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Spotify’s 3rd price hike in 2.5 years hints at potential new normal

Spotify claims the higher fees will help "benefit artists."

arstechnica.com

Jan 15

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We put the new pocket-size vinyl format to the test—with mixed results

It's a fun new format, but finding a place in the market may be challenging.

arstechnica.com

Nov 28, 2025

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Xania Monet’s music is the stuff of nightmares. Thankfully her AI ‘clankers’ will be limited to this cultural moment | Van Badham

While a robot pop star may be novelty now, young people are maturing with a scorn for generic digital products Xania Monet is the latest digital nightmare to emerge from a hellscape of AI content production. No wonder she’s popular … but how long will it last? The music iteration of AI “actor” Tilly Norwood, Xania is a composite product manufactured of digital tools: in this case, a photorealistic avatar accompanied by a sound that computers have generated to resemble that of a human voice singing words. Continue reading...

theguardian.com

Nov 20, 2025

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