Liz Pelly of Spotify exposé Mood Machine: Jay Gilbert interviews

On a special edition of the Your Morning Coffee podcast, co-host Jay Gilbert sits down with author Liz Pelly of Spotify exposé “Mood Machine, the Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist.” LISTEN HERE:

This book is rocking the music industry, not just with behind the scenes details, but by offering an unvarnished view of how Spotify has reshaped – often for the worse – how music is discovered and consumed.

Liz Pelly of Spotify exposé Mood Machine: Jay Gilbert interviews

Liz Pelly and Jay Gilbert discuss Spotify’s early years as an online advertising business vs. the common narrative of Daniel Ek as having created a legal alternative to music piracy, Ghost Artists, functional music, Perfect Fit Content (PFC), Streaming as Surveillance, Pro-rata, user-centric vs. artist-centric payout models and much more.

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