Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorApple Music claims it pays artists a penny per stream in a letter posted Friday on the streaming service’s artist dashboard, according to the Wall Street Journal.The disclosure, made in a letter to artists delivered Friday via the service’s artist dashboard and sent to labels and publishers, is seemingly a response to Spotify’s “Loud and Clear” report detailing its payment processes published last month.
However, while Spotify’s information is posted publicly for all to see, Apple Music has elected to keep its data limited to artists and select industry entities.
A source close to the situation tells Variety that the information will be rolled out gradually over the course of Friday (April 16).
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