Podcast / Tech Won’t Save Us / Feb 6, 2025

How Spotify Remade the Music Industry

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

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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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byThe Nation Magazine

Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss Apple’s announcement that Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO, including his history and legacy, and what may be next for the company.

Brian Merchant is the author of The One Device and Blood in the Machine and writes a newsletter of the same name.

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