Spotify launches Fresh Finds playlists of upcoming hits

Digital music and audio | The Guardian 2016-04-04

Summary:

From Fire Emoji to Six Strings: new collections are made by algorithms, will be updated once a week, and build on the success of the Discover Weekly playlist

Music-streaming service Spotify is letting its recommendation algorithms loose again with six new-music playlists that will be updated once a week.

Under the brand of Fresh Finds, the playlists will be constructed from an analysis of music blogs, news sites and the songs being listened to by “tastemakers” on Spotify.

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Link:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/02/spotify-fresh-finds-playlists-algorithms-discover-weekly

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Music and Digital Media » Digital music and audio | The Guardian

Tags:

culture

Authors:

Stuart Dredge

Date tagged:

04/04/2016, 08:03

Date published:

03/02/2016, 09:00