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Global music revenues increase 3.2% as digital revenues overtake physical for the first time Digital sales contribute 45 per cent of industry revenues; overtake physical's 39 per cent share Streaming revenues up 45.2 per cent, helping to drive 3.2 per cent global growth Music consumption is exploding globally, but the "value gap" is the biggest brake on sustainable revenue growth for artists and record labels The global music market achieved a key milestone in 2015 when digit

Kendall Minter is someone who has seen - and worked in - the music industry from a variety of sides. He started in radio, then got into entertainment law, where he learned how the deal with the labels. Now on top of his law practice, Minter is on the Board of SoundExchange and has written a book on the "360 deals" that are now standard operating procedure between major labels and artists. Here he offers his insight to " All ACCESS MUSIC GROUP " on a variety of issues facing