We discussed a bit about music licensing fees on Monday specifically when it comes to digital playback. As it happens, the Wall Street Journal revealed the licensing structure that Apple has to pay for songs played through iTunes Radio and to nobody’s surprise, it’s not entirely straightforward. Apple pays US$0.13 per song played plus 15% of net advertising revenue on year one and it goes up to $0.14 and 19% on year two, but there are other qualifiers that will alter the final figures such as not having to pay royalty fees when the played songs are already in the person’s library or when it’s a promoted track, or when the song gets skipped before it reaches 20 seconds. But then Apple is only allowed to skip royalties for two songs per person per hour. Got that? Don’t forget, iTunes Radio is also designed to get people to buy more songs from iTunes.
[DS Notes] How Much Is Apple Paying Music Labels for iTunes Radio?
Latest from Blog

POCO Gelar Promo PayDay April 2025, Tawarkan Diskon untuk Seri F7, X7, dan M7 Pro 5G
POCO Indonesia menyelenggarakan program promosi “Promo PayDay POCO” yang berlangsung mulai 25 April hingga 30 April 2025. Selama periode ini, konsumen dapat

OPPO Find N5 Hadirkan Fitur Terjemahan Real-Time Berbasis AI untuk Komunikasi Lintas Bahasa
OPPO hadirkan terjemahan real-time berbasis Artificial Intelligence (AI) pada smartphone lipat terbarunya, OPPO Find N5. Fitur ini dirancang sebagai solusi bagi para

Aplikasi Baru Adobe Content Authenticity Bantu Kreator dan Lawan Manipulasi AI
Adobe meluncurkan alat baru yang memudahkan para kreator untuk mendapatkan pengakuan yang sah atas karya mereka. Bahkan, jika karya tersebut hanya berupa

Indeks IBM X-Force 2025: Pencurian Kredensial Meningkat, Taktik Siber Makin Terselubung
IBM merilis ‘X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2025’. Laporan ini menunjukkan adanya pergeseran signifikan dalam taktik pelaku kejahatan siber global. Para pelaku kini

Samsung Umumkan Ketersediaan Monitor Gaming Odyssey 3D dan Odyssey G9 Terbaru di Indonesia
Samsung Electronics Indonesia hari ini mengumumkan ketersediaan jajaran monitor gaming Odyssey terbaru di Indonesia, yaitu Odyssey 3D (model G90XF) dan monitor ultra-wide