David Hesmondhalgh is Professor of Media, Music and Culture at the University of Leeds. He is the author of Why Music Matters and The Cultural Industries and coauthor and editor of many other books.

• Contents  AcknowledgmentsList of Contributors  1. The Global Spread of Music Streaming: Capitalism and Colonialism, Technology and CultureDavid Hesmondhalgh2. Platformization and the Recording Industry in KenyaAndrew J. Eisenberg3. Music Streaming, Platform Labor, and IntermediariesEmília Barna4. Charting Anonymous Hits: How Short Video Platforms Have Changed the Chinese Music IndustriesShuwen Qu and D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye5. "From the Region, For the Region": Anghami and the Postcolonial Challenges of Localizing Music Streaming in Emerging MarketsDarci Sprengel6. How Streaming Is Reshaping Latin American Music Culture: The Case of Mexican Corridos TumbadosRodrigo Gómez, Ignacio Gallego, and Argelia Muñoz-Larroa7. The Japanese Transition to Streaming Music: Corporate Hesitancy and Individual InnovationNoriko Manabe8. Inside Playlist Pitching: Music Promotion on Streaming Platforms in ItalyFrancesco D'Amato9. Changes and Continuities in the Indian Nonfilm Recorded Music Industry under PlatformizationAditya Lal10. Independent Music Creators and Self-Releasing in China: A History of PlatformizationZhongwei (Mabu) Li and D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye11. If Streaming Doesn't Pay the Bills, Will Advertising?Onur Sesigür12. Inequity by Design: Music Streaming Taxonomies as Ruinous InfrastructureRaquel Campos Valverde13. Streaming into the MetaverseJeremy Wade MorrisAfterword: Music Streaming and Throwing StonesYiu Fai Chow  Index