4realz@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoSpotify doesn't make profit from music streaming, despite having over 400M monthly active users, because it pays two-thirds of all its revenue to the rights holders.open.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down123
arrow-up1121arrow-down1external-linkSpotify doesn't make profit from music streaming, despite having over 400M monthly active users, because it pays two-thirds of all its revenue to the rights holders.open.substack.com4realz@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoYou do know even without Spotify artists would be getting paid the same amount by their label? Spotify splits 70/30, that 70% goes to the rights holder. So why aren’t the artists seeing it? It used to be artists didn’t make money on albums annd only from merch at tours, nothing has really changed in the music industry.
You do know even without Spotify artists would be getting paid the same amount by their label?
Spotify splits 70/30, that 70% goes to the rights holder. So why aren’t the artists seeing it?
It used to be artists didn’t make money on albums annd only from merch at tours, nothing has really changed in the music industry.