{"id":462093,"date":"2026-05-22T17:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/462093\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T17:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:38:09","slug":"google-has-taken-a-side-in-the-spotify-disco-ball-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/462093\/","title":{"rendered":"Google has taken a side in the Spotify disco ball debate."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted May 22, 2026 at 4:37 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>Google has taken a side in the Spotify disco ball debate.<\/p>\n<p>Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Jacob KastrenakesClose<img alt=\"Jacob Kastrenakes\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"_1bw37385 x271pn0\" 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