Spotify — and the Music Industry

Normally, trust = consistency + time. But when you're scaling fast — you have to find shortcuts, with your partners and your users. Spotify CEO Dan... (2018)

This week, the indie music platform Bandcamp laid off roughly half its staff after its second change of ownership in as many years. As indie music... (2023)

The science behind personalized music recommendations: "to create Discover Weekly, there are three main types of recommendation models that Spotif... (2017)

Spotify's recent F-1 filing is packed full of metrics and insights into both consumer subscriptions and the streaming music industry. (2018)

Spotify has a marginal cost problem, but while the cause is unique to Spotify, the challenges are more applicable than it seems. "The two domina... (2018)

We should call this what it is: the automation of selling out. "The music world continues to be exceedingly vulnerable, and there are looming qu... (2017)

On Tuesday, the streaming music giant will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Its path ahead, however, is far from clear. (2018)

An innovative investigation of the inner workings of Spotify that traces the transformation of audio files into streamed experience. ... (2018)

Physical formats are cratering, but vinyl’s niche is growing. Jack White and other experts explain the future of listening. (2018)