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In this episode, we will be discussing streaming services and how they pay per play. In 2017, Digital Music News discovered that Napster had the uppermost payouts after 90,000 plays on their service. Musicians would receive the US monthly minimum wage of $1,472. However, Groove Music takes first place. Groove Music had the substantial per-stream payout but had the shortest streaming music market share of 0.65%. Napster takes 2nd place, and Tidal comes after. It had discovered

(By Rhian Jones| Published on January 5, 2017 for musicbusinessworldwide.com) iHeartRadio has launched its $9.99 a month Spotify rival: ‘iHeartRadio All Access powered by Napster’. The premium tier follows the arrival of its $4.99 a month iHeartRadio Plus on iOS and Android in the US last year, and joins the original free iHeartRadio app. iHeartRadio All Access offers an offline listening function, bigger personal music library capabilities, and no playback cap. The features

(By Marc Hogan | Published on December 2, 2016 for pitchfork.com) Breaking down the winners and losers of this breakthrough year for streaming music, and looking ahead to what’s next for the industry. Experts have been anticipating the dominance of streaming audio since the days of Y2K and nu metal. In 1999, the first customizable online radio service, Launchcast, was introduced. In 2001, seven years before Spotify, Rhapsody was unveiled as the first proper on-demand streamin