Marty Bander: 'There's plenty of room for new digital services to pay more money'

Coral Williamson

Sony/ATV's Marty Bandier has spoken out against royalty rates for songwriters from digital services. 

The CEO has said that songwriters "deserve a better deal" from streaming platforms such as Spotify and Pandora, stating: "It’s absurd. The challenge is to get our songwriters fair rates for their work."

Speaking to the Financial Times, Bandier sympathised with Taylor Swift, who pulled her catalogue from Spotify last year. He said: “45 million people are listening to our songwriters’ work and they’re not being ...

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