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Liz Pelly
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Contributing Editor, The Baffler
New York
Beats
Biography
Liz Pelly is a writer and editor living in Brooklyn, NY, covering music, culture, and the arts. Her byline has appeared at The Baffler, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, The Village Voice, Nylon, Time Out New York, The Intercept, In These Times, Spin, Rookie, The Boston Phoenix, Dazed, Stereogum, and NME. Liz has worked on staff at The Boston Phoenix, Stereogum, and Impose. She holds a bachelor's degree in Magazine Journalism from Boston University's College of Communication. She began her freelance writing career over a decade ago as a 16-year-old contributing to her local alt-weekly, the Long Island Press.
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Content
By Hannah Moore Verified, Liz Pelly, Ruth Abrahams, Homa Khaleeli| The Guardian Verified Liz Pelly, the author of Mood Machine: the Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, tells Hannah Moore how the way we listen to music has changed over the last decade. Spotify playlists don’t just deliver your favourite genres, they cater for every mood you might be experiencing, whether you are after a “sleepy weepy mix” or “serotonin” playlist.
By Liz Pelly| The Guardian Verified In November 2020, Spotify published an opaque headline on its company blog: “Amplifying Artist Input in Your Personalised Recommendations.” The post introduced a new program called Discovery Mode, which would ask artists to accept lower royalty rates in exchange for algorithmic promotion.
By Graydon Carter Verified, Emily Callaci, Liz Pelly, Laurence Leamer| Newsini@ Put these new releases on your 2025 reading this. If reading more was your New Year’s resolution, but you haven’t cracked open a single book, look no further than our must-read non-fiction picks for 2025. These are some of the best new releases—a list that includes a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer’s reimagining of contemporary criticism and a kaleidoscopic retelling of Princess Diana’s real life and enduring legacy.
Company Info
The Baffler
The Baffler is America's leading voice of interesting and unexpected left-wing political criticism, cultural analysis, short stories, poems, and art. We publish six print issues annually, as well as online content every day of the cursed workweek.
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Founded: 1988