Talking Heads’ David Byrne has posted another of his playlists, this one titled “I Am My Own Algorithm.” Byrne writes: Here’s recent stuff that’s in my current playlist. Not everything is current, but ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a data analyst, marketer and founder of Westcott Multimedia. A few years ago I sat down with Spotify’s then-VP of Content and ...

From June 2020 to June 2021, YouTube paid more than $4 billion to the music industry, the company announced this month -- a much-increased sum from the world's biggest video platform where product… By ...

Justin Fowler is the co-founder of Audio Press – a way to consume news and content through audio. When Pandora Radio launched in January of 2000, it didn’t seem to catch on until that half of the ...

Most independent rappers don’t fail because the music is bad. They fail because they don’t understand the first 24 hours.

Today, the algorithmically-generated daylist Spotify provided for me was “road trip revival afternoon.” I hate driving and have never willingly taken a road trip, but I identify with the vibe which, ...