fountain_app on Nostr: Spotify hired production companies to publish music by "fake" artists to add to ...

Spotify hired production companies to publish music by "fake" artists to add to popular playlists to reduce their royalties payouts.

The victims of this scheme are real artists who are not getting playlisted and not getting paid.

Do better, Spotify.

https://harpers.org/archive/2025/01/the-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians/