{"id":4394,"date":"2013-06-25T07:57:45","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T06:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myglasseye.net\/news\/?p=4394"},"modified":"2013-06-27T22:32:21","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T21:32:21","slug":"david-lowery-pandora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myglasseye.net\/news\/david-lowery-pandora\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: David Lowery got $16.89 for a million plays on Pandora"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE:<\/strong> It turns out that Mr Lowery may have got his sums a little wrong, or at least not told quite the whole story. Michael Degusta has posted a reply questioning the maths<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ORIGINAL STORY:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Link: My Song Got Played On Pandora 1 Million Times And All I Got Was $16.89!<\/a><\/p>\n

Performer David Lowery is sharing how much he makes from Pandora, Sirius XM and US radio airtime, to make the point that Pandora already pays appallingly low rates and is petitioning US Congress to get away with paying even less.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an idea. Why doesn\u2019t Pandora get off the couch and get an actual business model instead of asking for a handout from congress and artists? For instance: Right now Pandora plays one minute of commercials an hour on their free service. Here\u2019s an idea! Play two minutes of commercials and double your revenue! (Sirius XM plays 13 minutes and charges a subscription).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I pay the full subscription for Rdio (I like the focus on albums and prefer the layout to Spotify’s darker look) and while I’m probably not quite using it to the max I feel I get my \u00a39.99’s worth. But I don’t really know where Rdio and Spotify stand in the royalties league table.<\/p>\n

If they are as paltry as Pandora, will I reconsider? I’m not sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

David Lowery compares how many royalties he gets from Pandora, Sirius XM and US radio, and argues convincingly that Pandora should change their business model instead of asking Congress for permission to pay even less. However, make sure you follow the links to Michael Degusta’s reply piece which strongly questions Lowery’s maths or at least his transparency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[7],"tags":[269,416],"yoast_head":"\nDavid Lowery and Pandora's royalty rates \u2022 my glass eye news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"David Lowery argues Pandora should change their business model before paying less royalties, but Michael Degusta questions his maths and transparency.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/myglasseye.net\/news\/david-lowery-pandora\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"David Lowery and Pandora's royalty rates \u2022 my glass eye news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"David Lowery argues Pandora should change their business model before paying less royalties, but Michael Degusta questions his maths and transparency.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/myglasseye.net\/news\/david-lowery-pandora\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"my glass eye \u2022 words\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-06-25T06:57:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-06-27T21:32:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"myglasseye\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@myglasseye\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@myglasseye\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"myglasseye\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/myglasseye.net\/news\/david-lowery-pandora\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/myglasseye.net\/news\/david-lowery-pandora\/\",\"name\":\"David Lowery and Pandora's royalty rates \u2022 my glass eye news\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/myglasseye.net\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-06-25T06:57:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-06-27T21:32:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/myglasseye.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7fc676e054834593be1cff687035fd3b\"},\"description\":\"David Lowery argues Pandora should change their business model before paying less royalties, but Michael Degusta questions his maths and transparency.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/myglasseye.net\/news\/david-lowery-pandora\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/myglasseye.net\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/myglasseye.net\/news\/\",\"name\":\"my glass eye \u2022 words\",\"description\":\"a tech & geek blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/myglasseye.net\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/myglasseye.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7fc676e054834593be1cff687035fd3b\",\"name\":\"myglasseye\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/myglasseye.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b046db2690dc8bbeeabc713971f74c12?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b046db2690dc8bbeeabc713971f74c12?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"myglasseye\"},\"description\":\"I'm a Glasgow-born stills photographer and camera operator living and working in London, UK. 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