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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Hibaq Farah

Deezer and Universal Music sign deal to focus royalties on big artists

Deezer logo on phone
Deezer, which will launch the model in France this October, plans to implement it elsewhere from 2024. Photograph: Nikos Pekiaridis/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Universal Music and Deezer have struck a music streaming deal to create a royalty model designed to hand greater rewards to popular artists.

The label’s artists will now be paid more if fans actively seek out their music, rather than because a track auto-plays on the streaming app.

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