Phantom Artists Stole Their Songs. They Couldn’t Get Them Back. Bad Dog, a group from D.C., was forced to take a crash course in streaming fraud, a shadowy realm that costs musicians $2 billion a year.
Spotify to Cut 1,500 Jobs in Third Round of Layoffs this Year The music streaming service has expanded into podcasting and audiobooks but found it difficult to turn a consistent profit.
Spotify Gave Subscribers Music and Podcasts. Next: Audiobooks. A year after adding à la carte sales of audiobooks, Spotify is offering paying subscribers 15 hours of books a month.
All Gas, No Brakes in A.I. + Metaverse Update + Lessons From a Prompt Engineer A.I. companies deliver yet another batch of impressive updates.
Steve Harwell: How Smash Mouth’s ‘All Star’ Got a Second Wind From Memes The track, sung by Steve Harwell, took a winding path to evergreen status that illustrates how social media and fan-made content have transformed the music business.