Let's Get It Started: Fostering the Discoverability of New Releases on
  Deezer
Léa Briand Théo Bontempelli Walid Bendada Mathieu Morlon François Rigaud Benjamin Chapus Thomas Bouabça Guillaume Salha-Galvan
This paper presents our recent initiatives to foster the discoverability of
new releases on the music streaming service Deezer. After introducing our
search and recommendation features dedicated to new releases, we outline our
shift from editorial to personalized release suggestions using cold start
embeddings and contextual bandits. Backed by online experiments, we discuss the
advantages of this shift in terms of recommendation quality and exposure of new
releases on the service.