hearing about Spotify “ghost artists” for years. Now, there’s an entire book dedicated to the subject – exploring, ...
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Journalist Liz Pelly explores Spotify’s ‘Perfect Fit Content’
US-based journalist Liz Pelly has been one of Spotify’s key critics in the media, and her new book crystallises that.