Streaming Music
Artists Are Telling Spotify To Never Use 'Emotion Recognition'
The company has a patent for a system that recommends music by monitoring emotional cues in your private conversations.
How Pandora Won Its Royalty Battle But Lost the War to Spotify
Pandora found a brilliant loophole to win its fight with the recording industry, but it tied the company's future into a knot.
A Team of Volunteers Is Archiving SoundCloud in Case It Dies
Spurred by recent reports the German streaming music and audio company may be running out of cash, The Archive Team is racing to preserve sound files—at high cost.
Did Taylor Swift Weaponize Streaming Music Against Katy Perry?
After years of holding out, the pop princess released her full catalog on Spotify—the same day her rival Katy Perry's new album debuted.
Why Are Spotify Pretending They Don’t Decide What We Listen To?
What their US Songs of Summer 2017 playlist says about how we break popular tracks.
Why Sprint Buying a Chunk of Tidal Scares Net Neutrality Advocates
The specter of zero-rating looms over Sprint now owning one-third of Jay-Z's streaming music service.
Why Some Spotify Users Weren’t Impressed With This Year’s Year-End Stats
The lack of a dedicated website disappointed some users this year.
What.cd Admin: We’re Sad to Say the Site Is Not Coming Back
Former members of the private, BitTorrent music community shouldn’t expect an encore performance.
Everybody started streaming Willy Wonka music after Gene Wilder's death
Streams of "Pure Imagination," a song Wilder sang in the 1971 movie "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," shot up after his death — an effect often seen after musicians die.