This week's question: The streaming era has been far from lucrative for musicians, with major platforms paying out an average of only $0.0046 each time a song is streamed. If a classic rock or pop act were to write a song about the lousy economics of streaming, what should the song be titled?
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THE WINNER: "House of the Falling Sum"
THIRD PLACE: "Cheap Streams Are Made of These"
"Can't Buy Me Lunch"
"Spotify Killed the Video Star"
"Livin' La Vida Broke-a"
"Shorted People"
"She Works Hard for No Money"
"Brother, Can You Spare 46 Hundredths Of A Dime?"
"How Cheap Is Your Love?"
"Upload 16 Tunes, What Do You Get?"
"Nothing for Money"
"Sittin' on the Dock of Low Pay"
"Boulevard of Broken Streams"
"Born to Run (Out of Money)"
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