Spotify has expanded their Discovery Mode program to offer artists a chance to receive more exposure on their streaming platform in exchange for a lower royalty rate. Last Wednesday (March 8), Spotify ...

Spotify faces a second lawsuit this week, alleging that its Discovery Mode feature constitutes payola. Days after facing a lawsuit over allegedly inflated Drake streams, Spotify is now being named in ...

A Spotify subscriber says Discovery Mode is just a form of "pay-for-play" that misleads listeners. The company calls those claims "nonsense." By Bill Donahue Spotify is facing a class action lawsuit ...

Piddling royalties have been artists’ main contention with Spotify for over a decade now. In late October, amidst a pandemic that devastated the touring income of all artists, the newly formed Union ...

Last fall, Spotify launched a new tool for artists called “Discovery Mode.” The feature allows artists to opt into a “promotional royalty rate” for specific songs that is less than the standard rate.

The House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Spotify this week requesting additional information on “Discovery Mode,” a controversial program which allows artists and labels to ...

Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Hank Johnson Jr. (D-Ga.) are concerned the feature could lead to lower pay for artists and fewer choices for consumers. By Ashley Cullins Senior Business Editor A new ...