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# SoundExchange Distributes $117.5 Million In Q1 2013
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/soundexchange-distributes-1175-million-in-q1-2013/
- Published: 2013-04-16T12:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-04-16T12:15:00.000Z
- Description: Despite growing efforts by Clear Channel and others to licence music directly, digital music performing rights organization SoundExchange had announced a first-quarter 2013 distribution of $117.5 million. It's their largest. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/04/soundexchange-dis
- Author: Bruce Houghton
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[![image from allindstrom.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2017d42d8ae8e970c-150wi "image from allindstrom.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2017d42d8ae8e970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Despite growing efforts by Clear Channel and others to [licence music directly](https://www.hypebot.com/another-direct-payment-deal-for-clear-channel-eone-music/), digital music performing rights organization SoundExchange had announced a first-quarter 2013 distribution of $117.5 million. It's their largest first quarter payment ever and 10% above Q1 2012 distribution.  

  
Fourth quarter 2012 payments were $134.9 million – the largest quarterly  
distribution in SoundExchange history.

SoundExchange distributed   
$462 million to recording artists and labels in all of 2012\. Since  
inception, they've paid more than $1.5 billion in royalties from 2,000  
digital music services.

"Our  
first quarter numbers show that this digital radio revenue stream is continuing  
to grow." said SoundExchange President, Michael Huppe . "We are  
committed to making sure recording artists and record labels receive the compensation  
they rightfully deserve, and we are proud to help facilitate this growth that  
helps move the music and creative community forward."

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