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Bands and artists on independent record labels get less than their fair share of access to the most popular playlists on streaming platforms such as Spotify - argues a new paper from the University of East Anglia.
The paper, published today, looks at whether streaming platforms offer a level playing field for artists and record labels.
It finds that major labels have an unfair advantage when it comes to playlist access - and that they take the lion s share of subscription revenue as a result.
As a possible remedy, the research team suggests changing the payment system, so that royalties generated by individual listener subscriptions go direct to the labels, bands and artists they are listening to.
UK was ill-prepared for the transition of regulation from the EU and still does not have the infrastructure in place to manage new trade relationships UK.
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In early 2019 there was growing evidence that Britons had begun stockpiling drugs amid fears Brexit could bring about chronic shortages.
On January 1 2021 there were significant delays at Dover and other UK ports as officials and drivers grappled with the new post-Brexit rules.
Some companies reported that their produce was delayed by up to two days coming in from Europe or heading out of the UK.
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But in the weeks that followed, many of the problems have dissipated, causing the waiting times to reduce for drivers.
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