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# Merlin Slashes Independent Label Administration Fees 25% – 50%
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/merlin-slashes-independent-label-administration-fees-25-50/
- Published: 2013-07-30T10:53:23.000Z
- Updated: 2013-07-30T10:53:23.000Z
- Description: Global music rights agency Merlin is slashing the administration fees it charges independent labels by 25 – 50%. Members were informed yesterday via an email obtained by Hypebot. The cuts. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/07/merlin-slashes-independent-label-administration-fees
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Indie Music, Music Tech, Streaming, Charles Caldas, Hypebot, Independent record label, Merlin, Merlin Network, MySpace, Spotify, Trade association, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:43

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Merlin is slashing the administration fees it charges independent labels by 25 – 50%. Members were informed yesterday via an email obtained by Hypebot. The cuts are effective as of July 1st. Merlin's old and new rates are as follows:

**Reductions In Merlin Administration Fees:**

- On  
commercial deals – commencing with all usage as of July 1, 2013, Administration  
Fees have been reduced as follows:  
  - On Spotify – from 4% to 3%, (from 5.2% to 3.9% for Merlin Members who  
  are not members of local Independent Trade Associations)
  - On all other deals – from 6% to 3% (from 7.8% to 3.9% for Merlin Members  
  who are not members of local Independent Trade Associations).

The cuts represent a reduction of 25% on current Spotify Administration  
Fees, and 50% on fees for all other commercial deals. "Due to the cost and nature of obtaining settlements and recoveries from  
infringing services," Merlin told members in the email, "Administration Fees relating to those activities remain  
unchanged."

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