5 million Spotify streams — what's that really worth?

Imagine you're a musical artist and you have a song on Spotify with 5 million plays. How much do you think Spotify would pay out for that song? On an episode of The Finest podcast, indie musician Julianna Zachariou talks to host Julia Dixon Evans about Spotify's business model, the economics of streaming and what it really takes to sustain a career without major-label backing.

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