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Apple Buying Beats Means Smaller Paychecks for Cellist
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Recording artist Zoe Keating only needs to look at her earnings to zero in on why she has misgivings about Apple Inc. buying Beats Electronics.
The cellist made $38,196 selling downloads on Apple’s iTunes last year, along with about $34,000 from three other download services. By contrast, five streaming outlets, from Spotify Ltd. to Pandora Media Inc., netted her just $6,381.