Competition regulator acts after stinging criticism by MPs of record labels and platforms such as Spotify
The UK’s competition watchdog has launched an in-depth study into the booming
music streaming market, to assess whether the big record labels and services such as Spotify hold “excessive power”, and whether artists and fans are getting a fair deal.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) was asked to launch the study after a scathing report by a cross-party committee of MPs last year called for a “complete reset” of a streaming model it believed only benefited big labels and superstar acts.