When Taylor Swift left Big Machine for Universal, she left her masters behind.
Now there’s a big kerfuffle over whether Swift was entitled to her masters as she seems to believe while at Big Machine begging the question just how important are the big 3 record labels in the era of streaming music?
There is new evidence that answers this question.
And some interesting new attitudes about the role of radio in hitmaking.
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