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Mechanical Per-Stream Payouts Ranked (US): Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, More

September 4, 2024

A ranking of per-stream mechanical licensing royalty payments by DSP platform, including the 'big four' streamers Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music. Data from SoundCloud and Tidal are coming next.

Spotify Officially Moves to Dismiss the MLC’s ‘Nonsensical and Factually Unsupportable’ Unpaid-Royalties Suit

Dylan Smith

August 28, 2024

The MLC's legal arguments against Spotify’s bundling embrace are “nonsensical and factually unsupportable” – at least according to the streaming platform itself, which has filed to dismiss the overarching unp... Read More...

The MLC and Spotify Won’t Be Settling Anytime Soon — Dismissal Arguments Ramp Up in High-Stakes Legal Battle

Dylan Smith

July 29, 2024

In turns out Spotify and the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) won’t be settling their legal battle anytime soon, as the MLC has officially fired back against the streaming giant’s dismissal arguments. W... Read More...

It Pays to Bundle: Spotify Reveals Its Mechanical Savings Amid Intensifying MLC Legal Battle

Dylan Smith

July 25, 2024

It pays to bundle – and that’s according to Spotify itself, which has disclosed the approximate royalty savings it’s enjoying after reclassifying nearly all its U.S. accounts as bundles. The streaming platf... Read More...

DMN Pro Weekly Report: Last Month, 97% of Spotify Accounts Were Classified as Bundles. Now, That Figure Is 98%.

Paul Resnikoff

July 24, 2024

In March, Spotify officially flipped the switch on its controversial bundling strategy. One reporting month later, the streaming giant is showing few signs of letting up. Four months have passed since Spotif... Read More...

Spotify Urges MLC Lawsuit Dismissal, Defends Bundling Frenzy: ‘Books Are Not Music, and Audiobook Streaming Is Not Music Streaming’

Dylan Smith

July 23, 2024

Spotify has officially shed light on its dismissal arguments concerning the unpaid-royalties lawsuit filed by the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC). The music streaming giant, in keeping with an updated ... Read More...

Spotify Says Its Un-Bundled ‘Basic’ Plan Isn’t Getting Buried — But You Be the Judge

Paul Resnikoff

July 15, 2024

Spotify is now taking serious issue with Digital Music News' assertion that 'Basic' is getting buried from would-be subscribers. Spotify has every incentive to bury its newly launched, unbundled 'Basic' subs... Read More...

Apple Music Could Easily ‘Pull a Spotify’ and Shift Entirely to Bundled Offerings, DMN Pro Report Finds

Dylan Smith

July 12, 2024

Will Apple Music “pull a Spotify” by reclassifying all its subscriptions as bundles? Thanks to Apple Music Classical, the royalty-reducing move would be easy to make. DMN Pro’s latest weekly report explores... Read More...

Spotify’s Not Alone in Capitalizing on Bundling — Over 70% of Paid YouTube Music Plans Qualify As Bundles for Royalty Purposes

Dylan Smith

July 11, 2024

As Spotify grapples with criticism and litigation over its unprecedented embrace of bundling, another telling stat has emerged: 73% of YouTube Music’s estimated subscribers use plans that are classified as bu... Read More...

Spotify Went ‘Full Bundle’ And Isn’t Looking Back. But What Are the Other Music Platforms Doing?

Paul Resnikoff

July 10, 2024

From Spotify’s now-numerous audiobook “bundles” to Apple Music One and many in between, on-demand streaming is building more multi-offering packages than ever — with considerable compositional royalty implica... Read More...

Spotify Launches Music-Only Subscription Tier In the U.S. — After Switching 97% of Subscribers to Bundled Offering

Ashley King

June 21, 2024

After switching 97% of its long-time Premium subscribers to its bundled offering, Spotify now launches a music-only subscription—putting the onus on customers to switch. Spotify is facing a lawsuit from the ... Read More...

Spotify’s First Post-Bundled Royalty Statements Have Arrived — 97% of All Subscription Accounts Are Now Lower-Paying Bundles

Paul Resnikoff

June 14, 2024

Spotify's hard shift toward bundling and its associated loopholes have officially started hitting publisher royalty statements, according to documents shared with Digital Music News this week. So far, it look... Read More...

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Mechanical Per-Stream Payouts Ranked (US): Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, More

Spotify Officially Moves to Dismiss the MLC’s ‘Nonsensical and Factually Unsupportable’ Unpaid-Royalties Suit

The MLC and Spotify Won’t Be Settling Anytime Soon — Dismissal Arguments Ramp Up in High-Stakes Legal Battle

It Pays to Bundle: Spotify Reveals Its Mechanical Savings Amid Intensifying MLC Legal Battle

DMN Pro Weekly Report: Last Month, 97% of Spotify Accounts Were Classified as Bundles. Now, That Figure Is 98%.

Spotify Urges MLC Lawsuit Dismissal, Defends Bundling Frenzy: ‘Books Are Not Music, and Audiobook Streaming Is Not Music Streaming’

Spotify Says Its Un-Bundled ‘Basic’ Plan Isn’t Getting Buried — But You Be the Judge

Apple Music Could Easily ‘Pull a Spotify’ and Shift Entirely to Bundled Offerings, DMN Pro Report Finds

Spotify’s Not Alone in Capitalizing on Bundling — Over 70% of Paid YouTube Music Plans Qualify As Bundles for Royalty Purposes

Spotify Went ‘Full Bundle’ And Isn’t Looking Back. But What Are the Other Music Platforms Doing?

Spotify Launches Music-Only Subscription Tier In the U.S. — After Switching 97% of Subscribers to Bundled Offering

Spotify’s First Post-Bundled Royalty Statements Have Arrived — 97% of All Subscription Accounts Are Now Lower-Paying Bundles

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