MTV: the M stands for neither “music” nor “money”

My past few ASCAP royalty statements have been weird.

I usually get money from concert music performances and money from electronic music. This all makes sense. The payouts are labeled so you know basically where things are coming from and nothing is ever so wonky that I feel that it’s necessary to figure out which exact radio station in Poland played the track and why.

But for the past few statements, there’s also been a payout from MTV – for $1.96.