Spotify’s perfect playlists come at a hidden cost—for the fans, for the music scenes that form around bands and, especially, ...

The streamer contracts with production companies to create so-called “perfect fit content” that it pumps out under various ...

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

A brain rhythm working in tandem with the body's natural sleep-wake cycle may explain why bipolar patients alternate between ...

Previously, she was a reporter at Bloomberg. Mood Machine is a combination of reportage, history, and analysis. Its great strengths are its interviews with Spotify employees, use of internal Slack ...

Liz Pelly’s book Mood Machine, which investigates Spotify’s practice of stuffing playlists with “ghost artists” in order to avoid paying royalties to major labels like Sony and Warner ...

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating mental health condition characterized by persistent low mood, loss of ...

And what if that music were somehow organized into playlists that seemed perfectly suited not only to your tastes but to your mood at the moment? No more having to buy, no more decisions to make ...