Rolling Stone scion on investing in ‘Track Star’ and the anti-algorithmic future of music media

The throughline there, Wenner said on Semafor’s podcast, is that music fans are tired of being served content on social media that appeals to the “lowest common denominator,” rather than broadening ...
Paste Magazine

The lost art of the mashup

The legal, musical, and social demise of Youtube year-end megamixes can be read as an obituary for a lost monoculture.

Christopher Dummitt: Reviving Canadian culture in an era of increased patriotism

Richard Stursberg has some ideas. In his new book, “Lament for a Literature,” the former CBC executive and long-time CanCon ...
ZME Science

US Political Polarization Exploded Since 2008 Largely Due to a Shift on the Left

Between 2008 and 2020, the United States experienced a relentless increase in “Separation”—the researchers’ metric for the distance between the average opinion of the two groups. By 2024, the degree ...
Neon Music

Pop Culture Broke Its Own Rules: How 2026 Became the Year Everything Changed

Streaming pivots to retention engineering, TikTok commands 84% of chart entries, AI reshapes creation. Pop culture rewrote ...
The Canberra Times

Algorithms are a problem for Australian music

Last weekend, music fans across Australia tuned into national youth music station Triple J for the 33rd annual Hottest 100. Listeners vote on their favourite songs from the previous 12 months in what ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Music rights body says Australian artists are struggling to find streaming audiences at home

Australians are streaming homegrown music 31 per cent less than five years ago, with Australian artists falling out of the ARIA charts and off radio stations. Some in the industry are concerned about ...
The Michigan Daily

You don’t actually like music

A few weeks ago, I found myself looking for something to listen to. I browsed my Spotify Release Radar, scrolled through my hundreds of playlists and even took a peek at the newest unhinged “daylist” ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Ditching music algorithms? Here are 12 streaming alternatives to explore

If you're looking to shake things up in the new year, these streaming platforms will help you diversify your music-listening habits. 2026 approaches with our bright-eyed resolutions in tow. If you ...
IEEE

Internal sorting algorithm for large-scale data based on GPU-assisted

Abstract: This paper presents an internal sorting algorithm by GPU assisted. It consists of two algorithms: a GPU-based internal sorting algorithm and a CPU-based multi-way merging algorithm. The ...
Complex

Wale Says He Hates Posting Constantly But Has to Fight Algorithms to Promote His Album

Wale says the modern music landscape is forcing artists like him into a nonstop battle with social media and streaming algorithms just to be heard. During his appearance on Million Dollaz Worth of ...
Uproxx

The Best Nas Features Of 2025, From Clipse To Slick Rick

Don’t hit “submit” on your Best Hip-Hop Albums of the Year list just yet. Nas’ 18th studio release — produced entirely by fellow legend, DJ Premier — is set to drop December 12, 2025. It’s an ...