. 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 …

violations of authors’ and related rights. The revenues of the recorded music have shrunk to approximately 40% since their … lack any ‘complementary sources of income’, such as the live performances in the music sector. The present text starts with …