Which music streaming platform pays artists the most? Surprisingly, the answer in 2021 is Facebook, followed by Peloton.
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What Streaming Music Services Pay (Updated for 2021)
Find out how much you’ll earn from the most popular streaming music services – Pandora, Napster, Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, and more.
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Average Spotify Premium user payment falls below $5 monthly for the first time
The average Spotify subscriber is paying less than $5 per month for access to 70 million tracks and hundreds of thousands of podcasts.
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GOLDMAN SACHS: UNIVERSAL IS WORTH OVER $50BN, AND GLOBAL MUSIC STREAMING REVENUES WILL RISE $3BN THIS YEAR
The MBW Review is where we aim our microscope towards some of the music biz’s biggest recent goings-on. This time, we leaf through Goldman Sachs‘ latest must-read report about the music industry.
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Apple’s ‘Penny-Per-Stream’ Letter to Artists, Labels, and Publishers
Here’s the full body of the Apple Music letter sent to artists about its royalty payments.
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The music streaming debate: what the artists, songwriters and industry insiders say
The Guardian has talked to 25 figures from the music world ahead of publication of a parliamentary report.
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Yes, Music Streaming Platforms Heavily Favour Major Label Artists — Now There’s a Study to Prove It
A recently published analysis of streaming platforms’ contracts, business practices, and per-stream royalty rates has shed light upon the advantages that today’s top digital service providers offer to creators signed to major labels.
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As Streaming Takes Over, Music Metadata Is Becoming More Critical for Musicians. How Critical, You Ask?
Music metadata: it’s the oft-overlooked chore that can make a music career successful – or doom it to obscurity.
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What is User-Centric Streaming (And Why Does It Matter For Jazz?)
This piece was written by Bas Grasmayer, founder and editor of the MUSIC x newsletter. Bas has previously worked as head of product for various music streaming services. Currently based in Berlin, Bas is a freelance consultant & writer for companies and creatives interested in long-term strategy for the music and media business.
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WHAT THE MAJOR RECORD COMPANIES REALLY THINK ABOUT THE ECONOMICS OF MUSIC STREAMING
Senior executives from Spotify, Apple and Amazon were grilled live on camera by British politicians today in the final session of a UK Parliamentary inquiry into the economics of music streaming.
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