Can Streaming Price Segmentation Avoid the Malthusian Trap?

Can Streaming Price Segmentation Avoid the Malthusian Trap?

When you see artists and songwriters getting starved out of the music business while at the same time fighting over scraps from streaming, that’s unusual. When you see more and more labels caring almost as much about acquiring ever more catalogs rather than helping artists in developing long-term careers, that’s unusual. Why is this becoming the norm? Could it be we are in a “Malthusian trap”? Remember “nice price” CDs? The budget bin? Top line,…