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The Ugly Truth About Spotify Is Finally Revealed

A year-long investigation by an indie journalist is a call to action

When some employees expressed concerns about this, Spotify managers replied ( according to Pelly’s sources) that “listeners wouldn’t know the difference.” The public learned that radio deejays picked songs for airplay based on cash kickbacks, not musical merit. Famous deejay Alan Freed got fired from WABC after refusing to sign a statement claiming that he had never taken bribes.

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