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Grassroots venues need ticket levy to survive from 2023-12-08T17:00

On this week's show we look at calls for government support for the grassroots live music industry following the closure of music venue Moles and the announcement that the Nozstock festival wi...

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Sony Music tells US politicians to act on AI loopholes from 2023-12-01T21:25:31

On this week's show we have a good old chat about Sony Music exec Dennis Kooker's call for a US-wide publicity right through which artists can protect their voices and identity in order to sto...

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Spotify insists royalty changes will help emerging artists from 2023-11-24T17:04:30

On this week's show we've got a big round-up of Spotify news, in particular the company's confirmation of changes to the way it pays out (or doesn't pay out) royalties. We also discuss plans f...

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Stability AI exec resigns over fair use claim from 2023-11-17T17:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week. On this edition, the resignation of Stability AI's VP Of Audio Ed Newton-Rex over the tech...

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Competition law concerns over Spotify’s royalty plans from 2023-11-10T17:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week. On this edition, competition law expert (as well as musician and label owner) Amelia Fletc...

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Tech companies say fair use trumps copyright in AI from 2023-11-03T17:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week. On this edition, big tech companies' insistence that training AI on existing content const...

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Spotify plots changes to the way it pays out royalties from 2023-10-27T16:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week. On this edition, Spotify's plans to change the way it allocates revenues to individual tra...

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Managers criticise Universal's Pandora royalty switch from 2023-10-20T19:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week. On this edition, artist managers criticise Universal Music over a change it made to the wa...

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Easy Life agree to change their name for an easyLife from 2023-10-14T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week. On this edition, British band Easy Life agree to change their name following legal action ...

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Musicians and songwriters draw AI red lines from 2023-09-25T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week. On this edition, the call for "consent, respect and remuneration" to be central to the dev...

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The call for a UK ticket touting ban from 2023-09-18T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including a call from the FanFair Alliance campaign group against ticket touting for the i...

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Is Deezer’s new streaming model really artist-centric? from 2023-09-11T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Deezer’s announcement that it is making changes to the way it allocates revenues...

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The looming decision on Brixton Academy’s future from 2023-09-04T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the newly announced licensing hearing to decide the future of London’s Brixton A...

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YouTube’s three principles for music and AI from 2023-08-29T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including YouTube’s three new AI music principles published alongside the launch of a new ...

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Were the 1975 right to speak out in Malaysia? from 2023-07-31T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the debate surrounding comments made by The 1975’s frontman Matty Healy on stage...

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The questions raised by TikTok's Warner deal from 2023-07-24T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including TikTok and Warner Music’s “first-of-its-kind partnership” – a licensing agreemen...

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FAC steps up its campaign against music venue merch commissions from 2023-07-17T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the stepping up of the Featured Artists Coalition’s 100% Venues campaign, which ...

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The music industry finally sues Twitter from 2023-06-19T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Twitter being sued by a consortium of music publishers for hosting “countless” v...

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Just how eco-friendly is Coldplay's world tour? from 2023-06-12T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Coldplay’s update on their work to reduce the environmental impact of their live...

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How a 1980s Prince photo impacts on AI from 2023-05-29T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the US Supreme Court ruling on a long-running copyright dispute between the Andy...

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Fans and bands rally to save London’s Brixton Academy from 2023-05-22T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including news that more than 20,000 people have made representations to Lambeth Council i...

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Ed Sheeran wins another song-theft legal battle from 2023-05-09T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Ed Sheeran’s victory in another high-profile headline-grabbing song-theft legal ...

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Universal hits out at AI generated music from 2023-04-24T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Universal Music latest call for streaming platforms to play their part in ensuri...

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Live at Wide Days 2023 from 2023-04-17T06:00

A special edition of the show recorded live at Wide Days in Edinburgh. CMU’s Chris Cooke is joined on stage by Clara Cullen from Music Venue Trust, Toni Malyn from EmuBands and Silvia Montello...

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Hybe defends buying into K-pop rival SM Entertainment from 2023-02-27T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Hybe CEO Park Ji-won’s defence of his company’s recent acquisition of shares in ...

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Scottish festival boss hits out at proposed alcohol sponsorship ban from 2023-02-20T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the boss of Scottish live music firm DF Concerts' proclamation that any ban on a...

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Live Nation faces tough questions in US Congress from 2023-01-30T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Live Nation and Ticketmaster coming under fire from both sides of the political ...

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Music industry hits out at BBC Introducing cuts from 2023-01-23T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the campaign against proposed cuts to BBC Music Introducing, which gained moment...

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Universal boss calls for “artist-centric” streaming model from 2023-01-16T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Universal Music boss Lucian Grainge's confirmation that a big old rejig of the w...

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Top five artist gripes in 2023 from 2023-01-09T07:00

In the first episode of the Setlist podcast for 2023, CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke look at the five key complaints that musicians have about the modern music industry as we go into the new ...

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The music business review of the year 2022 from 2022-12-19T07:00

In this final edition of the Setlist podcast for 2022, CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last year.

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MPs ask for an update on the"complete reset of streaming” from 2022-11-21T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including last week's Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee hearing, which ...

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Drake and 21 Savage ordered to destroy fake Vogue cover from 2022-11-14T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Drake and 21 Savage being sued by magazine publisher Condé Nast for trademark in...

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Has music copyright “never had it so good”? from 2022-11-07T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including former Spotify economist Will Page's claim that “music copyright has never had i...

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Noise complaints still threatening live music from 2022-10-31T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Manchester music venue the Night & Day Café continuing to fight against a No...

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How much will promoters lose from the Festicket collapse? from 2022-10-24T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including confirmation from Festicket's administrators that a number of the promoters who ...

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Why is touring becoming economically unviable for more artists? from 2022-10-17T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Animal Collective's announcement that they are cancelling their European tour, w...

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Did the Tories infringe M People's copyright? from 2022-10-10T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including M People's anger at Liz Truss walking on stage at the Conservative Party confere...

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Will data developments get songwriters paid? from 2022-10-03T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including songs rights data announcements that saw PRS For Music in the UK set out plans t...

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US recorded music revenues still climbing (slowly) from 2022-09-26T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the Recording Industry Association Of America’s stats about the US recorded musi...

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Lizzo’s keeping her $5 million cancelled festival fee from 2022-09-19T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the ruling that Lizzo can keep the $5 million fee she was paid to play the 2020 ...

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Vinyl is now more popular than Playstation games from 2022-09-12T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including new figures from the UK's Entertainment Retailers Association showing that, so f...

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Venues and studios face closure as energy prices rocket from 2022-09-05T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including calls from various music industry organisations urging the incoming new UK Prime...

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The rise and fall of ‘virtual’ rapper FN Meka from 2022-08-29T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the claims of racism that saw 'virtual' rapper FN Meka dropped by Universal's Ca...

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Timbaland and Swizz Beats sue Triller from 2022-08-22T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Timbaland and Swizz Beats suing video sharing platform Triller over $28 million ...

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Taylor Swift says she didn’t rip off players or haters from 2022-08-15T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Taylor Swift's statement to a US court as part of the long-running song-theft le...

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Streaming market just fine, says UK competition regulator from 2022-08-01T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week. Well, this week we are looking at just one of the biggest and most interesting news storie...

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Warner Music goes user-centric with SoundCloud from 2022-07-25T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Warner Music joining SoundCloud’s user-centric Fan-Powered Royalties initiative,...

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Youngboy ruling furthers Rap On Trial debate from 2022-07-18T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the ruling that rapper Youngboy Never Broke Again's lyrics cannot be used as evi...

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Proposed AI laws “dangerous and damaging”, UK Music warns from 2022-07-11T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including UK Music's claim that a proposed new copyright exception in the UK that would co...

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Is TikTok just “a sophisticated surveillance tool”? from 2022-07-04T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Brendan Carr of the US Federal Communications Commission calling on Apple and Go...

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Does Four Tet’s streaming settlement set a precedent? from 2022-06-27T13:39:41

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Four Tet and Domino's settlement of their legal battle over what royalty rate th...

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BTS on a break, but don’t call it a hiatus from 2022-06-20T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including BTS's announcement that they are going on break to focus on solo projects - but ...

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Spotify tells investors everything’s fine, honest from 2022-06-13T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the UK’s Music Managers Forum new report on the topic of digital burnout and the...

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Is TikTok causing digital burnout in artists? from 2022-06-06T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the UK’s Music Managers Forum new report on the topic of digital burnout and the...

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Is it time to #ownourvenues? from 2022-05-30T06:00

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the UK Music Venue Trust's launch of a new organisation called Music Venue Prope...

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Live at Wide Days from 2022-05-23T06:00

A special live edition of the show recorded live at Wide Days in Edinburgh. CMU’s Chris Cooke is joined on stage by Serenade's Mike Walsh and SNM Management's Shikayla Nadine to review key eve...

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Live at The Great Escape from 2022-05-16T06:00

A special edition of the show recorded live at The Great Escape in Brighton. CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke are joined on stage by music rights consultant Becky Brook and creative entrepreneu...

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Deezer to go public with €1 billion valuation from 2022-04-25T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Deezer's announcement that it is going public with a valuation of more than €1 b...

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The battle for Sheffield’s Leadmill music venue from 2022-04-18T09:09:37

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the battle over Sheffield's Leadmill venue after its current management were ser...

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Did Fortnite rip off a Charlie Puth dance? It’s complicated from 2022-04-04T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the lawsuit launched against Fortnite maker Epic Games by the choreographer behi...

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Record revenues for the record industry (if you don’t adjust for inflation) from 2022-03-28T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the latest stats from the IFPI showing that global recorded music revenues grew ...

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Spotify says its FC Barcelona deal will be great for musicians from 2022-03-21T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Spotify's $310 million deal to sponsor Spanish football team FC Barcelona - whic...

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Ed Sheeran tells the High Court he’s no song thief from 2022-03-14T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Ed Sheeran's trip to the High Court in London in a bid to defeat a song-theft la...

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Bandcamp bought by Fortnite maker Epic Games from 2022-03-07T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Epic Games' acquisition of Bandcamp and what a gaming company might want with a ...

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Megan Thee Stallion in album definition dispute from 2022-02-28T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Megan Thee Stallion’s legal dispute over the definition of an album – and specif...

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Comedians sue Pandora over joke copyrights from 2022-02-14T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the lawsuits filed against Pandora by three comedians - and the estates of comed...

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HitPiece NFTs spark a cease and desist frenzy from 2022-02-07T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the controversy sparked by a company called HitPiece after it appeared to be sel...

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Spotify chooses Joe Rogan over Neil Young from 2022-01-31T09:56:58

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week. On this episode we’re discussing just one story that dominated the headlines over the last...

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Artists go to war over venue merch commissions from 2022-01-24T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the artist backlash against venues that charge a commission on any merchandise t...

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Yet another song theft case? You got it! from 2022-01-17T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the US Ninth Circuit appeals court judges’ skeptical approach to an attempt to h...

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Five music controversies to expect in 2022 from 2022-01-10T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke discuss five companies likely to find themselves involved in big music industry controversies in 2022. They span the economics of streaming debate, the major la...

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Review of the music business year 2021 from 2021-12-20T07:00

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last year. For this edition of Setlist we’re doing things a bit differently. It's our final episode o...

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There’s only room for one Republic in music, says Universal from 2021-11-22T08:06

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Universal’s lawsuit against investment platform Republic over its move into musi...

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The legal fall out from the Astroworld tragedy from 2021-11-15T07:00

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke discuss the tragedy that occurred at Travis Scott's Astroworld festival in Houston Texas on Friday 5 Nov. Ten* people were killed and hundreds more injured afte...

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Jay-Z in court over"crappy, lazy"perfume launch from 2021-11-08T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Jay-Z claim in court that his fragrance launched in 2013 failed not because he d...

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COVID-19 wipes nearly $1 billion off song royalties from 2021-11-01T08:14:17

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the 10.7% (or 775 million euros) drop in royalties collected by the song right c...

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Counting the impact of COVID on the UK music industry from 2021-10-25T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including UK Music stats revealing that the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out 69,000 music indus...

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Coldplay's plans to make touring eco-friendly from 2021-10-18T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Coldplay’s plans to employ various technological solutions to reduce the environ...

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Coldplay's plans to make touring eco-friendly from 2021-10-18T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Coldplay’s plans to employ various technological solutions to reduce the environ...

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Tina Turner's big money brand and rights deal from 2021-10-11T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Tina Turner’s wide-ranging deal with BMG in which she has given up her recording...

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Donald Trump's Electric Avenue fair use failure from 2021-10-04T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Donald Trump's failed attempt to have a copyright infringement case brought agai...

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Donald Trump's Electric Avenue fair use failure from 2021-10-04T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Donald Trump's failed attempt to have a copyright infringement case brought agai...

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The government responds to Parliament’s streaming report from 2021-09-27T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week. This week we focus on just one story – because there’s a lot to say about it – the British...

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The government responds to Parliament’s streaming report from 2021-09-27T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week. This week we focus on just one story – because there’s a lot to say about it – the British...

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Live from Spot+ from 2021-09-20T06:00

Setlist’s Chris Cooke presents a live version of the programme at the Spot+ conference in Aarhus, Denmark. He is joined by a panel of industry experts to review key events in music and the mus...

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Anarchy in the High Court - it's the Sex Pistols! from 2021-07-26T05:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including The Sex Pistols’ appearance in the High Court in a dispute over a sync deal to i...

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The things people still get wrong about streaming – dissecting the Economics Of Streaming report from 2021-07-19T05:00

Taking a break from the usual format, on this week’s Setlist CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke discuss the culture select committee of the UK parliament’s newly published report based on its inq...

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Let's fix streaming by taxing the superstars from 2021-07-12T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the new research from the UK’s Association Of Independent Music’s arguing that p...

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Brexit negotiator says touring issues aren't his problem from 2021-07-05T05:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including chief Brexit negotiator Lord David Frost’s less than reassuring answers to quest...

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Damon Dash and the court-blocked Jay-Z NFT from 2021-06-28T05:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the court order barring Damon Dash from auctioning an NFT that the Roc-A-Fella r...

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Could this bold new law finally fix streaming? from 2021-06-21T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the new private members bill proposed by MP Kevin Brennan to change UK copyright...

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The music publishers' $200 million lawsuit against Roblox from 2021-06-14T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the $200 million lawsuit against Roblox from a consortium of music publishers le...

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YouTube's four billion dollar stats brag from 2021-06-07T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including YouTube Global Head Of Music Lyor Cohen’s brag that the Google division has paid...

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The music industry's"war on the internet" from 2021-05-31T06:00

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including US ISP Cox Communication's claim that the music industry is "waging war on the i...

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High quality audio goes mainstream from 2021-05-24T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Apple and Amazon's announcements that users of their streaming services will now...

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Are iPhone users the real victims of the Apple Tax? from 2021-05-17T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the new class action legal claim in London on behalf of the millions of iOS user...

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PRS livestreaming rates: the controversy continues from 2021-05-10T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the new controversy over PRS For Music’s new livestreaming licence after it was ...

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The EU takes a stand against the Apple Tax from 2021-05-03T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the European Commission’s ‘statement of objections’ to Apple saying that it beli...

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Artists call on Boris Johnson to fix streaming from 2021-04-26T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the letter to UK Prime Minister 'Boris' Johnson from 156 musicians demanding tha...

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Live Nation prepares venues for the livestreaming future from 2021-04-19T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Live Nation's announcement that it is kitting out more than 60 US music venues w...

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Lil Nas X's Satan Shoes recalled back to Hell from 2021-04-12T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including a legal settlement that will see 666 pairs of Nike trainers that were turned – w...

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Songwriters call time on pop stars’ unearned credits from 2021-04-05T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the new songwriter campaign seeking to stop famous artists from grabbing a cut o...

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How record labels kept the money flowing in 2020 from 2021-03-29T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including new stats from trade bodies the IFPI and BPI showing that streaming kept the rec...

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Spotify gets in on the economics of streaming debate from 2021-03-22T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Spotify’s new website formally laying out its positions on the different aspects...

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The music business year so far from 2021-03-15T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from 2021 so far, including UK parliament’s inquiry into the economics of streaming, the debate around user-ce...

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The music business year so far from 2021-03-15T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from 2021 so far, including UK parliament’s inquiry into the economics of streaming, the debate around user-ce...

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Artists say PRS fees could cause livestream losses from 2020-12-14T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the UK’s Music Managers Forum and Featured Artists Coalition anger at PRS For Mu...

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Can the Grammy Awards ever escape controversy? from 2020-12-07T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the accusations of corruption levelled at the Grammy Awards by The Weeknd and Ha...

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Artists tell MPs streaming is"threatening the future of music" from 2020-11-30T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the first parliamentary hearing in the culture select committee inquiry into the...

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300 million reasons why Taylor Swift still hates Scooter Braun from 2020-11-23T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Taylor Swift's anger upon learning that the master rights in her first six album...

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Are we headed for a live music dystopia? from 2020-11-16T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Ticketmaster's proposal to use its app to verify that ticketholders have had a C...

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Spotify opens up its algorithm... for a fee from 2020-11-09T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Spotify's new pilot scheme allowing artists and labels to influence its music-se...

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Songwriters fear 35% royalty drop in 2020 from 2020-11-02T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including global collecting society grouping CISAC's positive revenue stats for 2019 and v...

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Could Viagogo's StubHub merger be on the verge of collapse? from 2020-10-26T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the UK competition regulator's conclusion that a merged Viagogo and StubHub woul...

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Parliament probes the economics of streaming from 2020-10-19T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the announcement that the culture select committee of the UK Parliament is openi...

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BMG moves to make record contracts fairer from 2020-10-12T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including BMG's announcement that it is eliminating a controversial, artist unfriendly cla...

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Travis Scott's thumbs get him into trouble from 2020-10-05T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Travis Scott being sued by gaming accessory company KontrolFreek over some (alle...

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Commerical radio hits out at BBC Sounds from 2020-09-28T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including OfCom's announcement that it intends to investigate whether the BBC Sounds app i...

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Kanye West puts record deals in the spotlight from 2020-09-21T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Kanye West's big dispute over the structure of record company deals with artists...

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Music industry numbers - the week in stats from 2020-09-14T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the increase in US record revenues, the cost of ‘Boris’ Johnson’s ‘Operation Moo...

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Ford v Freeplay: When free doesn't mean free from 2020-09-07T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the Ford motor company's accusation that production music library Freeplay Music...

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Nicki Minaj and the case of the sorry sample from 2020-08-31T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Tracy Chapman's accusation that Nicki Minaj is ignoring both the facts and the l...

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Fortnite goes to battle with Apple from 2020-08-24T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the escalation of ‘Fortnite’ video game maker Epic Games’ legal battle against A...

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Top ten legal battles - Procul Harum take it to the Lords from 2020-08-17T06:00

It’s the eighth in our series of special editions of Setlist looking at some of our favourite music industry legal battles of all time. This time, CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke look back at ...

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What Donald Trump's TikTok ban means for the music industry from 2020-08-10T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including what Donald Trump's pending ban on TikTok and messaging app WeChat means for the...

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Wiley, Twitter and the online censorship debate from 2020-08-03T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Wiley’s antisemitic social media posts and what responsibilities the social medi...

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Taylor Swift's secret folklore and shaken off lawsuits from 2020-07-27T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Taylor Swift’s surprise new album and latest legal win, plus Spotify’s new deal ...

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Migos say they were “robbed” and “cheated” out of millions from 2020-07-20T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Migos suing their former layer over claims that he “robbed” and “cheated them ou...

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Lady A sue Lady A over who is the real Lady A from 2020-07-13T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Lady A suing Lady A over who really owns the name Lady A, and the UK government'...

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Music magazines stay off the shelves from 2020-07-06T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the announcements that Mixmag and Kerrang! will keep their print editions on hia...

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The COVID crisis pushes the live industry to the brink from 2020-06-29T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including fears that with lockdown lifting and the economy getting started again that live...

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Post-COVID pay cuts and Jay-Z's love chat from 2020-06-22T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Live Nation's planned changes to artist agreements post-COVID that will mean per...

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The 'urban' music debate and takedowns on Twitch from 2020-06-15T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the debate about the use of the word ‘urban’ to categorise music that has seen R...

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Black Out Tuesday, Eight Mile Style from 2020-06-08T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the music industry's Black Out Tuesday shutdown in solidarity with the Black Liv...

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StubHub and blanket licences for the whole internet from 2020-06-01T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the latest lawsuit against StubHub over its COVID-19 refund policy and the depar...

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Safe harbours and 6ix9ine's chart battle battle from 2020-05-25T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the publication (finally) of the US Copyright Office's report based on its revie...

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The ten things people get wrong about streaming - part 2 from 2020-05-18T06:00

In the second part of this special edition of the show, this week CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke again examine the debate around the fairness of streaming royalties for artists and songwriter...

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The ten things people get wrong about streaming - part 1 from 2020-05-11T06:00

In a deviation from the normal format, this CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke examine the debate around the fairness of streaming royalties for artists and songwriters, which has been growing du...

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The future of live music, charity chart battles from 2020-05-04T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including new research into what the future music look like for live music after lockdown,...

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Ticketmaster refunds, Mixcloud livestreaming from 2020-04-27T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the class action lawsuit against Ticketmaster over allegations it changed its te...

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Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, lockdown radio listening from 2020-04-20T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band vow to close what they see as a loophole in UK tradem...

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StubHub Refunds, You Raise Me Up from 2020-04-13T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including StubHub being sued over changes to its refund policy as the COVID-19 crisis wrea...

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COVID-19, Paradigm, Public Enemy from 2020-04-06T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including former Paradigm agent Debbee Klein suing her now ex-employer over redundancies –...

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COVID-19, lockdown, Lizzo from 2020-03-30T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including how the COVID-19 outbreak is affecting the music business and the financial supp...

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COVID-19, Led Zepplin, Katy Perry from 2020-03-23T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including how the COVID-19 outbreak is affecting the music industry and the many freelance...

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Top ten legal battles - The Jay-Z moral rights case from 2020-03-16T07:00

It’s the seventh in our series of special editions of Setlist looking at some of our favourite music industry legal battles of all time. CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke discuss the case filed ...

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Lizzo, Coronavirus, Journey from 2020-03-09T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the latest twist in the dispute over who wrote Lizzo's hit 'Truth Hurts', how th...

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Touts, US record stats, Brexit from 2020-03-02T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the two British ticket touts jailed for fraud, how the continued rise in record ...

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Top ten legal battles - Suing the filesharers from 2020-02-24T07:00

It’s the sixth in our series of special editions of Setlist looking at some of our favourite music industry legal battles of all time. CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke discuss the period in mus...

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Top ten legal battles - Morrissey v the NME from 2020-02-17T07:00

It’s the fifth in our series of special editions of Setlist looking at some of our favourite music industry legal battles of all time. CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke discuss the libel proceed...

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Top ten legal battles – The Kraftwerk sampling case from 2020-02-10T07:00

It’s the fourth in our series of special editions of Setlist looking at the top ten music industry legal battles of all time. CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke discuss a lengthy battle launched ...

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Grammy Awards special from 2020-01-27T07:00

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TV music, Tencent, Soundgarden from 2019-12-23T07:00

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Top ten legal battles – Prince v Warner from 2019-12-16T07:00

It’s the third in our series of special editions of Setlist looking at the top ten music industry legal battles of all time. CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke discuss Prince’s long-running battl...

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Massive Attack, banned songs, doughnuts from 2019-12-09T07:00

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Viagogo, Billboard, Jay-Z from 2019-12-02T07:00

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Apple Music, Coldplay, Taylor Swift from 2019-11-25T10:46:30

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Distribution Revolution, Lizzo, X Factor from 2019-11-18T16:46:50

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US radio royalties, Lil Peep, Apple from 2019-10-28T11:19:39

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from recent weeks, including new calls to make FM and AM radio in the US pay performance royalties, the lawsui...

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Robert Fripp, Notorious Markets, Tegan&Sara from 2019-10-12T08:19:59

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from recent weeks, including Robert Fripp of King Crimson's dispute with the David Bowie estate and collecting...

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Deezer, consent decrees, YouTube from 2019-09-22T19:35:52

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Deezer’s big push to get support for user-centric royalty distribution, al...

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Top ten legal battles - Prince and the dancing baby from 2019-09-09T06:36:28

It's the second in a series of special editions of Setlist looking at the top ten music industry legal battles of all time. CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke discuss Prince v The Dancing Baby – ...

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Tencent, Tents, Baby Shark from 2019-09-04T07:15:53

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including China’s competition regulator investigating Tencent’s exclusivity deals wi...

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Eminem, Tidal, the Universal fire from 2019-08-27T07:25:12

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Eminem’s publishing company Eight Mile Style suing Spotify and claiming th...

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Top ten legal battles – the Blurred Lines song-theft case from 2019-08-19T09:55:54

The first in a new series of special editions of Setlist – looking at the top ten music industry legal battles – this week we tell the story of the Blurred Lines song-theft case. CMU’s Andy Ma...

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Tencent, TikTok, Katy Perry from 2019-08-12T20:09:48

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last few weeks, including Chinese web giant Tencent taking a 10% stake in Universal Music Group, TikT...

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Live Nation, Woodstock, Ja Rule from 2019-07-21T08:40:54

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including UK competition regulator concerns about the takeover of Irish concert prom...

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Taylor Swift, Spotify, Sam Fender from 2019-07-14T06:56:17

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the sale of US indie label Big Machine to Scooter Braun (aka Taylor Swift'...

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Universal, stream scamming, Apple from 2019-07-05T06:01:08

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the inevitable lawsuits over the Universal archive fire and the New York T...

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Lyrics, Krept&Konan, Vivendi from 2019-06-29T08:04:37

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Genius accusing Google of stealing lyrics from its website, publishing com...

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FTC, Universal, DJ Khaled from 2019-06-22T10:51:14

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the FTC's all-day session on the American ticketing market and the new pro...

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20 years of CMU – The Pirate Bay, the piracy site that refuses to sink from 2019-06-10T08:59:52

This week’s episode of Setlist is the last in our series of episodes marking CMU’s 20th birthday, in which we have been looking back at the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two...

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SGAE, RIAA, Richard Ashcroft from 2019-06-03T07:28:21

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including CISAC's expulsion of Spanish collecting society SGAE, the RIAA’s latest mo...

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20 years of CMU – The rise and rise and rise of Live Nation from 2019-05-30T08:08:16

This week’s episode of Setlist is another marking CMU’s 20th birthday, the penultimate in a series of special editions reviewing the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two decade...

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PledgeMusic, song royalties, Woodstock from 2019-05-23T07:27:57

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the collapse of PledgeMusic, how songwriters’ royalties are being lost in ...

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20 years of CMU – The saga of MegaUpload and Kim Dotcom from 2019-05-14T20:49:39

This week’s episode of Setlist is another marking CMU’s 20th birthday, the sixteenth in a series of special editions reviewing the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two decades. T...

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20 years of CMU - How web-blocking became the anti-piracy tool of choice from 2019-04-29T07:39:15

This week’s episode of Setlist is another marking CMU’s 20th birthday, the fifteenth in a series of special editions reviewing the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two decades. T...

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Ticketmaster, online harms, Donald Trump from 2019-04-20T15:03:40

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the £5 million lawsuit over Ticketmaster’s data breach, the UK government’s ...

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IFPI stats, iHeart, The Weeknd from 2019-04-08T06:55:14

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the latest IFPI stats which confirmed that the record industry had a fourth ...

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20 years of CMU – The record industry's love affair with DRM from 2019-04-01T07:08:32

This week’s episode of Setlist is another marking CMU’s 20th birthday, the fourteenth in a series of special editions reviewing the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two decades. ...

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Live Music Report, Apple, Stats from 2019-03-25T08:53:05

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Parliament's live music report and its blunt warning about Viagogo, the ongo...

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CRB Appeal, Closing Venues, Kanye West from 2019-03-18T07:47:34

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Spotify's appeal of the US Copyright Royalty Board's new mechanical royaltie...

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Spotify, Michael Jackson, Universal Music from 2019-03-15T09:21:44

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Spotify’s big legal spat with Warner in India, the reaction to the new Micha...

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20 years of CMU - The business of talking about artists from 2019-03-08T09:55:33

This week’s episode of Setlist is another marking CMU’s 20th birthday, the thirteenth in a series of special editions reviewing the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two decades. ...

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20 years of CMU – The battle against secondary ticketing from 2019-03-01T03:00

This week’s episode of Setlist is another marking CMU’s 20th birthday, the twelfth in a series of special editions reviewing the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two decades. In ...

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HMV, Spotify, Terminators from 2019-02-13T11:03:47

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the deal to rescue HMV in the UK, Spotify becoming briefly profitable and th...

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20 years of CMU – Spotify and streaming revolution from 2019-02-10T12:23:24

This week’s episode of Setlist is another marking CMU’s 20th birthday, the eleventh in a series of special editions reviewing the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two decades. In...

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Pitchfork, Viagogo, Spotify from 2019-01-30T04:03:46

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the paywall about to go up around Pitchfork, the Competition And Markets Aut...

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R Kelly, HMV, Rihanna from 2019-01-21T05:14:29

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last couple of weeks, including reactions to the latest documentary on abuse allegations against R Kell...

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20 years of CMU – The music industry v YouTube from 2019-01-14T11:23:32

This week's episode of Setlist is another marking CMU’s 20th birthday, the tenth in a series of special editions reviewing the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two decades. In th...

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Tencent, Kraftwerk, Neil Young from 2018-12-23T16:27:12

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last couple of weeks, including Tencent Music's IPO and legal woes, what the EU Advocate General has to...

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Ticketmaster, WINTEL, Spice Girls from 2018-12-11T06:43:56

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Ticketmaster's plan to kill a class action lawsuit by employing a ts+cs tech...

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20 years of CMU - iTunes and the download boom from 2018-12-01T11:19:20

This week's episode of Setlist is another marking CMU's 20th birthday, the ninth in a series of special editions reviewing the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two decades. Here ...

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Ed Sheeran, NetEase, Spotify from 2018-11-21T06:51:23

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Kilimanjaro Live chief Stuart Galbraith's claim that the touts have got the ...

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Anti-piracy, indie festivals, social prescribing from 2018-11-16T10:08:42

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Google's latest anti-piracy bragging, new figures about the independent fest...

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UK Music, Sony, SoundCloud from 2018-11-09T10:23:37

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including recent growth of the UK music industry and how the government could ruin it ...

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YouTube, Wireless, BBC from 2018-11-02T09:00:21

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki's latest intervention on the article thirteen deb...

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Business streaming, Distrokid, Fender from 2018-10-26T07:23:06

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including new research on how much money the music industry is losing to businesses il...

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20 years of CMU - A brief history of Napster from 2018-10-19T07:54:23

This week's episode of Setlist is another marking CMU's 20th birthday, the eighth in a series of special editions reviewing the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two decades. Here...

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NAFTA, BASCA, Live music industry stress from 2018-10-09T06:14:01

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including why the RIAA is not happy about Donald Trump's replacement for NAFTA, BASCA'...

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Ticketmaster, Bestival, Spotify from 2018-10-01T07:08:42

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Ticketmaster's push back against an exposé surrounding secondary ticketing i...

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20 years of CMU - The rise and fall of MySpace from 2018-09-28T09:17:40

This week's episode of Setlist is another marking CMU’s 20th birthday, the seventh in a series of special editions reviewing the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two decades. Her...

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20 years of CMU - The impact of the death of Michael Jackson from 2018-09-18T06:46:12

This week's episode of Setlist is another marking CMU’s 20th birthday, the fifth in a series of special editions reviewing the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two decades. Here ...

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Viagogo, BPI, Chris Evans from 2018-09-10T07:04:35

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the very many things that Viagogo did (or didn't) do, the BPI’s latest stats...

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20 years of CMU - The digital royalty lawsuits from 2018-09-03T05:34:02

This week's episode of Setlist is another marking CMU’s 20th birthday, the fifth in a series of special editions reviewing the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two decades. Here ...

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Grande, Apple, The Eagles from 2018-08-29T18:46:19

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Grande Communications accusing the record industry of trying to make interne...

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Ticketmaster, Frank Sinatra, Cliff Richard from 2018-08-21T16:19:54

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Live Nation's Ticketmaster shutting down its ticket resale sites in Europe, ...

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YouTube, Viagogo, Guvera from 2018-08-14T05:17:40

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the latest YouTube backlash from brands who’ve had their adverts placed next...

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Universal, Brexit, The Beatles from 2018-08-06T06:59:09

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Vivendi's plan to sell off up to 50% of Universal Music, fears for UK artist...

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Mercury Prize, MMA, Taylor Swift from 2018-07-30T06:45:58

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the Mercury Prize and National Album Day announcements, fears that last minu...

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Cliff Richard, ICE, Ed Sheeran from 2018-07-23T05:00

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Cliff Richard's legal win against the BBC over its coverage of a police raid...

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Copyright Directive, Childish Gambino, Rage Against The Machine from 2018-07-16T05:29:30

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business in recent weeks, including the European Parliament voting down the latest draft of the new copyright directive, ...

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20 years of CMU – The evolution of NME from 2018-07-09T06:00:42

To celebrate CMU’s 20th birthday, over the next year we will present 20 special editions of Setlist, between them reviewing the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two decades. This...

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20 years of CMU - The collapse of HMV from 2018-07-02T05:00

To celebrate CMU’s 20th birthday, over the next year we will present 20 special editions of Setlist, between them reviewing the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two decades. This...

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Copyright, Touts, Prince from 2018-06-25T05:00

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the European Parliament's JURI Committee passing article thirteen of the new...

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Spotify, SGAE, Ryan Adams from 2018-06-18T05:00

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Spotify's rumoured offer of direct deals and cash advances to artists, the m...

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20 years of CMU - The rise and fall of Grooveshark from 2018-06-11T04:57:45

To celebrate CMU’s 20th birthday, over the next year we will present 20 special editions of Setlist, between them reviewing the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two decades. This...

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Viagogo, Apple Music, Michael Jackson from 2018-06-06T07:09:28

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Viagogo's failure to meet a deadline to respond to demands set by the Advert...

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EMI, Spotify, Nine Inch Nails from 2018-05-30T09:09:07

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Sony's plans to become the majority shareholder in EMI Music Publishing, the...

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20 years of CMU - The end of EMI from 2018-05-21T08:07:57

To celebrate CMU’s 20th birthday, over the next year we will present 20 special editions of Setlist, between them reviewing the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two decades. This...

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Tidal, RIAA, Dr Dre from 2018-05-15T15:58:48

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Tidal's denial that it fiddled the listening figures for its exclusive album...

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Spotify, Canada, Kanye from 2018-05-07T19:09:44

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Wall Street's panic at Spotify's first financial report as a publicly listed...

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Viagogo, IFPI, royal vinyl from 2018-04-30T06:43:05

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including indication that the UK Competition & Markets Authority intends to take V...

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Festival plastic, Hits Radio, Mariah Carey from 2018-04-23T07:45:33

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including over 60 independent festivals' commitment to ban single-use plastic, Bauer's...

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MMA, Spotify, BPI from 2018-04-16T05:05:38

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the return of the Music Modernization Act, new double figure growth for the ...

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Blurred Lines, The Loop, Guvera from 2018-03-31T13:54:09

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the appeal ruling in the 'Blurred Lines' song-theft case, The Loop's Night L...

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Lyor Cohen, iHeartMedia, Miley Cyrus from 2018-03-19T09:01:55

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Lyor Cohen's SXSW keynote, iHeartMedia’s long-awaited bankruptcy filing, and...

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NME, Spotify, Viagogo from 2018-03-15T09:03:03

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the closure of the NME magazine, Spotify's impending stock market listing, a...

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BRITs, Amazon, Toni Basil from 2018-02-26T06:57:55

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including whether efforts by the BRIT Awards to avoid the same criticisms as The Gramm...

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Ticketing, SGAE, Prince from 2018-02-19T08:22:13

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the UK government's clarification of rules for secondary ticketing sites and...

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Best Buy, Apple, Spice Girls from 2018-02-12T06:00

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the news that US retailer Best Buy plans to stop selling CDs and reports tha...

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Education, Grammys, Biggest Weekend from 2018-02-07T07:40:43

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including calls for the government to review its education policies after schools admi...

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Enrique Iglesias, Little Mix, The Smiths from 2018-01-29T08:11:50

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the latest sales v licence litigation launched by Enrique Iglesias against U...

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Songkick, Notorious markets, Nando’s from 2018-01-22T08:01:29

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the disappointing end to Songkick's long-running legal battle with Live Nati...

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Lana Del Rey, American Idol, Jimmy Iovine from 2018-01-16T07:46:05

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Radiohead's lawsuit (or not) against Lana Del Rey, Sony's settlement with so...

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Spotify, Universal, UK music consumption stats from 2018-01-08T07:06:28

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from over the Christmas break, including Wixen Music Publishing's $1.6 billion lawsuit against Spotify, Universa...

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Review Of The Music Business Year 2017: Part Two from 2018-01-01T06:00

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last twelve months in the second of two Review Of The Year editions of Setlist. In this New Year's Day ...

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Review Of The Music Business Year 2017: Part One from 2017-12-25T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last twelve months in the first of two Review Of The Year editions of Setlist. In this Christmas Day ed...

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Shazam, Spotify, Touts from 2017-12-18T09:47:42

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Apple’s acquisition of Shazam, Spotify and Deezer calling on the EU to restrict te...

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YouTube, YouTube, and YouTube from 2017-12-13T18:43:19

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including YouTube’s plans for (another) subscription-based music streaming service, why YouT...

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Rainbow Venues, Steely Dan, Slush Music from 2017-12-04T17:33:35

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Birmingham City Council’s decision to revoke Rainbow Venues’ licence over drug-rel...

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Universal, Google, Wu-Tang Clan from 2017-11-27T07:16:06

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Universal Music Group's shiny new (kind of out of nowhere) $40 billion valuation, ...

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CISAC stats, Ryanair, UnitedMasters from 2017-11-20T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including new stats on the billions in royalties the songwriting industry is bringing in aro...

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Taylor Swift, Thekla, Tidal from 2017-11-13T06:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Taylor Swift's cease-and-desist to a blog that published an article discussing the...

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Apple HomePod, YouTube, Sainsbury's from 2017-11-06T09:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including why Apple's new attempt to control your home won't stretch to your music (unless y...

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Eminem, WINTEL, Kid Rock from 2017-10-30T09:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Eminem's legal win against New Zealand's ruling political party, the World Indepen...

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Songkick, Ticket Touts, The Pirate Bay from 2017-10-23T08:33

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the latest sparring between Songkick and Live Nation as they get closer to their a...

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Cloudflare, Grime, Radiohead from 2017-10-16T08:06

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the upcoming deposition of Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince on the company's piracy p...

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Takedown-stay-down, Spotify, pop politics from 2017-10-09T08:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including new European Commission guidelines supporting web services that offer takedown-sta...

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Enemies Of Music, Stats, Zappa from 2017-10-03T09:28:49

In the first edition of our new podcast Setlist, CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Dweezil Zappa's legal battle with...

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Music sales, mental health in music, and the Mercury Prize from 2017-07-31T07:00

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including figures showing that UK music retail sales were up 11.2% in the first half of 2017...

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Spotify mechanicals, BBC pay, BBC music show from 2017-07-24T07:59

CMU's Chris Cooke and guest presenter Becky Brook review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the latest mechanical right lawsuits against Spotify in the US a...

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Fake artists! Fake t-shirts! Fake radio! from 2017-07-17T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Spotify's 'fake' artist 'scandal', Kylie and Kendall Jenner's legal battle over wh...

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Kanye v Tidal, AEG v MSG, Everyone Else v Ed Sheeran from 2017-07-10T07:00

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Kanye West falling out with Tidal just as Jay-Z releases his new album, AEG’s very...

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Google, Prince, Charts from 2017-07-02T12:30:06

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the music industry's joy at a landmark ruling in Canada ordering Google to delist ...

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Apple Music, The Slants, Morrissey from 2017-06-25T12:39:27

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Apple Music reportedly looking to reduce the royalties it pays the labels, US band...

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Pandora, Merlin, Bob Dylan from 2017-06-19T05:33:21

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Pandora selling Ticketfly to Eventrbite and nearly a fifth of itself to Sirius XM,...

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Spotify, Safe Harbours, Theresa May from 2017-06-05T13:23:30

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Spotify settling the big mechanical royalties class action lawsuit that has been h...

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The General Election, Prince, Festival Republic from 2017-05-28T21:36:06

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the upcoming General Election in the UK and what it might mean for music, a round-...

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Pre-Event Mini-Seminar from 2017-05-17T13:54:17

Ahead of this year’s CMU@TGE conference, CMU MD and Business Editor Chris Cooke talks through the key developments in the music business since last year’s Great Escape, and explains where some o...

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YouTube, Amazon, Fyre Festival from 2017-05-14T08:40:12

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Warner Music's new licensing deal with YouTube and the ongoing safe harbours debat...

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Fyre Festival, Eminem, The Great Escape from 2017-05-09T07:52:31

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the spectacular collapse of Ja Rule’s Fyre Festival and the many-layered fallout f...

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Record industry growth, Digital Economy Act from 2017-05-01T11:21:10

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the latest stats from the IFPI that reveal that global record industry revenues gr...

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BPI stats, Dailymotion, Kate Bush from 2017-04-14T09:17:50

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the latest stats from the BPI that reveal that UK record industry revenues grew 5....

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Spotify, US Radio, Google from 2017-04-09T12:41:52

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including what we know and what we think is in Spotify's new licensing deal with Universal M...

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Viagogo, Spinrilla, Talking To The Media from 2017-03-27T10:02:57

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Viagogo's no-show at the latest parliamentary select committee hearing on secondar...

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SXSW, Pandora, Deadmau5 from 2017-03-18T17:35:25

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including US customs officials' refusal to allow a number of international acts into the cou...

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The Great Escape, Access v Ownership, Ed Sheeran from 2017-03-12T10:51:17

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the latest announcements about the CMU Insights @ The Great Escape conferences, ER...

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SoundCloud, Transparency, Spinal Tap from 2017-03-05T15:57:14

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including SoundCloud's new mid-price streaming option, the music industry's failure to agree...

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Transparency, Spinrilla, PRS from 2017-02-10T08:36:56

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the parliamentary debate over Liberal Democrat lord Tim Clement-Jones' proposal fo...

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HMV, Enemies Of Music, Facebook from 2017-02-03T07:54:18

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the collapse of HMV Canada and what it might mean for music retail worldwide, the ...

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Tidal, Piracy, Madonna from 2017-01-27T08:58:07

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Tidal's bid to boost subscriber numbers by selling out to US tel co Sprint, a bid ...

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Paul McCartney, Donald Trump, videos on Facebook from 2017-01-20T09:35:12

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Paul McCartney suing Sony/ATV over his rights to the Lennon/McCartney catalogue an...

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Prince, Team Rock, rebooting copyrights from 2017-01-13T08:11:54

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including all the many Prince-related news stories from deals to no deals, how Metal Hammer ...

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Review Of The Music Business Year 2016 from 2016-12-23T10:38:48

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last year in this bumper double edition of the CMU Podcast. We discuss the continued growth of the stre...

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SoundCloud, Sony Music, Gig licensing from 2016-12-18T12:11:42

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including what the future may hold for SoundCloud now that talks for Spotify to buy it are o...

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YouTube, SFX, Irving Azoff from 2016-12-12T06:15:57

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including YouTube and the IFPI’s disagreement over whether $1 billion is ‘a lot’ or ‘not nea...

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Sound Of 2017, AI in music, Kate Bush from 2016-12-02T09:24:52

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the BBC's Sound Of 2017 list, the future of artificial intelligence in music, and ...

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Fabric, Amazon Tickets, OK Go from 2016-11-25T10:21:31

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Fabric getting its licence back, Amazon's plans to ramp up its ticketing business,...

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Ticket touts, Duran Duran, Prince from 2016-11-18T09:18:09

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the Culture Select Committee session on ticket touting in Parliament, Duran Duran ...

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KickassTorrents, US Copyright Office, BRITs from 2016-11-13T11:13:15

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the latest developments in the legal case against the alleged owner of KickassTorr...

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YouTube, Avenged Sevenfold, The Smiths from 2016-11-07T05:50:13

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including GEMA’s licensing deal YouTube in Germany after a seven year stand off, Avenged Sev...

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Music Venue Trust, virtual reality, Justin Bieber from 2016-10-30T14:30:43

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the Music Venue Trust’s open letter calling for an end to PRS For Music’s minimum ...

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Ticket touts, cheap streams, Spinal Tap from 2016-10-23T05:31:57

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including moves by MP Nigel Adams to get ticket-buying bots banned, how the cost of streamin...

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Amazon, Isle Of Wight Festival, Insane Clown Posse from 2016-10-13T23:26:55

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Amazon's new on-demand streaming music service, warnings that the Isle Of Wight Fe...

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Dissecting The Digital Dollar, FanFair Alliance from 2016-10-12T09:48:34

On the CMU Podcast this week, Andy Malt and Chris Cooke are joined by Music Managers Forum CEO Annabella Coldrick to discuss part two of the ‘Dissecting The Digital Dollar’ report. She also tell...

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YouTube, not YouTube, YouTube-mp3 from 2016-10-03T03:58:22

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the appointment of Lyor Cohen as YouTube's Global Head Of Music, various rumours o...

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Fabric, FanFair, Frank Ocean from 2016-09-11T18:19:18

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from this summer, including the closure of Fabric, the launch of the FanFair campaign against secondary ticketin...

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Publishers v America, audio v video, Spotify v Apple from 2016-07-10T19:14:43

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including music publishers' dismay at the US Department Of Justice's decision on the 'consent decrees' that gover...

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David Lowery interview from 2016-07-03T19:55

In this special edition of the CMU Podcast, CMU Business Editor Chris Cooke chats to musician and vocal artist rights advocate David Lowery about the digital music market, his criticisms of the ...

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The Value Gap, ATP, Guvera, Take That from 2016-06-24T08:44:15

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including lots of letters about the value gap, the closure of ATP, Guvera's IPO being blocked, and the recruitmen...

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Led Zeppelin, Apple Music, Foo Fighters, Brexit from 2016-06-17T05:51:56

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the Led Zeppelin song-theft court case, Apple Music's revamp, Foo Fighters' insurance litigation and so...

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Ed Sheeran, The Pirate Bay, WIN, Axl Rose from 2016-06-10T06:49:18

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the song-theft lawsuit filed against Ed Sheeran, the RIAA's attempt to suspend Listen

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Guvera, Kraftwerk, Ellie Goulding from 2016-06-03T07:17:14

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Guvera's IPO and the current challenges facing the streaming music market, the latest twist in Kraftwer...

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The Great Escape, secondary ticketing, Bpoplive from 2016-05-27T08:26:44

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including key take-aways from the CMU Insights @ The Great Escape conference, the UK government's new report on s...

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Sony/ATV, ATP, YouTube, Kanye West from 2016-04-27T07:58:29

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Warner Music and the indie labels’ opposition to Sony/ATV becoming wholly owned by Sony Corp, ATP’s lat...

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IFPI stats, Facebook, We Shall Overcome, NWA from 2016-04-15T10:12:49

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the key stats from the IFPI's latest Global Music Report and what they mean, Facebook's new Content ID ...

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Rdio, Radiohead, MCPS, Beyonce from 2016-04-08T08:16:37

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Sony Music's lawsuit against former Rdio execs, Radiohead's catalogue seemingly shifting over to XL, MC...

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SoundCloud, Tidal, BPI, Kanye West from 2016-04-01T07:00:22

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the launch of SoundCloud's subscription service, Tidal's stats, brags and potential lawsuits, BPI's 200...

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RIAA, Songkick, Spotify, Justin Bieber from 2016-03-25T11:34:43

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including US record industry figures published by the RIAA, Songkick's litigation against Live Nation, Spotify's ...

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Convergence Sessions Special from 2016-03-20T13:43:05

Last Thursday, CMU Insights presented a session at the Convergence festival considering the challenges facing the media sector in 2016. This special edition of the CMU Podcast includes highlight...

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Mechanicals, Record Shops, SoundCloud, 50 Cent from 2016-03-11T07:05:51

CMU’s Chris Cooke and guest Brittney Bean review the week in music and the music business, including the latest developments in the mechanical rights dispute in the US, recent figures on enterta...

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ATP, Red Essential, Tidal, Boyzlife from 2016-03-04T06:59:39

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the confusion around whether or not ATP has been cancelled, Sony’s acquisition of Essential, Tidal’s me...

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Kesha, Piracy, Attitude Is Everything, Eurovision from 2016-02-26T07:47:33

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the latest developments in the Kesha v Dr Luke legal battle, new stats on piracy in the US, Attitude Is...

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Spotify, Bandpage, In-car listening, Morrissey from 2016-02-19T08:57:12

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Daniel Ek's claims that streaming is turning around the record business's fortunes and Spotify's attemp...

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Spotify, Bloc, SoundCloud, Martin Shkreli from 2016-02-12T10:22:39

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Warner Music and Sony Music's commitments to share any cash from selling Spotify shares with their arti...

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SFX, RIAA, PRS/PPL, Rita Ora from 2016-02-05T07:29:43

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the SFX bankruptcy and its potential knock on effects, the RIAA adding streams into its Gold and Platin...

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Spotify, T In The Park, Cür Music, B.o.B from 2016-01-29T08:09:36

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Spotify adding video and raising more money, T In The Park's "teething problems", the launch of Cür Mus...

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YouTube, Life Or Death, Deezer, J-Pop from 2016-01-22T07:22:40

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including PRS's new deal with YouTube, the dramatic events at Life Or Death PR, Deezer's new money and some big d...

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David Bowie, SoundCloud, Spotify, Live Nation from 2016-01-15T07:51:03

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including David Bowie, Universal finally doing a licensing deal with SoundCloud, Spotify’s mechanical royalty dis...

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America's streaming royalties, Spotify, Review of 2015 from 2015-12-18T11:41:42

In the final CMU Podcast of the year, CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review both the week and the year in music and the music business, including the Copyright Royalty Board ruling in the US an...

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Spotify, European copyright review, Agent Of Change, Wu Tang Clan from 2015-12-11T08:21:52

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Spotify considering windowing, the European Commission's Digital Single Market review, the agent of cha...

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New Order, Web-blocks, Elastic Artists, Sound Of 2016 from 2015-12-04T09:11:58

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Peter Hook's lawsuit against his former New Order bandmates, the latest development's in web-blocks, th...

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Adele, Cox Communications, Paul Weller, Dancing Jesus from 2015-11-27T07:50:48

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Adele's record-breaking week, Cox Communications' dispute with BMG and Round Hill, Paul Weller's disput...

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Rdio, Spotify, Secondary Ticketing, Zayn Malik from 2015-11-20T08:37:34

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Rdio shutting down as Pandora buys its assets, Spotify's new artist data platform, the secondary ticket...

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Victory Records, Apple Music, Sony/ATV, Busted from 2015-11-13T12:19:10

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Victory Records’ victorious return to Spotify in the US, Apple Music’s Android app and Apple’s motivati...

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Pandora, MegaUpload, Measuring Music, Justin Bieber from 2015-11-06T08:54:27

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Pandora’s “unprecedented” licensing deal with Sony/ATV, MegaUpload’s lawyers finally defending rather t...

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Deezer, Radiohead, Get It Right, Adele from 2015-10-30T09:40:45

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Deezer abandoning its IPO, Radiohead suing Parlophone, the Get It Right campaign and Adele's return. Th...

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YouTube Red, Victory Records, Venue Day, Mercury Prize from 2015-10-23T07:43:14

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the unveiling of YouTube's subscription service, Victory Records' mechanical rights dispute with Spotif...

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Dissecting The Digital Dollar, Aurous, Donald Trump, Kanye West from 2015-10-16T06:30:18

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the Dissecting The Digital Dollar report we published this week with the MMF, the RIAA's speedy lawsuit...

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Pandora, Modular, Streaming royalties, George Osborne from 2015-10-09T09:08:45

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Pandora's acquisition of Ticketfly, Modular's legal disputes with Universal Music and BMG, the US Copyr...

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Digital music transparency, T In The Park, YouTube, Justin Bieber from 2015-10-02T07:47:49

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including France's new government-led initiative on transparency in digital music deals, controversy over the fun...

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Happy Birthday, The Charts, Deezer, Ryan Adams from 2015-09-25T09:05:29

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the ruling that 'Happy Birthday' is out of copyright in the US, record sales at gigs being included in ...

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Dancing babies, Aretha Franklin, Nielsen stats, Elton John from 2015-09-18T07:18:26

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including what the long-running dancing baby case tells us about takedowns and fair use, Aretha Franklin's film w...

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Radio X, Google, consent decrees, Sam Smith from 2015-09-11T07:57:42

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the relaunch of Xfm and the BBC’s streaming ambitions, more on the safe harbours debate and Google's ta...

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Vinyl Revival, EMI's sample amnesty, The Beatles, Kanye West from 2015-09-04T10:00:25

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Tesco and Technics joining the much hyped vinyl revival, EMI Production Music's sample amnesty, the Can...

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PRS v SoundCloud, MegaUpload, Tyler The Creator, One Direction from 2015-08-28T08:51:13

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including PRS suing Soundcloud, more recent developments in the dispute over the lost MegaUpload data, Tyler, The...

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Baboom, MegaUpload, SFX, The Voice from 2015-08-21T08:51:39

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the long-awaited launch of Baboom, the longer awaited deletion of MegaUpload, the further protracted bu...

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The MPAA, Dr Luke, iTunes, Prince from 2015-08-14T11:03:17

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including big tech hitting out as the MPAA attempts to get web-clocking through the US courts, Dr Luke being sued...

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Apple Music, Universal, SFX Entertainment, Dr Dre from 2015-08-07T11:39:54

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including facts, figures, rumours and deals at Apple Music, Universal's new playlist marketing boss Jay Frank, th...

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The Digital Pie, Amazon Prime Music, vKontakte, Zayn Malik from 2015-07-31T07:55:04

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the latest on the digital pie debate, Amazon Prime Music's UK launch, Russian social network vKontakte'...

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Apple, Universal, Spotify, One Direction from 2015-07-24T11:14:08

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the FTC's investigation into Apple's 'tax' on in-app purchases, the race to improve songwriting royalty...

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Blurred Lines, BBC iPlayer Radio, MIC Coalition, Foo Fighters from 2015-07-17T08:27:27

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the latest in the Marvin Gaye's family's legal battle with Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke over 'Blu...

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NME, Sony Music, PRS For Music, 65daysofstatic from 2015-07-10T05:15:49

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the NME's announcement that it will become free later this year, Sony Music's response to 19 Entertainm...

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19 Entertainment, Taylor Swift, Sirius XM, Amy Winehouse from 2015-07-03T09:30:04

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the latest developments in 19 Entertainment’s litigation against Sony Music, the latest photographer ra...

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Apple Music, Ed Sheeran, UK Music, Deadmau5 from 2015-06-26T05:48:07

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Taylor Swift causing a u-turn on Apple Music's royalties policy, Ed Sheeran's 'Thinking About You' spen...

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Apple Music, Blinkbox, Beastie Boys, Foo Fighters from 2015-06-19T10:14:58

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the indie label backlash against Apple Music, Blinkbox going into administration, Beastie Boys' latest ...

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Apple Music, The Arches, Kobalt, Walmart from 2015-06-12T09:57:59

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Apple's big music announcement, The Arches in Glasgow closing down, Kobalt's new collecting society, an...

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