Record Labels Thriving on New Distribution Forms, RIAA CEO Says

Despite industry-altering technology, record labels are discovering and promoting music more than ever by “using radically new means to support artists,” RIAA CEO Mitch Glazier wrote Thursday. Hundreds of digital services are licensed to deliver streaming music, and labels are investing more than ever in artists and repertoire, marketing and “other artist support activities” like data insights, Glazier wrote. He cited a report by New York University Steinhardt Music Business Program Director Larry Miller.