John Nicolson responds to Universal Music UK chair after he says artists ‘very happy’ with payments
The boss of a major record label has been described as “living in cloud cuckoo land” after he claimed artists were happy with the music streaming model.
The heads of three major labels – Universal, Sony Music and Warner Music Group – gave evidence before the digital, culture, media and sport (DCMS) committee inquiry into the economics of music streaming, in often testy exchanges about whether the model was fair.