The Huffington Post abruptly yanked an article critical of Spotify this week, for reasons that are unclear. Here's what was removed — in its entirety. But first, a little background. The op-ed was written by artist advocate Blake Morgan, and included heated conversations between Morgan and Spotify executives. Those conversations and other details in the piece were highly critical of Spotify’s treatment towards artists. According to David Lowery (also an artist advocate), the piece was removed just as it was gaining some serious traction.

Music streaming company Spotify was sued by Wixen Music Publishing Inc last week for allegedly using thousands of songs, including those of Tom Petty, Neil Young and the Doors, without a license and compensation to the music publisher.

Spotify and Hulu are teaming up to combine both of their streaming services into a single education bundle for only $4.99 per month. That’s a pretty remarkable deal for students. The offer pairs Spotify Premium and Hulu’s on-demand streaming plan (yes, with ads) at a price cheaper than either would cost individually to regular customers. Spotify’s student plan is already $4.99 monthly, so you’re basically getting Hulu tossed in for free. You can sign up here.

Spotify is deleting music from white supremacist artists after a website listed a number hate music bands available on the platform. “We are glad to have been alerted to this content — and have already removed many of the bands identified today, whilst urgently reviewing the remainder," a Spotify spokesperson said in a statement Thursday. On Monday, Digital Music News published a blog post listing what it identified as 37 white supremacist bands on the music-streaming platfomr.

PHILADELPHIA AREA ARTIST TALKS CURRENT SITUATION FACED COMING, LACK OF MENTORSHIP FOR HIMSELF & YOUTH IN THE AREA HE GROW IN. ON HIS RISE TO SUCCESS. OVER HARD HITTING INSTRUMENTALS.

EX NFL PLAYER FROM THE PHILADELPHIA AREA. TALKING MONEY, CARS, FEMALES OVER HIGH TEMPO INSTRUMENTALS.

A Up & Coming Philadelphia Artist, Telling His Story About His Struggle With Mentorship. As He Grows Up Searching For Self & How It Changed Him As Person Over Catchy, Melodic Instrumentals.

Spotify is often credited as the music service most in tune with the 'pirate' mentality, having converted millions of former file-sharers in recent years. Interestingly, according to writer and researcher Rasmus Fleischer, a decade ago the site actually populated its beta with pirate MP3s, including some that were only available on The Pirate Bay.

Less than two weeks after Spotify passed the 50 million paid subscriber mark, reports are now surfacing that the music-streaming giant is considering putting more limits in place for the free service.

Spotify has been found to be serving malware to listeners who use the free version of its service, with its adverts directing PC users to virus-riddled websites. Users of the music streaming software reported that the program would continually open their default web browser to load websites infested with malware. The issue affected users of Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems, leading to complaints on the Spotify Community website and Twitter. The malware websites, some of which attempt to install viruses automatically without the user clicking anything, appear to have nothing to do with the advert in question.

Those rumors that SoundCloud is shopping itself around? They just got more substantial. Financial Times sources understand that Spotify is in "advanced talks" to buy SoundCloud. Details of the terms are still scarce at the moment, but it won't surprise you to hear that Spotify is declining to comment. We've asked SoundCloud for its take as well. A buyout would be expensive for Spotify, which is seeing a surge of paying customers but still isn't turning a profit. However, it would definitely make a sense from a strategic perspective.

Spotify has launched a new portal for music dedicated to gaming. The project brings video game music of all kinds into one place, covering both original soundtracks as well as playlists curated by Spotify staff and members of the community. That means you can sink into original music from games like No Man's Sky, Minecraft, Portal, and the entire Halo series, or pick mood music that suits your next gaming session. A rap playlist titled "Power Gaming" features tracks from the likes of...

Last year, the White House jumped on Spotify to post President Obama's summer playlist. Today, we've got the encore. President Obama is once again sharing his summer picks -- an eclectic mix of hand-selected tracks on two lists that take listeners from day to night. The vacation playlists feature legendary songs from Prince and Aretha Franklin, some more recent tracks from hip hop artists like Common and Chance the Rapper and the musical styles of Manu Chao and Caetano Veloso.

Spotify has started a new promotion that will give users of its Premium service a free Google Chromecast. The promotion runs until 11:59pm CET on February 28th 2016 or while supplies last.

Astronautica will launch the Gemini LP on January 29, 2016 with Alpha Pup Records, piecing together 12 new tracks that bridge the gaps between sultry R&B, uptempo club rhythms and future electronica.

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CEO Daniel Ek doesn't want to see your photos. Unless you want to share them, he says.

A new Spotify privacy policy shows that you don't have any.