A new music streaming study is shedding light upon the complicated potential effects of a pivot to the user-centric payout model. As part of the study, Berlin-headquartered SoundCloud “provided real market data regarding user behavior on its platform,” according to the resource, referring specifically to “50,300 artist profiles” – not necessarily proper artists – enrolled in the Fan-Powered program.
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