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Forum from the Archives: Liz Pelly on Spotify and the ‘Cost of the Perfect Playlist’

2025/7/3
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Liz Pelly: 我认为Spotify之所以重要,是因为它规模庞大,并且在塑造音乐行业的新激励机制方面发挥了作用。流媒体已经成为大多数人听录制音乐的主要方式。Spotify对其他流媒体服务、音乐家和唱片公司的影响是深远的,不仅限于听众,还包括音乐家和独立唱片公司。Spotify的免费模式在当时是新颖的,但音乐行业最初对此持反对态度。由于瑞典盗版问题严重,音乐行业愿意尝试像Spotify这样带有广告支持的免费平台。Spotify在美国推出后,为了超越早期用户,开始转型为更精选的服务,引入播放列表和算法推荐,尤其是情绪播放列表。流媒体模式的运作需要三大唱片公司的参与,因为它们拥有大量流行音乐版权。由于主要唱片公司在音乐行业中的强大地位,它们拥有巨大的谈判能力,并能获得独立唱片公司无法获得的特权。主要唱片公司与流媒体服务之间存在特殊关系,包括预付款、公司股份和免费广告,这影响了播放列表的推荐。流媒体模式最初被宣传为可以消除门户,但实际上这些服务正在成为新的门户。许多独立唱片公司和艺术家并没有看到流媒体模式的优势,反而发现这些服务正在成为新的看门人。

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This chapter explores Spotify's journey from its 2006 inception in Sweden to its current market dominance. It discusses its unique free tier model and its influence on shaping the music industry's incentives.
  • Spotify founded in Stockholm in 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzen
  • Initially launched with a free tier, a novel approach at the time
  • Spotify's market dominance and influence on other streaming services and the music business

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Spotify was originally marketed as a democratic, anti-establishment music streaming platform. But according to journalist Liz Pelly, it has become a system favoring major labels and its own algorithmic playlists featuring “ghost artists,” all while underpaying independent artists. Pelly draws on interviews with former employees, music industry veterans and artists to pull back the curtain on the music streaming giant in her new book, “Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Cost of the Perfect Playlist."

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**Liz Pelly, **writer; contributing editor to The Baffler

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