Universal Music Group and Deezer to Launch New, ‘Artist-Centric’ Streaming Payment Model

It is no secret that the current music-streaming payment model is no longer working — created more than 15 years ago, the so-called “aggregate” model, whereby artists and songwriters are paid according to their percentage of total streams, disproportionately rewards superstars while most others are earning a fraction of what the top artists are collecting. There […]
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