'Anti-artist' MIC Coalition takes membership hit

Tom Pakinkis

Broadcaster NPR is the latest organisation to turn its back on the MIC Coalition – a group of companies including Google and Pandora looking to oppose efforts from musicians, publishers and labels to raise digital royalty rates from online services.

Amazon was originally among the names in the coalition, but it chose to exit the group last month.

When it was launched in April this year, The MIC Coalition, which also includes digital distributors and restaurants, said: “The next 24 ...

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