Here's how much Apple Music really pays the artists you listen to"We believe in paying every creator the same rate, that a play has a value, and that creators should never have to pay for featuring"
What you need to know
The amount Apple pays music artists for streaming has been revealed.
Apple has told its artists it pays them at the rate of "a penny per stream".
That would be roughly double the amount of rival Spotify.
A new report says that a letter sent by Apple to Apple Music artists has revealed Apple pays for streams at the rate of a penny per stream.
From the Wall Street Journal:
Apple Music told artists it pays a penny per stream in a letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
The disclosure, made in a letter to artists slated to be delivered Friday via the service's artist dashboard, is part of a growing effort by music-streaming services to show they are artist-friendly. For Apple Inc., it can be seen as a riposte to Spotify Technology SA, which last month shared some details of how it pays the music industry for strea...
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Here's how much Apple Music really pays the artists you listen to
