A New York Times article looks at the ever decreasing royalties being paid to musicians in light of the popularity of subscription and ad-supported streaming services like Rdio, Spotify, Pandora and more.
Musicians are increasingly seeing their royalties shrink despite increased plays. The article cites a musician who had 1.5 million Pandora plays translate into $1,652.74 which Spotify paid her just $54.71 for 131,000. Others, like Cliff Burnstein, whose company, Q Prime, manages Metallica and other large bands, says that even though streaming hurts sales, there is a break even point:
There is a point at which there could be 100 percent cannibalization, and we would make more money through subscriptions services. We calculate that point at approximately 20 million worldwide subscribers.
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