Streaming manipulation

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So, I thought “likes” of social media posts, retweets of political tweets, dirty work done by paid trolls and custom designed bots to spread dubious “alternate truths” or boost popularity of public figures and their opinions had mercifully left the music industry untouched.

so I thought, till I read this:

Inside the 'Black Market' Where Artists Can Pay for Millions of Streams

Inside the "black market" where artists can pay for millions of streams.

www.rollingstone.com

Sometimes ignorance is bliss, but not on this forum?

 

[mail2sumanth]

industries across the world once claimed that piracy will kill the industries, now they are killIng each other. falling into their own grave. RIP.

 

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Music streaming: listening to playlists drives down the revenue of smaller artists

Music streaming: listening to playlists drives down the revenue of smaller artists

Most of your Spotify subscription fee goes to pop stars in curated playlists – even if you never listen to them.

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