Liz Pelly is a writer and editor based in New York. She covers music, culture, media, streaming and the internet. She is a Contributing Editor at The Baffler and the Pioneer Works Broadcast. She currently teaches music writing in the recorded music program at NYU Tisch, and co-authors the music newsletter Cryptophasia.
Select writing:
- Socialized Streaming: A case for universal music access, Real Life
- Library Music: Public libraries offer small-scale streaming alternatives for local archiving, The Broadcast
- With gigs canceled and no relief, musicians form a nationwide union, In These Times
- #Wrapped and Sold: On Spotify's year-end campaign, The Baffler
- Podcast Overlords: Spotify only works for the stars, The Baffler
- Sofar, So Bad: A global startup aims to exploit underground music, The Baffler
- Big Mood Machine: Spotify pursues emotional surveillance for global profit, The Baffler
- In the Era of Teen$ploitation: on Teen Boss magazine, The Baffler
- Streambait Pop: The emergence of a total Spotify genre, The Baffler
- Unfree Agents: Spotify's Uber-like model for independent artists, The Baffler
- Discover Weakly: Sexism on Spotify, The Baffler
- Cut the Music: Inside M.A.R.C.H., the NYPD's secret, venue-closing task force, The Baffler
- The Problem with Muzak: Spotify's bid to remodel an industry, The Baffler