Spotify’s First Post-Bundled Royalty Statements Have Arrived — 97% of All Subscription Accounts Are Now Lower-Paying Bundles
17 Jun
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Spotify’s First Post-Bundled Royalty Statements Have Arrived — 97% of All Subscription Accounts Are Now Lower-Paying Bundles

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Top Stories Tamfitronics Spotify’s bundles-of-joy are now wreaking havoc on royalty statements (Photo: Katrin Bolovtsova)Top Stories Tamfitronics Spotify’s hard shift toward bundling and its associated loopholes have officially started hitting publisher royalty statements, according to documents shared with Digital Music News this week. So far, it looks like Spotify has taken an extreme turn toward cut-rate bundling recategorizations—here’s a look at the preliminary statements.Last week, Digital Music News calculated that Spotify accounts for an impressive 42% of all mechanical royalties paid in the U.S., based on a tranche of confidential royalty statements from February of 2024. Now, it looks like that percentage is going to drop significantly, thanks to an extreme shift towards bundling that is now impacting music publisher bank accounts.And make no mistake—this is now impacting music publisher wallets in...
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