Merlin members’ earnings from Latin America increase five fold in three years thanks to streaming
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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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Merlin has paid out $1bn to independent labels in less than 10 years
Organization distributed $353m in the 12 months to end of March
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Merlin is paying out the equivalent of nearly $1m a day to independent labels
Payouts grow 52% over past year – but online ‘value gap’ is dragging these numbers down
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Merlin agrees multi-year licensing deal with HD music firm MQA
Deal with indie label body follows similar agreements with Universal and Warner
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Merlin has paid out $300m to independent labels in past 12 months
Organization cuts admin fee for members to 1.5%
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Now indie labels can window albums on Spotify Premium thanks to Merlin deal
Like Universal deal, new agreement includes ability to ‘window’ album releases
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Merlin opens Japan office in Tokyo, headed by Haji Taniguchi
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Merlin on course to pay independent labels $500m a year by 2018
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