Mood Machine,' a mix of investigative reporting and cultural criticism, focuses on how Spotify has reshaped how we listen to ...

Stories about Spotify’s insidious effect on the livelihood of musicians aren't new. Pelly takes that criticism further, ...

Author Liz Pelly on her Spotify book, 'Mood Machine,' which critiques the practices and cultural effects of the streaming giant ...

From the perspective of a music fan, streaming is, unfortunately, a spectacular product: the universal jukebox! If some have ...

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

For musicians, though, Spotify has been a more existential threat than the file-sharing revolution that spawned it, because it has the veneer of legitimacy. Meanwhile, says Liz Pelly, the company ...

Each December, journalist Liz Pelly observes Spotify Wrapped day with a mix of horror and hope. For the past decade or so, Pelly has been writing critical essays and investigations into Spotify ...

书中提到的“幽灵艺术家”并不是真正存在的音乐人，而是被Spotify或其合作伙伴虚构出来的身份。Pelly在调查中发现，这些伪造的音乐人往往只创建缺乏个性和灵魂的音乐，尽管这些曲目却在平台上频繁出现，播放量骇人听闻，甚至超越了许多活跃的真艺人电子流行曲。当用户在情绪主题的歌单中随意添加背景音乐时，TVP计划以低成本实现了对听众需求的迎合，然而却又在背后无形中扼杀了真正艺术家的声音。