The UK parliament has set up a new working group to explore issues surrounding fair pay for music artists and make an effort to correct current pay rates.
The working group—equivalent to a task force of sorts in the U.S. government—was created earlier this week after being initially recommended in a report by the government’s Culture Media and Sport (CMS) Committee in 2021.
The group is built of experts from the music industry and will examine how artists are paid by digital streaming services like Apple Music, Spotify, and Tidal.
Chair of the CMS Committee, MP Caroline Dinenage…
