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Why is ad supported streaming considered a sale but radio isn't?
by slg 3y ago
Why is ad supported streaming considered a sale but radio isn't?
- helixten 3y agoIf I am not mistaken, over the air radio does not have to pay royalties.
- tfigueroa 3y agoMostly correct. Radio, satellite, and internet all pay different kinds of royalties at different levels (or used to, last I checked). I believe radio only pays the songwriters/publishers, whereas [streamer] might’ve also paid the performers. This is also different than how individual companies - say Spotify - pay for content via direct deals. I’m also confused because Pandora is ad-supported and generated ~1B per year, but the numbers here are low. But that may be captured in some other metric.