Spotify Employees Say It's Promoting Fake Artists to Reduce Royalty Payments to Real Ones
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In doing so, they are effectively working to grow the percentage of total streams of music that is cheaper for the platform.
Initially, they would give us links to stuff, like, 'Oh, it's no pressure for you to add it, but if you can, that would be great,' the ex-Spotify employee told Pelly.
Then it became more aggressive, like, 'Oh, this is the style of music in your playlist, if you try it and it works, then why not?'
Other former employees told the author that they wished they'd pushed back more against that pressure from higher-ups.
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