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Spotify Executive Explains How Spotify ACTUALLY Works feat. Sam Duboff
In this interview I talk with Sam Duboff, the Global Head of Marketing & Policy at Spotify, about how Spotify royalties work, why they imposed a 1,000 stream monetization threshold, how they're handling AI music and much more.
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Why Music Quality STILL Matters For Music Marketing feat. The Online Recording Studio
In this episode I talk to Joe Wadsworth from The Online Recording Studio about the importance of song quality, how artists are making money with their music and how an online recording studio works.
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Are CDs and Vinyl the Future of Music? feat Rob Bach (Spinney Media)
Is physical media back? Rob Bach, formerly of Virgin Megastores, Amazon and CD Baby, talks about the value of physical media for music artists and how artists can get into it without the hassle of dealing with shipping.
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Inside a recent episode
Spotify Executive Explains How Spotify ACTUALLY Works feat. Sam Duboff
Published 20 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Make sure that when things reach the level where it would feel deceptive to listeners, that's when we step in. You can't use AI to spam. You know, spam existed before AI. AI can do at a different level. You can't use it to impersonate. You could try to impersonate an artist with your voice, you know, free AI. AI makes it really easy. We don't allow that. You could try to deceive people, free AI. Maybe you like Photoshop a fake image, make a fake identity, but now you can kind of generate that pretty easily with a lot of AI tools. So, AI is accelerating these things and so we're trying to stay a step ahead. […]
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