In one of its veiled digs at Spotify, Apple Music states in its letter that it pays ‘the same 52% headline rate to all labels’; sources tell Variety that Spotify has different deals with different labels, although specifics were not readily available. — Dreamstime/TNS
LOS ANGELES: Early on April 16, Apple Music sent a carefully worded letter to artistes, music labels and publishers that briefly explained “how creators earn royalties” from the streaming service, which is the world’s second-largest, behind Spotify.
The letter, which was not sent to the media, was obtained by the Wall Street Journal, which published a report that was not inaccurate but, since it was the only reliable source of the news for media outlets, was often inaccurately re-reported – most frequently in multiple headlines stating that Apple Music pays twice as much per stream as Spotify.
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