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by Trezoid 4417 days ago
Given subscription rates and general numbers of subscribers compared with the payouts to artists I'd say there's a lot of money to be made in streaming music, just not if you're an artist.
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Who is making any money in streaming music? It's certainly not the service providers. Neither Pandora not Spotify are even profitable. Nearly all of their revenue is eaten up by the royalty payments they must pay record labels.