Spotify, Apple Trigger a Resurgence in the Small Record Label
- Thanks to streaming, Merlin sees 52 percent jump in sales
- Streaming services helping indies reach global listeners
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As paid streaming services Spotify and Apple Music revive a music industry once left for dead, one group says it’s benefiting more than everyone else: independent record labels.
Merlin, an organization made up of some of the world’s top indie labels, distributed $353 million to members over the past year -- a 52 percent jump from a year earlier, the group will announce Thursday.