[crocowhile]

I don't quite get the point of this. The original article already said what it had to be said:

For frame of reference compare Sirius XM paid me $181.00 Terrestrial (FM/AM) radio US paid me $1,522.00

All the artist cares about is how much it gets at the end of the day.

[chockablock]

Please actually read TFA: artists get performance royalties from pandora, but not from terrestrial radio, but these were not included in the $16.89. Also, terrestrial radio plays likely reached many many more listeners than pandora did.

[crocowhile]

Satellite pays performance royalties. The fact the terrestrial is listen by more people is actually a plus for the artist, I think (more happy listener = more potential CD buyers)

[Dylan16807]

I think you're screwing up your logic here. While I will agree that more listeners per royalty means more CD purchases, think through the implications of that. It means that the best situation for CD purchases is one with minimum royalties, in fact it's a situation with negative royalties causing large play counts. Also known as payola. Which means your original argument about royalty payments is disproved...