Spotify’s Direct Deals With Some Artists Stirs Up Music Industry

Spotify’s Direct Deals With Some Artists Stirs Up Music Industry
This illustration picture shows the logo of online streaming music service Spotify displayed on a tablet screen in Paris on April 19, 2018. LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images
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Popular music streaming service Spotify has been making deals with independent musicians, bypassing big labels such as Sony, Warner, and Universal, which now control about 80 percent of the market, according to reports.

People walk by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the morning that the music streaming service Spotify begins trading shares at the NYSE in New York City on April 3, 2018. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
People walk by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the morning that the music streaming service Spotify begins trading shares at the NYSE in New York City on April 3, 2018. Spencer Platt/Getty Images