{"id":82944,"date":"2021-01-21T16:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=82944"},"modified":"2021-01-21T15:33:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T15:33:38","slug":"major-uk-music-label-executives-challenged-on-the-economics-of-music-streaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/major-uk-music-label-executives-challenged-on-the-economics-of-music-streaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Major UK music label executives challenged on the economics of music streaming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@mingjuntan\">Image&nbsp;Credit:&nbsp;Ming&nbsp;Jun&nbsp;Tan<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color:#3366FF\"> CEOs of Universal, Sony and Warner dodged MP\u2019s questions about artists\u2019 royalties and offered unexpected Harry Potter analogies instead.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/event\/3404\/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session\/\">government inquiry into the economics of music streaming<\/a> in the UK continued on Tuesday 19<sup>th<\/sup> January with the DCMS Committee gathering for a third time. UK MPs are gathering evidence on the effect that the music streaming boom has had on artists, labels, and the sustainability of the music industry in general. They\u2019re scrutinising the big platforms like <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/can-i-upload-my-music-to-spotify-yes-and-its-free\/\">Spotify<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-get-my-music-on-apple-music-for-free-2\/\">Apple Music.<\/a> At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routenote.com\/services\/artist\/\">RouteNote<\/a> we\u2019ve been following the sessions hoping that the outcome will mean a fairer slice of the pie for music artists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the panel for the latest session were CEOs from the UK&#8217;s major <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/record-labels-keep-half-of-all-profits-from-music-streaming-and-nile-rodgers-is-calling-for-clarity\/\">music labels<\/a> Universal Music, Sony Music and <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/games-platform-roblox-raises-520m-funding-from-investors-including-warner-music-group\/\">Warner Music.<\/a> The meeting ended with one executive complaining that the public view of his company was \u2018often a depiction of Slytherin rather than a company of Gryffindors.\u2019 Grab some popcorn and let\u2019s dive in&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5>Are big labels to blame for streaming inequalities?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The tone for the session was set as David Joseph, CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/tencent-now-own-10-of-universal-music-group-following-a-drawn-out-deal\/\">Universal Music UK&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Ireland<\/a> was immediately interrogated by Labour MP Clive Efford. Joseph skirted around questioning about a 2017 global licensing deal between Universal and <a href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-customize-your-spotify-artist-profile\/\">Spotify<\/a> that left the door open to allow lower royalty rates for artists. Supremely unimpressed by Joseph\u2019s evasiveness, the Chair said in the past the committee has faced \u2018the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-add-your-music-to-facebook-and-instagram-for-free\/\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-get-my-music-on-youtube-music-free\/\">YouTube<\/a>, and frankly so far you are beating them to the prize for lack of clarity and openness.\u2019 Eventually Joseph claimed that Universal had increased the amount they pay to artists as a result of the royalty deal, but admitted nothing more than that for &#8216;competitive reasons&#8217;. Throughout the session there was plenty more dodging of questions, and an awful lot of \u2018I don\u2019t have those figures to hand right now.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5>The industry is dominated by a few major players<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The MPs weren\u2019t intimidated by the big powers, freely inferring that the three label companies had caused an \u2018oligopoly\u2019. Jason Iley of Sony rejected the accusation of industry dominance, insisting that there\u2019s currently more competition in the music industry than he\u2019s seen in 30 years in the industry, as artists can \u2018sign to a major label, sign to an <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/loverecordstores-top-100-independent-albums-2020\/\">independent label<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routenote.com\/\">distribute<\/a> their own records. There are more avenues today than ever.\u2019 Agreeing, Joseph said that \u2018Our artists seem to be very happy with the investment and the advances for them\u2019, to which MP John Nicolson responded that if he really believes that then he is \u2018living in cloud cuckoo land.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5>Music streaming is still a force for good<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Nobody is disputing that music streaming is a great tool for artists, and the CEOs were quick to rave about how barriers to entering the music industry have been removed because of it. There\u2019s obvious value in the massive reach that streaming offers, which introduces people to more music and more artists than ever before. Iley said: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>None of us in 2006 had any idea that Spotify would be as big as it is today\u2026 We all totally believed in ownership; we never believed that people would not want to open a CD, look at the booklet, read the track listing, read the liner notes. We did not believe that would happen, but it has. That is great for the industry and great for artists.<\/p><cite>Jason Iley, Chief Executive of Sony Music<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5>Why do the labels allow such a large share to go to the streaming platforms? <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Streaming currently accounts for <a href=\"https:\/\/musiciansunion.org.uk\/all-news-and-features\/mu-and-the-ivors-academy-respond-to-record-label-heads-contributions-to-government-streaming-inquiry\">more than half of the global music industry\u2019s revenue, and 80% of record labels&#8217;.<\/a> But at a time when streaming services are being used like never before, and recorded music is the main output for musicians, the money generated isn\u2019t being split in a fair manner. Damning statistics include the fact that whilst UK music streaming generates over \u00a31 billion in revenue, with 114 billion streams in the last year, some artists see as little as 13% of the income generated and songwriters are paid even less. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked to address indie artist Nadine Shah\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/do-the-economics-of-music-streaming-mean-even-established-musicians-cant-pay-the-rent\/\">past evidence to the committee,<\/a> wherein she admitted to struggling to pay the rent, the reply was basically &#8216;you need to ask the streaming platforms&#8217;, as if the massive labels are powerless to do anything about the situation. Joseph did say they do negotiate, as whilst he is all for the platforms to \u2018get remuneration for what they put into the market\u2026 we argue all the time over how much of that should be for the labels and the artists.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5>Musicians are scared to come forward<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>In December, the committee had to <a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/work\/646\/economics-of-music-streaming\/news\/136824\/statement-from-chair-julian-knight-economics-of-music-streaming-inquiry\/\">release a statement<\/a> categorically warning that they would not accept any intimidation from labels and streaming services that would prevent music artists from coming forward with evidence. The label bosses all denied that artists are scared of them. They insisted that there there&#8217;s no \u2018take-it-or-leave-it\u2019 situation with record contracts. When it was put to him that artists are \u2018deeply suspicious of the majors\u2019, David Joseph claimed that they are unfairly maligned, stating that \u2018for 15 years people in an industry that you love and want to support say to you, \u2018You\u2019re going out of date&#8217;,&#8217; means that people think of them as being &#8216;Slytherins&#8217; not &#8216;Gryffindors&#8217;. To which the Chair, addressing the caginess of the answers, replied, \u2018I think the performance has been more Hufflepuff today\u2019. Mic drop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5>Are labels even interested in solving the problem?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the evasiveness from the CEOs, there were some <a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/oralevidence\/1535\/pdf\/\">useful figures and answers from the session,<\/a> and they&#8217;re clearly passionate about music and the artists they \u2018look after\u2019. But the main takeaway was that, as expected, major record label executives are very good at skirting around questions and avoiding giving straight answers. If they were so willing to help their artists get a better deal with the economics of music streaming, shouldn\u2019t they have made sure they had all the figures and answers to hand to give to the committee of MPs, to give their artists the best possible chance? When musicians can\u2019t perform live, it shouldn\u2019t mean their income completely evaporates. Musicians deserve the chance to work the streaming model to their advantage, just as the big players seem to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CEOs of Universal, Sony and Warner dodged MP\u2019s questions about artists\u2019 royalties and offered unexpected Harry Potter analogies instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":82947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[21436,20082,19420,19421,21435,19424,19423,19419,21434,12968,15231,680,677],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Major UK music label executives challenged on the economics of music streaming - RouteNote Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/major-uk-music-label-executives-challenged-on-the-economics-of-music-streaming\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Major UK music label executives challenged on the economics of music streaming - 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