Pandora is paying out $0.0001 more per stream than it was last year
Found on Music Business Worldwide on Monday, 27 April 2015
Pandora has revealed that its royalty payments to SoundExchange, the US licensing body which collects performance royalties on behalf of record labels and artists, have just increased by 8%.
An 8% rise in SoundExchange royalties might sound impressive, but in per-stream terms, it’s a micro-increase: up $0.0001 from $0.0013 (ad-funded) and $0.0023 (premium) in 2014.
Keep those royalties in mind when you read about GEMA/Youtube again. The GEMA at first wanted 0.1278 Euro per stream, in later negotiations still 0.01 Euro. No wonder they are called greedy.