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 ...
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Spotify Is Allegedly Filling Out Its Playlists with "Ghost Artists" to Minimize Royalty Expenditures, Increase Profit Margins
Since 2017, these companies have been creating music called “Perfect Fit Content” (or PFC for short) that’s shared through hundreds of “artist profiles,” making these PFC tracks cheaper ...
Author Liz Pelly on Spotify Book, Ghost Artists and Speaking Up for Indie Musicians
Mood Machine,' a mix of investigative reporting and cultural criticism, focuses on how Spotify has reshaped how we listen to ...
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Spotify Employees Say It's Promoting Fake Artists to Reduce Royalty Payments to Real Ones
Dubbed "Perfect Fit Content" or PFC for short, this program not only involved a network of affiliated production firms creating tons of "low-budget stock muzak" for the platform, but also a team ...