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 uses ghost artists to "shape listening behavior" and avoid paying real ones
Spotify pads playlists with music by unknown artists, and has been accused of generating this music itself or using cheap ...
Spotify accused of pushing ghost artists into our playlists — here's what's going on
Harper's report is in-depth and a worth a read, but here's the gist of what's happening in Spotify. Simply, Spotify is allegedly purchasing songs from production companies who ess ...
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Report: Spotify is populating its playlists with “ghost artists”
A Harper's Magazine report alleges that some of Spotify's biggest ambient, classical, jazz, and lo-fi-hip-hop playlists are ...