Per-second streaming payouts

While the convenience of online streaming platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal are hugely attractive to everyday listeners, they aren't without their problems. The lack of hi-res streaming on Spotify aside, many mainstream services have come under fire for how little they tend to pay their artists — not such a problem for Taylor Swift, but a bigger issue for artists who don't pull in millions of streams per year. That’s where Presto Music comes in. The streaming platform, which launched in 2023 and is now an established albeit niche force, focuses predominantly on classical and jazz music, with around 200,000 albums currently listed alongside over 70,000 digital booklets. With many tracks available to stream in 24-bit/192kHz, the catalogue is accessible via the Presto Music app (desktop and…

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Australian HiFi (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 540 - 2025

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