Notsofast

gatorguy said:

Notsofast said:

Spotify is in deep trouble as it has always paid among the worst for songwriters and artists,  almost half of what Apple Music pays out to artists. It finally crept above Amazon this past year.   That's why Apple is viewed most favorably by artists. Here's the latest on who pays what to artists.  (*Note, Napster is likely to go under)  **Also note how Google is hosing artists!!

Google Play Music at #4 is just one teeny percentage behind Apple Music @#3, .00676 compared to .00735 per stream. But Google is "hosing artists!!" while Apple isn't?
BTW, your source posted an update on those rates based on actual royalty reports the next month:
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2019/01/30/2018-streaming-music-price-bible/

Absolutely.  Youtube music is estimated to account for almost 50% of all music streaming.  From Forbes "YouTube is far and away the most popular option in the world when it comes to streaming music."

Spotify is in deep trouble as it has always paid among the worst for songwriters and artists,  almost half of what Apple Music pays out to artists. It finally crept above Amazon this past year.   That's why Apple is viewed most favorably by artists. Here's the latest on who pays what to artists.  (*Note, Napster is likely to go under)  **Also note how Google is hosing artists!!

Those in the industry know that the WSJ article is simply what's called a "manufactured" article written because the writer needs to stay employed.  The writer doesn't have any actual news to write about, so they take some publicly known information, such as the two executive changes and transfer of 200 employees from one project to others, and call someone they know. That "source" doesn't have anything useful to report either, but makes some inane comment like some of the employees are "rattled," and voila the writer has their angle to get a story out to keep their boss at bay for another week, while they desperately troll the waters for something else to write about Apple.

AI also has to pay the bills so they repeat this drivel to have some content on their website, but we at least can hope for some context, e..g, there are over a hundred thousand employees so it's silly to suggest employees are rattled over 200 being reassigned from a very large project, or that the head of Retail leaving after 5 years is of concern to more than a few high level people. 

The consensus across the web appears to be that AI and others have fallen for an Onion article.  LOL that anyone would believe the silly nonsense that Apple has people working on its Mapping app is a top secret matter.  Or that the location needs to be kept secret, lest folks figure out that it takes lots of people to make the constant updates to a system of worldwide maps.  Yes, that secret must be guarded, especially  the location where those entry level contractors are working on making those changes. Stay tuned for the update that Apple Security has been following these contractors home to see if they are meeting with folks to leak sensitive mapping details they are working on, such as updating the app to reflect that the Burger King moved from Terminal A to Terminal B at O'Hare Airport. 

Equally ludicrous that someone would buy things like that having hundreds of employees park a few blocks away would somehow conceal the fact that they are walking to a location. Or leaving by the back door--Onion material for sure!   It would have been more believable if they had said Apple built a secret underground tunnel and employees can only emerge from it during hours of darkness.  

And one of the biggest giveaways that web sites were being pranked was the description of the "sweat shop" slave labor conditions evil Apple was having its contractors work in. "understocked vending machines" and ""recruiters repeated messaging candidates via LinkedIn," and expecting employees to be able to pass a competency test after training?"   Oh, the inhumanity of it all!    LOL.  LOL. LOL.  

Amazing how many folks don't appear to have even read the article as they aren't addressing any of the facts/points he brings up.  Instead, just their own "screeds" that "you don't get it, Apple's phones are too expensive."  LOL.  Go back and read the article.  Then come back here and post some facts, not your feelings, that counteract what he and Tim Cook and actual financial analysts are stating.