The world of neighbouring rights has a little bit of an image problem.

For some reason, people tend to see it as a tad old-world – especially compared to the future-making world of streaming.

Yet this oft-ignored segment of the music business is something every performer, manager and label should be paying very close attention to right now.

Because according to the latest stats, it’s paying out more money than the likes of Spotify to recorded music rights-holders – and growing fast.

Source: www.musicbusinessworldwide.com