The idea that Spotify isn't transparent with artists' earnings has finally taken a slight clobbering this morning - with the streaming platform shining new light on its royalty payouts.

As part of a new site specificially built for artists, the company reveals that it has recently paid out an average of $0.006 and $0.0084 per stream to rightsholders.

That figure is presumably a mix of streams on its premium service (thought to be around $0.01 per stream) and its ...