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		austenallred on Nov 17, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pandora to Buy Rdio Assets for $75M, Rdio Files Ch... For every $1,000 in music sold the artist gets average musician gets $23.40 https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100712/23482610186.shtml

pyre on Nov 17, 2015 [–]

This doesn't mean that the studios are leaving a big cut to Spotify, it just means that the artists aren't getting much.

austenallred on Nov 17, 2015 | [–]

The article explains that Spotify's cut would be tiny.

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