Report: Spotify punishing artists who have Apple exclusive deals https://t.co/V4nuiey9yx pic.twitter.com/HayGsVtmRv
— Consequence of Sound (@coslive) August 26, 2016
-According to a report made by Bloomberg, Spotify implemented a policy that punishes artists with Apple or Tidal exclusive deals.
-This includes keeping the artists off of their featured playlists and burying the artists in the search results.
-According to an unidentified rep, Spotify is also punishing artists that premiere their new music on Zane Lowe's Beats One program.
-According to an unidentified rep, one of their singer/songwriter clients cancelled a Zane Lowe premiere out of fear that Spotify wouldn't help promote the song.
-Spotify denied altering search rankings.
Source
