A man watches the sunset while wearing a headphone and listening to music, in Colombo, Sri Lanka February 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 26 (Reuters) - Streaming became the largest source of income for composers and songwriters in 2022 and helped boost their collections by more than a quarter to 10.83 billion euros ($11.44 billion), a report showed on Thursday. After a boom during the pandemic, streaming collections have doubled from their pre-COVID levels and account for 35% of total collections for music creators, surpassing TV and radio. "It may not affect the graph lines of creators' collections in 2023, but it will in years ahead. CISAC is a network of authors' societies, protecting rights and representing interests of over four million creators of music, audio-visual, drama, literature and visual arts.

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Persons: Dinuka, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Ulvaeus, CISAC, Juby Babu, Devika Organizations: REUTERS, International Confederation of, Authors, Composers, Thomson Locations: Colombo, Sri Lanka, Bengaluru