Streaming Music Royalty Payments

Nikki Sixx, co-founder of the band Motley Crue and Sixx: A.M., is pushing Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG)'s YouTube business to "do the right thing." Speaking to CNBC, Sixx said that Spotify and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) have both "figured out a way to pay artists more than YouTube is...

Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P) announced on Monday it has generated more than $2 billion in all-time royalties for the artists and songwriters featured in its streaming music platform. Pandora noted it reached the milestone just nine months after hitting the $1.5 billion royalty mark. "The rapid...