Their popularity can’t be explained by the nostalgia of baby boomers or superior sound quality. So what’s going on?
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Here’s how radio Canadian content policy started, and how Canadian legislation, C-11, could contribute to supporting and growing home-grown music in the digital era.
With their back catalogue finally being made available on streaming services, a new generation of rap lovers will get to enjoy their groundbreaking work.
She doesn’t have the most streams or biggest sales figures but she does have a die-hard fan base.
The episodes on this playlist span the start of the pandemic with its worldwide demonstrations against anti-Black racism, to the most recent violence this winter.
Spotify Wrapped bills itself as a playful musical year in review – but for its users, its omnipresence on social media can inspire more negative feelings.
New survey shows poor earnings from music streaming made worse by the digital divide and a lack of policy.
Part of the fascination with end of year roundups is that they’re a stocktake of the year – but they also give insights into the way we listen to music that might surprise some people.
Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow’s new book reveals the tricks behind ‘Chokepoint Capitalism’ – how big corporations use low prices to lock in users and creators, while locking out real competition.
While corporate partnerships can be ‘win-win’ arrangements, sometimes they don’t work out – especially when values don’t align.
Whether we’re talking songs that are popular on Spotify, or were Billboard hits through the ‘40s up to recent years, popularity cannot be attributed solely to quantifiable acoustic elements.
By implementing paywalls, making exclusive content deals and incorporating ad tech, big media companies have reshaped what was once an entirely free and open ecosystem.
The mud rarely sticks.
A Spotify boycott wouldn’t fix the working conditions of most musicians. Fostering a more equitable, community-based music culture requires changing how we listen to music and support its production.
Joe Rogan’s show has become a flashpoint for discussions on what should be allowed on podcasts – here’s who he is, and why he is so talked about.
Tech giants such as Spotify like to claim they are platforms, not publishers, and aren’t editorially responsible for the content they host. But with COVID threatening lives, they have to do better.
Spotify will pull Neil Young’s music after the musician demanded the streaming service remove The Joe Rogan Experience from its platform, as an episode of the podcast promoted COVID misinformation.
Clicking ‘random’ on album tracks does the artist a disservice. It can also mean the listener is missing out, too.
Adele released her fourth studio album 30 and wants people to listen to the songs in the order she intended - asking Spotify to remove the “shuffle” function from her album.
The iPod was a marvel: a sleek device that let you pocket your favourite tunes and roam around town. Today it’s more or less obsolete — but its impact has been evident.
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Dalla Lana Fellow in Global Journalism, University of Toronto
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor, English, Communications and Performance Studies, Monash University
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Head of School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer in Multimedia, Macquarie University
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Adjunct Professor and Industry Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Associate Professor, Journalism, Consulting Producer, The Greatest Menace, Walkley-winning podcast, University of Wollongong
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Lecturer in Media and Communication, University of Essex
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Regents Professor of Law and Communication and Director of the Center for Law and Intellectual Property, Texas A&M University
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Associate Professor in Social Sciences, University of Canberra
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Senior lecturer, King's College London
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Research Lead at Rhythm Obscura, University of Plymouth
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Scholarly Communications & Copyright Librarian, University of Winnipeg
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John Hawkins is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Leeds
