David Israelite Guest ColumnistThis guest column was written by David Israelite, president & CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association, the trade association representing American music publishers and their songwriting partners.
Variety welcomes responsible commentary; please send music-related inquiries and submissions to music@variety.com. They say there are no secrets in the music industry.
But here’s one I’ll bet you didn’t know. In the United States, record labels and recording artists collect twice as much as songwriters and music publishers from the radio industry, despite terrestrial radio (AM-FM) not paying record labels and artists anything at all.
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