What MPs' plans for music streaming mean for artists and listeners

By Andrew White, Visiting professor, University of Nottingham

Musicians, including session players and instrumentalists, would receive a fairer share of revenues from streaming platforms under reforms being considered in the UK.

If implemented, new recommendations from a select committee of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport would involve a “complete reset” of the industry with wide-ranging implications not just for artists, but for record labels, streaming platforms and listeners.

One of the committee’s main…

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