Spotify populating playlists with “ghost artists” to minimise royalty costs, report alleges (DJ Mag)

By |2024-12-21T12:32:37-06:00December 21st, 2024|Dance Music, DJ, Entertaiment, Music News, press release, producer, Report, spotify|

  It reportedly helps boost the streaming company's profit margins A new report published by Harper's Magazine has alleged that Spotify is filling some of its biggest music playlists with work by "ghost artists", a group of musicians who create large amounts of music to be distributed specifically across the streaming platform. According to journalist Liz Pelly [...]