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Spotify Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Discovery Mode Is A ‘Pay-For-Play Scheme’
05 Nov 2025 22:57 GMT
… —alleging Spotify’s recommendations and playlists are now gatekeepers of music in … the same way radio DJs have long been.
Spotify … musicians” that serves to profit the streaming platform. The representatives requested Spotify …
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Musicians we hope to see in Huntsville
05 Nov 2025 22:44 GMT
… steadily becoming a popular music destination thanks to efforts … ‘Castles Crumbling.’
Total monthly Spotify listeners: 28.4 million
Top … , their success within the music industry is undeniable. Plus, … is a Nashville-based musician. Since releasing her debut …
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Role Model Says He's 'Not Worried' About Topping His Viral Success and Is 'Writing a Lot' of New Music (Exclusive) By Rachel DeSantis
05 Nov 2025 22:13 GMT
… Role Model.
Jonny Marlow
The musician, 28, released his second … older brother’s laptop and download whatever he was listening … performing during Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, Texas … “I started putting out music on Spotify and my first song got …
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You’ll soon be able to share songs and lyrics from Apple Music to WhatsApp Status
06 Nov 2025 00:11 GMT
… re listening to directly from Spotify, with a few custom … originally released, leaving Apple Music users wondering when they … .
Sharing lyrics from Apple Music to WhatsApp Status
Interestingly, … on the feature.
Apple Music requires an active subscription. …
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Spotify leadership talk price hikes, the company’s ‘ubiquity strategy’ and more on Q3 earnings call
05 Nov 2025 23:02 GMT
… or news stories.
Is Spotify still a music streaming platform?
These days …
Much to the frustration of music rightsholders, Spotify kept its subscription prices … as indie music representative Merlin and independent music company Believe.
Spotify stated at …
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The problem isn’t Spotify. Now hit play and stop pretending you care
05 Nov 2025 21:45 GMT
Ask the music cognoscenti about Chess Records …
Why are you shocked that Spotify uses the same playbook created … the Chess brothers to exploit musicians?Credit: BloombergBut behind the … brothers blatantly ripped off the musicians and rarely paid royalties. …
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Class Action Lawsuit Accuses Spotify of Engaging in ‘Payola’ in Discovery Mode
05 Nov 2025 22:14 GMT
… their actual music interests.
The 39-page complaint, filed by Spotify subscriber … are quietly driving the algorithm.”
“Spotify exploits that trust by marketing … separate lawsuit.
“Despite knowing that Spotify’s representations about personalization were …
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EXCLUSIVE: Spotify Denies Payola Allegations In New Class Action
05 Nov 2025 22:23 GMT
… and widely used by independent musicians.
Spotify pushed back against a new … riddled with misunderstandings and inaccuracies.”
Spotify explained that Discovery Mode allows … independent music community, many of whom have praised the program publicly,” Spotify …
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Peter Edge honored with Sir George Martin Award, as Capitol Records UK sweeps MBW’s Music Business UK Awards
05 Nov 2025 23:02 GMT
… across songwriting, production, record labels, music publishers, talent management, and more … & Honey, PPL, PRS For Music, Spotify, TikTok, Vevo and Chorus.
Here … : Contemporary Black Music – supported by Spotify
Zaza Kazadi, Sony Music Publishing
A…
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Spotify tops 700 mil. users after price hike, accelerates expansion in Korea
05 Nov 2025 23:29 GMT
… its revenue. In August, Spotify raised its monthly premium … video features to Netflix.
Spotify has also been putting … Spotify has been focused on connecting fans with the music and … discovery features,” Gautam Talwar, Spotify Asia-Pacific general manager, …