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How Spotify Remade the Music Industry

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Liz Pelly on the music streaming service.

Paris Marx

February 6, 2025

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On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, we’re 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. Liz Pelly is a music journalist and the author of Mood Machine.

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How Spotify Remade the Music Industry w/ Liz Pelly | Tech Won't Save Us
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On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, we're 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. Liz Pelly is a music journalist and the author of Mood Machine.

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Paris MarxParis Marx is a tech critic and host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.


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