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Streaming company says it will start directing money from subscribers to the artists they actually listen to

SoundCloud announced that it's breaking away from "pro-rata" royalty models in order to pay artists directly based on fans' listening habits.

We've known for a long time that music streaming royalties are fundamentally broken. As revenue has shifted away from sales of physical music, it's become increasingly difficult for many independent artists to make a living off recorded music. But all of that has come to a head as the pandemic has stripped live music out [...]