(CNN)-- After a brief experiment, Spotify will no longer let artists upload their music directly to its platform. On Monday, Spotify announced it was ending a beta program that allowed artists to ...

Musicians will now need to use traditional distributors or third-party companies to upload their tunes.Spotify scraps direct-upload program, independent artist can no longer upload their own music ...

Just shy of a year since its launch, Spotify is shutting down its upload beta program, which allows independent artists to load their music directly onto the platform for free. By Tatiana Cirisano, ...

Changes are coming to Spotify, the biggest music-streaming service on the market. In a way, they always have been. Streaming services are always in flux, adapting to our needs as we adapt to needing ...

To upload music on Spotify, use a distributor like RouteNote, Amuse, Tunecore, or DistroKid. These platforms distribute your music to Spotify and other major services for free, allowing you to keep ...

Spotify just introduced a dramatic change to the process of distributing music on its platform. The company announced today (Sept. 20) the beta launch of a feature that allows independent artists the ...

Joan E. Solsman was CNET's senior media reporter, covering the intersection of entertainment and technology. She's reported from locations spanning from Disneyland to Serbian refugee camps, and she ...

Spotify today is taking another step that may make record labels uncomfortable. Fresh off reports that the streaming service is cutting its own licensing deals with independent artists, the company ...

Spotify is shutting down a program that allowed indie artists to upload their own music to the streaming service, the company announced today. The new upload tool was first introduced in beta testing ...