What's changing: Some YouTube users with watch history paused are losing homepage recommendations, prompting frustration and speculation about data tracking motives. Tuning your feed: YouTube Music ...

Why this matters: Music algorithms decide what you hear next, but without guidance they can derail your mood or vibe. Taking control ensures your listening stays intentional. What to tweak: Use ...

Zara Larsson, one of the biggest names in pop music right now, has just dropped Midnight Sun: Girls Trip. But the new album, ...

From purchasing songs on Bandcamp to visiting listening bars, here are some ways you can help Chicago’s music scene thrive ...

The music industry has never been a simple place to build long-term financial stability. Even artists with multiple chart ...

On a recent episode of The Ebro Show, host Ebro Darden proclaimed that “the algorithm” works against anyone who publicly feuds with certain figures, namely Drake and DJ Akademiks. “I’m letting y’all ...

The Brooklyn band Geese was labeled an “industry plant” by those who questioned its sudden ubiquity. Maybe it was. Essentially, the firm creates networks of social media pages (typically on TikTok) ...

In a rhythm as steady as a mbira pulse and as urgent as a township drumbeat, a quiet revolution is unfolding in Zimbabwe’s music industry — one powered not by amplifiers, but by algorithms. At its ...

This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. I am useless without background music. A writer by day and an avid concertgoer by night, I relied for years on Spotify to provide my soundtrack ...

Ebro Says Booking Guests Is Harder Without Hot 97: 'People Are Acting Different' Ebro opens up about the challenges of booking guests in the digital era, saying artists and longtime contacts “act ...

Jon McNeill, a serial founder, was the president of sales at Tesla from 2015 to 2018. At Tesla, McNeill helped develop a five-step framework that he says brought innovation to Tesla. The five-step ...

You're responsible for your own Spotify algorithm now. On stage at SXSW, Spotify's co-CEO, Gustav Söderström, announced the Taste Profile feature, which allows users to personally customize exactly ...