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Business News • 6 min read

Dissecting The Streaming Inquiry #04: Equitable remuneration

This instalment examines calls for equitable remuneration on streams, a statutory payment that would give performers a share of streaming income regardless of their record deals.…

Chris Cooke • 28 Jan 2021

Business News • 7 min read

Dissecting The Streaming Inquiry #02: The artist / label split

This instalment examines how streaming income is split between labels and artists, and why artists and managers argue that the label share is too large.…

Chris Cooke • 26 Jan 2021

Business News • 2 min read

Dissecting The Streaming Inquiry #01: The big picture view

CMU introduces a series reviewing submissions to the UK Parliament's streaming economics inquiry, explaining the background to the 'digital pie' debate and the pandemic's impact on the issue.…

Chris Cooke • 25 Jan 2021

Artist News • 2 min read

One Liners: Warner Music, Billie Eilish & Rosalía, Lil Wayne, more

Warner Chappell promotes two digital licensing executives, Warner Music names a new Asylum president, and a range of artists release new music.…

Andy Malt • 22 Jan 2021

Business News • 8 min read

Major labels face tough questions and frank criticism at latest Parliamentary session on the economics of streaming

UK chiefs of the three majors were questioned by MPs on streaming economics and defended the current system, while some committee members said they were out of touch with artists.…

Chris Cooke • 20 Jan 2021

Business News • 3 min read

Artist and songwriter groups respond to major label statements at select committee streaming inquiry

Artist, songwriter and manager groups have criticised the major labels' evidence to the streaming inquiry, arguing that the current royalty split is unfair.…

Chris Cooke • 20 Jan 2021

Business News • 4 min read

BPI cautions against radically changing a streaming model that is "working well for so many"

The BPI argues streaming has created more opportunities for artists, citing 1800 UK artists reaching ten million streams last year, ahead of a select committee hearing on streaming economics.…

Chris Cooke • 19 Jan 2021

Business News • 3 min read

Labels expected to argue against ER on streams at tomorrow's select committee hearing

Major labels are expected to argue against equitable remuneration on streams at the next Parliamentary hearing into the economics of streaming.…

Chris Cooke • 18 Jan 2021

Business News • 4 min read

Ivors Academy calls for regulation of major music firms and new data standards as Parliament again considers the economics of streaming

The Ivors Academy calls for major music companies to be regulated and new minimum data standards for recordings, as MPs hear more about songwriter payments from streaming.…

Chris Cooke • 09 Dec 2020

Business News • 3 min read

Performer ER certain to be debated once again at second parliamentary hearing on streaming

Performer equitable remuneration will be debated again at the Culture Select Committee's second streaming hearing, with AIE's José Luis Sevillano joining the witnesses.…

Chris Cooke • 03 Dec 2020

Artist News • 2 min read

Culture select committee chair says he will name and shame anyone trying to stop artists from speaking out about streaming

The Chair of the DCMS Committee says he will name and shame anyone found pressuring artists not to speak out in its streaming inquiry, after Nadine Shah raised concerns.…

Chris Cooke • 02 Dec 2020

Business News • 1 min read

Setlist: Artists tell MPs streaming is "threatening the future of music"

This week's Setlist covers the first parliamentary hearing on the economics of streaming, and Instagram's insistence that Reels will not be confused with the Reelz channel.…

Andy Malt • 30 Nov 2020