How Spotify Remade the Music Industry w/ Liz Pelly [Replay]
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Paris Marx is joined by Liz Pelly to discuss how Spotify changes how we listen to music and the broader impacts it has on the wider music industry. This episode previously aired in February 2025.
Liz Pelly is a music journalist and the author of Mood Machine.
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Shout-out to the book The People’s Platform by Astra Taylor
You can read an excerpt of Liz’s book in Harper’s.
The CEO of Suno AI said people “don’t enjoy” making music.
The Edmonton Public Library was mentioned for spearheading some cool projects featuring local musicians - combat capitalism by supporting the cool projects operating out of your own local library!
Hoopla works with local libraries to share music (and Libby partners with libraries to share audiobooks)