Lady Gaga get $167 for a million listens

Cloud-based, streaming music is poised to replace the mp3, and Spotify, Last.fm, Pandora, and Rhapsody are the big names that currently dominate the format. Most of these sites have a free-to-users, ad-supported model, but the labels are starting to grumble that too much money is being left on the table. Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” was one of the most popular songs on Spotify in Europe, but she reportedly earned just $167 for a million listens through the service.  Newsweek

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