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my math was wrong on the sweden pay out. i take it back.
Spotify Releases U.S. Figures, Sees More Than 13 Billion Streams
Spotify launched just over a year ago in the United States (July 14, 2011) and during that time has garnered more than three million U.S. users, with roughly 20% of them paying subscribers. While not everyone is loving the service, and with plenty of content owners still not entirely satisfied ...
i hate to beat a dead horse on this issue, but does no one recognize that spotify payments have gone up on a per play basis in markets like sweden and the uk? Is the per stream payment not fixed to the revenue received by spotify a la the way salary caps are fixed in pro sports?
at the every least, the increase in per stream payment in other markets deserves to be mentioned when you talk about the "low" per stream payment for spotify in the us.
just as a single example, the per stream pay out in sweden is something like seven or eight cents a track.
Spotify Releases U.S. Figures, Sees More Than 13 Billion Streams
Spotify launched just over a year ago in the United States (July 14, 2011) and during that time has garnered more than three million U.S. users, with roughly 20% of them paying subscribers. While not everyone is loving the service, and with plenty of content owners still not entirely satisfied ...
The issue that is never mentioned in these articles is that spotify pays different rate in different territories, and i assume this a function of short term agreements and renegotiation, similar to what happens with the way professional sports league adjust salary cap based on total revenue. This is important, since it means territories where spotify is more established pay higher royalties.
An Indie Label Shares What Spotify, Streaming Music Services Paid Them
(UPDATED) The Trichordist ("Artists For An Ethical Internet") has shared what it says are the streaming service play and payment stats for an independent label catalog of 87 albums with 1,280 Songs. These figures represent the current music streaming pay rates as of 12/31/11 "payable to artist/...
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