The major labels have committed to sharing Spotify equity money with artists. But what will they pay their indie label partners?

Alison Wenham and Martin Mills speak out on Fair Digital Deals Declaration
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Martin Mills named non-exec Chair at the Worldwide Independent Network

Mills recently stepped down from the Chair’s position at Merlin
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Epitaph’s Dave Hansen named Chairman of Merlin as Martin Mills steps down from role

Bob Roback of INgrooves joins US section of board
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Major labels are paying out $1.2bn a year to independent labels and artists, says report

WINTEL report claims independents have a 38.4% market share in copyright ownership terms
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Beggars Group revenues topped £70m last year, with £11.9m net profit

Top-performing albums in the year included Adele, Daughter and Sampha

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‘Safe harbour is a crippling brake on the growth of the properly licensed music market’

Beggars boss Martin Mills gives his unique view on the issue plaguing the music business

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Beggars and Universal join forces… urging UK music biz to vote against Brexit

Martin Mills and David Joseph pen joint letter to the UK industry

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