Description: Songwriters threaten to withhold their music if stations don’t give them a bigger share of revenue.

Source: Bloomberg.com

Date: Nov 22, 2017

Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-22/your-favorite-radio-hits-may-go-silent

Questions for discussion:

• Explain how the music industry pays royalties to artists.
• Do you think the artists can reasonably demand more from distributors?
• Is this a zero-sum game?