Pandora has been under attack from musicians lately. Pink Floyd, for instance, blasted Pandora. David Lowery of Camper Van Beethoven also claimed that his song got 1 million plays on Pandora and he only got $16.89. Michael Degusta at The Understatement decided to dig a little further into the Pandora hate. In the chart here, he breaks down how much Pandora is really paying for a song. It's much more than $17 for every 1 million plays. The money is sliced and diced between songwriters, song performers, record labels, and assorted others. Degusta says Pandora is actually paying out $1,372 for a million plays of a song. Once its broken down, Lowery gets just $16.89,...
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