Anything For You All: How Much Money Pandora Really Pays For Songs

Rabu, 26 Juni 2013

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	How Much Money Pandora Really Pays For Songs Pandora has been under attack from musicians lately. Pink Floyd, for instance, blasted Pandora. David Lowery of Camper Van Beethoven also claimed that his song got 1 million plays on Pandora and he only got $16.89. Michael Degusta at The Understatement decided to dig a little further into the Pandora hate. In the chart here, he breaks down how much Pandora is really paying for a song. It's much more than $17 for every 1 million plays. The money is sliced and diced between songwriters, song performers, record labels, and assorted others. Degusta says Pandora is actually paying out $1,372 for a million plays of a song. Once its broken down, Lowery gets just $16.89, because he only owns 40% of the songwriting credit. Because he was the performer of the song, he actually gets more than $16.89. If he gets 40% of the performance credit, his total pay is actually $234 for the 1 million listens. Interestingly, Degusta says AM/FM radio doesn't pay as well. It pays nothing to performers. If musicians are truly angry about crummy radio pay, they should direct some rage at AM/FM stations as well as Pandora. Read »