Is Streaming Killing Music—or Saving It? With a Top Spotify Exec from The Town with Matthew Belloni

Is Streaming Killing Music—or Saving It? With a Top Spotify Exec

32 minutes Posted May 19, 2025 at 10:01 pm.

Matt is joined by Spotify’s global head of music vertical, Charlie Hellman, to talk about the current state of the music industry, how the music streaming era has impacted artists, how artists actually get paid by Spotify, competing with YouTube, the surge in AI-generated music, and artists’ biggest frustrations with Spotify

Matt finishes the show with a prediction about President Donald Trump’s $20 billion lawsuit against CBS

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Matt is joined by Spotify’s global head of music vertical, Charlie Hellman, to talk about the current state of the music industry, how the music streaming era has impacted artists, how artists actually get paid by Spotify, competing with YouTube, the surge in AI-generated music, and artists’ biggest frustrations with Spotify (02:27). Matt finishes the show with a prediction about President Donald Trump’s $20 billion lawsuit against CBS (26:07).

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