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Aren't royalties paid per play (i.e. spin)? The rate for the radio is about $0.14 per play (53/347), in that case. Stations have no way of knowing how many list
by sidlls 9y ago
Aren't royalties paid per play (i.e. spin)? The rate for the radio is about $0.14 per play (53/347), in that case. Stations have no way of knowing how many listeners actually heard the song. They can estimate with ratings services, but not get exact numbers like say Spotify.
- itsdrewmiller 9y agoRight - the point though is that playing a song on the radio and playing a song as a user of a streaming device have wildly different audience sizes (other than maybe for my 2am college radio show) and should pay very different rates.
- CobrastanJorji 9y agoRight. But the point is that it's sort of weird to directly compare album sales, radio plays, and online streaming view count. Those are fundamentally different both in terms of audience size and income potential.
- radley 9y agoI think you meant $0.0014 per play...