So let's say XM radio have 3,000,000 listeners (24 mil total subscribers) So 179 x 3 millions = 537 millions and that's $181.94
Now Pandora played the song 1,159,000 and that's 16.89.
Wow... So Pandora actually PAYS A LOT MORE. It would have paid you 3 cents if you use xm radio rates.
edit: well my numbers are off, since there are many channels on xm. XM pays about the same as Pandora. I can't really get numbers how many listeners per a XM channel.
But even if I take I reduce the listeners 100 times (30,000 listeners per channel), still Pandora pays 5x times more.
Now Pandora played the song 1,159,000 and that's 16.89.
Wow... So Pandora actually PAYS A LOT MORE. It would have paid you 3 cents if you use xm radio rates.
edit: well my numbers are off, since there are many channels on xm. XM pays about the same as Pandora. I can't really get numbers how many listeners per a XM channel.
But even if I take I reduce the listeners 100 times (30,000 listeners per channel), still Pandora pays 5x times more.