Since the launch of the iTunes Music Store in the US in 2003 and in much of Europe in the following years, music trade …. Despite substantial growth in availability, the available choice sets of digital music have not fully converged across … often perceived as an obstacle to greater availability. However, other factors such as commercial strategies by music …

Since the launch of the iTunes Music Store in the US in 2003 and in much of Europe in the following years, music trade … substantial growth in availability, the available choice sets of digital music have not fully converged across countries. The … an obstacle to greater availability. However, other factors such as commercial strategies by music producers may also a …

developments in recorded music as our context. Digitization has expanded consumption opportunities by giving consumers access to … music industry tripled the number of new products between 2000 and 2008. We quantify the effects of new music on welfare …

. While bias is inherently difficult to measure, we identify a context within the music industry that is amenable to bias … against women. Using data on Spotify curators' rank of songs on New Music Friday playlists in 2017, we find that Spotify's New … Music Friday rankings favor independent-label music, along with some evidence of bias in favor of music by women. Despite …