AccidentalLemming@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhite noise podcasts are costing Spotify $38m per year, and record labels are not happy about itwww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down13
arrow-up1120arrow-down1external-linkWhite noise podcasts are costing Spotify $38m per year, and record labels are not happy about itwww.bloomberg.comAccidentalLemming@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squareSharkwellington@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year ago That $38 million would be divided up amongst all the other artists if it wasn’t being paid to white noise podcasts. It would be divided amongst the record labels and distributed to artists as those labels see fit.
minus-squaresounddrill@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoSo it’s not the user getting screwed, not the artists getting screwed, but record labels ?! Record labels are getting screwed over by indie artists in a new niche that has exploded This is 100% a massive W
minus-square_jonatan_@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoHopefully in accordance with their contracts with artists
minus-squareInvertedParallax@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYes, those famously equitable contracts with artists, we’ve all heard legends of their great generosity.
minus-squareSharkwellington@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI mean, yes…unfortunately those contracts have always been very exploitative for all but the top music acts.
It would be divided amongst the record labels and distributed to artists as those labels see fit.
So it’s not the user getting screwed, not the artists getting screwed, but record labels ?!
Record labels are getting screwed over by indie artists in a new niche that has exploded
This is 100% a massive W
Hopefully in accordance with their contracts with artists
Yes, those famously equitable contracts with artists, we’ve all heard legends of their great generosity.
I mean, yes…unfortunately those contracts have always been very exploitative for all but the top music acts.
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