Headlines: Two Majors and An Indie

An Indie-Loving Company May Be Music’s Next Billion-Dollar Success Story (Rolling Stone)

If you’re operating in recorded music and music publishing, and you don’t think of the independent artist as a third pillar to the music business, you’re thinking about an old music business."

Round Hill CEO Discusses The Growing Music Royalties Investment Market (Synctank)

Music royalties have definitely come out the other side of COVID as one of the winners in this [investment] world.

Universal Music Group Is Still Growing in the Pandemic: Third-Quarter Earnings Breakdown (Billboard)

Recorded music brought in $1.71 billion, a 7.6% increase over the same period last year. Publishing brought in $349 million, a 3.4% increase from the same period last year.