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Spotify turns our emotions into data, and then profits off of them

Wes Schlagenhauf
Updated 10/1/24
A strange scourge for the classical music industry: Copyright bots

The Hustle
Updated 10/1/24
A streaming concert platform finally lands a gig on the big stage

Nick DeSantis
Updated 10/1/24
On the road again

Danny Jensen
Updated 4/17/26
A startup that uses AI to help musicians get paid

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/10/25
The future of Hollywood: Make fans do it

Sam Barsanti
Updated 3/6/25
The people yearn for a thing that just plays music

Sam Barsanti
Updated 10/7/24
Not your mom’s jingles: Ad music is getting an upgrade

Sara Friedman
Updated 10/1/24
Music you can really feel — no, really

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/1/24
Music labels vs. the Internet Archive

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/1/24
Cassettes are back

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/1/24
Hell hath no fury like angry Swifties

Olivia Deng
Updated 10/1/24
TikTok vs. record labels

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/1/24
Taylor Swift’s record week

Rob Litterst
Updated 10/1/24
Is Apple blocking Spotify’s growth plan?

Jacob Cohen
Updated 10/1/24
TikTok’s grand plans to take over our ears

Jacob Cohen
Updated 10/1/24
Are virtual concerts here to stay?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/1/24
The big business of Margaritaville

Rob Litterst
Updated 10/1/24
Why Spotify bought a music trivia game

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/1/24
Have boy bands peaked?

Rob Litterst
Updated 10/1/24
Latin music is taking over the world

Rob Litterst
Updated 10/1/24
Digits: Harry Styles, Formula 1 inflation, and more

Jacob Cohen
Updated 10/1/24
Digits: Coldplay tickets, hump day, and more

Rob Litterst
Updated 10/1/24
What can The Beatles teach us about management?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 10/1/24
Spotify Wrapped is the streaming giant’s secret growth hack

Rob Litterst
Updated 10/1/24
Spotify’s recent product moves hint at a budding super-app

Rob Litterst
Updated 10/1/24
Meet the LinkedIn of the music industry

Trung T. Phan
Updated 10/1/24
Music startups have raised $350m+ to help artists go viral

Trung T. Phan
Updated 10/1/24
Songtradr raised $50m to help it become the leading B2B music marketplace

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/1/24
Social music site Turntable.fm is back from the dead… and has an interesting rival

Kolby Hatch
Updated 10/1/24
Why would Square buy streaming music service Tidal?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 10/1/24
The music rights boom, explained

Trung T. Phan
Updated 10/1/24
Spotify’s genius marketing play

Trung T. Phan
Updated 10/1/24
What’s going on with Taylor Swift’s master tapes?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 10/1/24
‘Streaming farms’ are Spotify’s newest credibility problem

Michael Waters
Updated 10/1/24
SoundCloud adds mainstream distribution to its indie résumé

Wes Schlagenhauf
Updated 10/1/24
Sofar Sounds raises $25m — but will performers see any dough?

Emily Kelley
Updated 10/1/24
Pandora jacked up ads for 35m of its users, and old people paid to make them just stop

Conor Grant
Updated 10/1/24
2 out of 3 of Spotify’s major record label shareholders cash in their stock for over $1B

Wes Schlagenhauf
Updated 10/1/24
Tidal allegedly fudged streaming numbers for Beyoncé and Kanye West albums

Wes Schlagenhauf
Updated 10/1/24
YouTube rolls out ‘Premium’ music service in an attempt to drown out Spotify

Conor Grant
Updated 10/1/24
Sony buys EMI Music Publishing for $2.3B — but it still doesn’t own ‘Thriller’

Wes Schlagenhauf
Updated 10/1/24
DJ Skee is fed up with FM and hates soulless streaming, so he raised $8.8m for ‘new’ radio

Conor Grant
Updated 10/1/24
Spotify turns our emotions into data, and then profits off of them

Wes Schlagenhauf
Updated 10/1/24
A strange scourge for the classical music industry: Copyright bots

The Hustle
Updated 10/1/24
A streaming concert platform finally lands a gig on the big stage

Nick DeSantis
Updated 10/1/24

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