• KVMR News Special: "Play It Again, Spotify: How Streaming Has Changed The Economics Of Music And How We Listen To It"

  • Apr 26 2025
  • Length: 29 mins
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KVMR News Special: "Play It Again, Spotify: How Streaming Has Changed The Economics Of Music And How We Listen To It"

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  • KVMR public affairs correspondent April Glaser sits down to interview Liz Pelly, author of a new book and hard-hitting investigation into Spotify entitled Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify & The Cost of the Perfect Playlist. Joining the conversation as well is local composer Alexis Alrich.


    Spotify pays artists fractions of pennies per stream. But Liz Pelly's book goes even deeper to reveal how Spotify has quietly worked to remove bands and artists from its most popular playlists and replaced them with fake or ghost content commissioned for cheaper than paying actual artists. What happens when we think we're listening to a band, but it's actually just content made by a company to keep us streaming for longer?


    Many thanks to Alexis Alrich for providing her original composition for this story, "Bell and Drum Tower," recorded in 2020 by the Janacek Philharmonic.


    Learn more about Alexis' work at her website.


    More information on Liz Pelly's book can be found at her publisher's website here.

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