Podcasts by Setlist
SETLIST is the music business podcast from CMU
Further podcasts by Complete Music Update (CMU)
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Grassroots venues need ticket levy to survive from 2023-12-08T17:00
Sony Music tells US politicians to act on AI loopholes from 2023-12-01T21:25:31
Spotify insists royalty changes will help emerging artists from 2023-11-24T17:04:30
Stability AI exec resigns over fair use claim from 2023-11-17T17:00
Competition law concerns over Spotify’s royalty plans from 2023-11-10T17:00
Tech companies say fair use trumps copyright in AI from 2023-11-03T17:00
Spotify plots changes to the way it pays out royalties from 2023-10-27T16:00
Managers criticise Universal's Pandora royalty switch from 2023-10-20T19:00
Easy Life agree to change their name for an easyLife from 2023-10-14T06:00
Musicians and songwriters draw AI red lines from 2023-09-25T06:00
The call for a UK ticket touting ban from 2023-09-18T06:00
Is Deezer’s new streaming model really artist-centric? from 2023-09-11T06:00
The looming decision on Brixton Academy’s future from 2023-09-04T06:00
YouTube’s three principles for music and AI from 2023-08-29T06:00
Were the 1975 right to speak out in Malaysia? from 2023-07-31T06:00
The questions raised by TikTok's Warner deal from 2023-07-24T06:00
FAC steps up its campaign against music venue merch commissions from 2023-07-17T06:00
The music industry finally sues Twitter from 2023-06-19T06:00
Just how eco-friendly is Coldplay's world tour? from 2023-06-12T06:00
How a 1980s Prince photo impacts on AI from 2023-05-29T06:00
Fans and bands rally to save London’s Brixton Academy from 2023-05-22T06:00
Ed Sheeran wins another song-theft legal battle from 2023-05-09T06:00
Universal hits out at AI generated music from 2023-04-24T06:00
Live at Wide Days 2023 from 2023-04-17T06:00
Hybe defends buying into K-pop rival SM Entertainment from 2023-02-27T07:00
Scottish festival boss hits out at proposed alcohol sponsorship ban from 2023-02-20T07:00
Live Nation faces tough questions in US Congress from 2023-01-30T07:00
Music industry hits out at BBC Introducing cuts from 2023-01-23T07:00
Universal boss calls for “artist-centric” streaming model from 2023-01-16T07:00
Top five artist gripes in 2023 from 2023-01-09T07:00
The music business review of the year 2022 from 2022-12-19T07:00
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MPs ask for an update on the"complete reset of streaming” from 2022-11-21T07:00
Drake and 21 Savage ordered to destroy fake Vogue cover from 2022-11-14T07:00
Has music copyright “never had it so good”? from 2022-11-07T07:00
Noise complaints still threatening live music from 2022-10-31T07:00
How much will promoters lose from the Festicket collapse? from 2022-10-24T06:00
Why is touring becoming economically unviable for more artists? from 2022-10-17T06:00
Did the Tories infringe M People's copyright? from 2022-10-10T06:00
Will data developments get songwriters paid? from 2022-10-03T06:00
US recorded music revenues still climbing (slowly) from 2022-09-26T06:00
Lizzo’s keeping her $5 million cancelled festival fee from 2022-09-19T06:00
Vinyl is now more popular than Playstation games from 2022-09-12T06:00
Venues and studios face closure as energy prices rocket from 2022-09-05T06:00
The rise and fall of ‘virtual’ rapper FN Meka from 2022-08-29T06:00
Timbaland and Swizz Beats sue Triller from 2022-08-22T06:00
Taylor Swift says she didn’t rip off players or haters from 2022-08-15T06:00
Streaming market just fine, says UK competition regulator from 2022-08-01T06:00
Warner Music goes user-centric with SoundCloud from 2022-07-25T06:00
Youngboy ruling furthers Rap On Trial debate from 2022-07-18T06:00
Proposed AI laws “dangerous and damaging”, UK Music warns from 2022-07-11T06:00
Is TikTok just “a sophisticated surveillance tool”? from 2022-07-04T06:00
Does Four Tet’s streaming settlement set a precedent? from 2022-06-27T13:39:41
BTS on a break, but don’t call it a hiatus from 2022-06-20T06:00
Spotify tells investors everything’s fine, honest from 2022-06-13T06:00
Is TikTok causing digital burnout in artists? from 2022-06-06T06:00
Is it time to #ownourvenues? from 2022-05-30T06:00
Live at Wide Days from 2022-05-23T06:00
Live at The Great Escape from 2022-05-16T06:00
Deezer to go public with €1 billion valuation from 2022-04-25T06:00
The battle for Sheffield’s Leadmill music venue from 2022-04-18T09:09:37
Did Fortnite rip off a Charlie Puth dance? It’s complicated from 2022-04-04T06:00
Record revenues for the record industry (if you don’t adjust for inflation) from 2022-03-28T06:00
Spotify says its FC Barcelona deal will be great for musicians from 2022-03-21T07:00
Ed Sheeran tells the High Court he’s no song thief from 2022-03-14T07:00
Bandcamp bought by Fortnite maker Epic Games from 2022-03-07T07:00
Megan Thee Stallion in album definition dispute from 2022-02-28T07:00
Comedians sue Pandora over joke copyrights from 2022-02-14T07:00
HitPiece NFTs spark a cease and desist frenzy from 2022-02-07T07:00
Spotify chooses Joe Rogan over Neil Young from 2022-01-31T09:56:58
Artists go to war over venue merch commissions from 2022-01-24T07:00
Yet another song theft case? You got it! from 2022-01-17T07:00
Five music controversies to expect in 2022 from 2022-01-10T07:00
Review of the music business year 2021 from 2021-12-20T07:00
There’s only room for one Republic in music, says Universal from 2021-11-22T08:06
The legal fall out from the Astroworld tragedy from 2021-11-15T07:00
Jay-Z in court over"crappy, lazy"perfume launch from 2021-11-08T07:00
COVID-19 wipes nearly $1 billion off song royalties from 2021-11-01T08:14:17
Counting the impact of COVID on the UK music industry from 2021-10-25T06:00
Coldplay's plans to make touring eco-friendly from 2021-10-18T06:00
Coldplay's plans to make touring eco-friendly from 2021-10-18T06:00
Tina Turner's big money brand and rights deal from 2021-10-11T06:00
Donald Trump's Electric Avenue fair use failure from 2021-10-04T06:00
Donald Trump's Electric Avenue fair use failure from 2021-10-04T06:00
The government responds to Parliament’s streaming report from 2021-09-27T06:00
The government responds to Parliament’s streaming report from 2021-09-27T06:00
Live from Spot+ from 2021-09-20T06:00
Anarchy in the High Court - it's the Sex Pistols! from 2021-07-26T05:00
The things people still get wrong about streaming – dissecting the Economics Of Streaming report from 2021-07-19T05:00
Let's fix streaming by taxing the superstars from 2021-07-12T06:00
Brexit negotiator says touring issues aren't his problem from 2021-07-05T05:00
Damon Dash and the court-blocked Jay-Z NFT from 2021-06-28T05:00
Could this bold new law finally fix streaming? from 2021-06-21T06:00
The music publishers' $200 million lawsuit against Roblox from 2021-06-14T06:00
YouTube's four billion dollar stats brag from 2021-06-07T06:00
The music industry's"war on the internet" from 2021-05-31T06:00
High quality audio goes mainstream from 2021-05-24T06:00
Are iPhone users the real victims of the Apple Tax? from 2021-05-17T06:00
PRS livestreaming rates: the controversy continues from 2021-05-10T06:00
The EU takes a stand against the Apple Tax from 2021-05-03T06:00
Artists call on Boris Johnson to fix streaming from 2021-04-26T06:00
Live Nation prepares venues for the livestreaming future from 2021-04-19T06:00
Lil Nas X's Satan Shoes recalled back to Hell from 2021-04-12T06:00
Songwriters call time on pop stars’ unearned credits from 2021-04-05T06:00
How record labels kept the money flowing in 2020 from 2021-03-29T06:00
Spotify gets in on the economics of streaming debate from 2021-03-22T07:00
The music business year so far from 2021-03-15T07:00
The music business year so far from 2021-03-15T07:00
Artists say PRS fees could cause livestream losses from 2020-12-14T07:00
Can the Grammy Awards ever escape controversy? from 2020-12-07T07:00
Artists tell MPs streaming is"threatening the future of music" from 2020-11-30T07:00
300 million reasons why Taylor Swift still hates Scooter Braun from 2020-11-23T07:00
Are we headed for a live music dystopia? from 2020-11-16T07:00
Spotify opens up its algorithm... for a fee from 2020-11-09T07:00
Songwriters fear 35% royalty drop in 2020 from 2020-11-02T07:00
Could Viagogo's StubHub merger be on the verge of collapse? from 2020-10-26T07:00
Parliament probes the economics of streaming from 2020-10-19T06:00
BMG moves to make record contracts fairer from 2020-10-12T06:00
Travis Scott's thumbs get him into trouble from 2020-10-05T06:00
Commerical radio hits out at BBC Sounds from 2020-09-28T06:00
Kanye West puts record deals in the spotlight from 2020-09-21T06:00
Music industry numbers - the week in stats from 2020-09-14T06:00
Ford v Freeplay: When free doesn't mean free from 2020-09-07T06:00
Nicki Minaj and the case of the sorry sample from 2020-08-31T06:00
Fortnite goes to battle with Apple from 2020-08-24T06:00
Top ten legal battles - Procul Harum take it to the Lords from 2020-08-17T06:00
What Donald Trump's TikTok ban means for the music industry from 2020-08-10T06:00
Wiley, Twitter and the online censorship debate from 2020-08-03T06:00
Taylor Swift's secret folklore and shaken off lawsuits from 2020-07-27T06:00
Migos say they were “robbed” and “cheated” out of millions from 2020-07-20T06:00
Lady A sue Lady A over who is the real Lady A from 2020-07-13T06:00
Music magazines stay off the shelves from 2020-07-06T06:00
The COVID crisis pushes the live industry to the brink from 2020-06-29T06:00
Post-COVID pay cuts and Jay-Z's love chat from 2020-06-22T06:00
The 'urban' music debate and takedowns on Twitch from 2020-06-15T06:00
Black Out Tuesday, Eight Mile Style from 2020-06-08T06:00
StubHub and blanket licences for the whole internet from 2020-06-01T06:00
Safe harbours and 6ix9ine's chart battle battle from 2020-05-25T06:00
The ten things people get wrong about streaming - part 2 from 2020-05-18T06:00
The ten things people get wrong about streaming - part 1 from 2020-05-11T06:00
The future of live music, charity chart battles from 2020-05-04T06:00
Ticketmaster refunds, Mixcloud livestreaming from 2020-04-27T06:00
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, lockdown radio listening from 2020-04-20T06:00
StubHub Refunds, You Raise Me Up from 2020-04-13T06:00
COVID-19, Paradigm, Public Enemy from 2020-04-06T06:00
COVID-19, lockdown, Lizzo from 2020-03-30T06:00
COVID-19, Led Zepplin, Katy Perry from 2020-03-23T07:00
Top ten legal battles - The Jay-Z moral rights case from 2020-03-16T07:00
Lizzo, Coronavirus, Journey from 2020-03-09T07:00
Touts, US record stats, Brexit from 2020-03-02T07:00
Top ten legal battles - Suing the filesharers from 2020-02-24T07:00
Top ten legal battles - Morrissey v the NME from 2020-02-17T07:00
Top ten legal battles – The Kraftwerk sampling case from 2020-02-10T07:00
European Copyright Directive, German digital pie, tax cuts for music venues from 2020-02-03T07:00
Grammy Awards special from 2020-01-27T07:00
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
Massive Attack, banned songs, doughnuts from 2019-12-09T07:00
Viagogo, Billboard, Jay-Z from 2019-12-02T07:00
Apple Music, Coldplay, Taylor Swift from 2019-11-25T10:46:30
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
Robert Fripp, Notorious Markets, Tegan&Sara from 2019-10-12T08:19:59
Deezer, consent decrees, YouTube from 2019-09-22T19:35:52
Top ten legal battles - Prince and the dancing baby from 2019-09-09T06:36:28
Tencent, Tents, Baby Shark from 2019-09-04T07:15:53
Eminem, Tidal, the Universal fire from 2019-08-27T07:25:12
Top ten legal battles – the Blurred Lines song-theft case from 2019-08-19T09:55:54
Tencent, TikTok, Katy Perry from 2019-08-12T20:09:48
Live Nation, Woodstock, Ja Rule from 2019-07-21T08:40:54
Taylor Swift, Spotify, Sam Fender from 2019-07-14T06:56:17
Universal, stream scamming, Apple from 2019-07-05T06:01:08
Lyrics, Krept&Konan, Vivendi from 2019-06-29T08:04:37
FTC, Universal, DJ Khaled from 2019-06-22T10:51:14
20 years of CMU – The Pirate Bay, the piracy site that refuses to sink from 2019-06-10T08:59:52
SGAE, RIAA, Richard Ashcroft from 2019-06-03T07:28:21
20 years of CMU – The rise and rise and rise of Live Nation from 2019-05-30T08:08:16
PledgeMusic, song royalties, Woodstock from 2019-05-23T07:27:57
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...
Listen20 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...
ListenTicketmaster, 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 ...
ListenIFPI 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 ...
Listen20 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. ...
ListenLive 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...
ListenCRB 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...
ListenSpotify, 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...
Listen20 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. ...
Listen20 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 ...
ListenHMV, 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...
Listen20 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...
ListenPitchfork, 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...
ListenR 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...
Listen20 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...
ListenTencent, 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...
ListenTicketmaster, 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...
Listen20 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 ...
ListenEd 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 ...
ListenAnti-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...
ListenUK 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 ...
ListenYouTube, 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...
ListenBusiness 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...
Listen20 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...
ListenNAFTA, 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'...
ListenTicketmaster, 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...
Listen20 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...
Listen20 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 ...
ListenViagogo, 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...
Listen20 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 ...
ListenGrande, 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...
ListenTicketmaster, 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, ...
ListenYouTube, 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...
ListenUniversal, 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...
ListenMercury 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...
ListenCliff 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...
ListenCopyright 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, ...
Listen20 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...
Listen20 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...
ListenCopyright, 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...
ListenSpotify, 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...
Listen20 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...
ListenViagogo, 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...
ListenEMI, 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...
Listen20 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...
ListenTidal, 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...
ListenSpotify, 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...
ListenViagogo, 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...
ListenFestival 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...
ListenMMA, 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 ...
ListenBlurred 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...
ListenLyor 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...
ListenNME, 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...
ListenBRITs, 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...
ListenTicketing, 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...
ListenBest 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...
ListenEducation, 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...
ListenEnrique 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...
ListenSongkick, 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...
ListenLana 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...
ListenSpotify, 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...
ListenReview 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 ...
ListenReview 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...
ListenShazam, 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...
ListenYouTube, 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...
ListenRainbow 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...
ListenUniversal, 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, ...
ListenCISAC 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...
ListenTaylor 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...
ListenApple 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...
ListenEminem, 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...
ListenSongkick, 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...
ListenCloudflare, 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...
ListenTakedown-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...
ListenEnemies 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...
ListenMusic 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...
ListenSpotify 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...
ListenFake 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...
ListenKanye 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...
ListenGoogle, 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 ...
ListenApple 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...
ListenPandora, 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,...
ListenSpotify, 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...
ListenThe 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-...
ListenPre-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...
ListenYouTube, 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...
ListenFyre 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...
ListenRecord 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...
ListenBPI 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....
ListenSpotify, 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...
ListenViagogo, 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...
ListenSXSW, 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...
ListenThe 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...
ListenSoundCloud, 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...
ListenTransparency, 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...
ListenHMV, 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 ...
ListenTidal, 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 ...
ListenPaul 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...
ListenPrince, 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 ...
ListenReview 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...
ListenSoundCloud, 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...
ListenYouTube, 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...
ListenSound 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 ...
ListenFabric, 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,...
ListenTicket 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 ...
ListenKickassTorrents, 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...
ListenYouTube, 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...
ListenMusic 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 ...
ListenTicket 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...
ListenAmazon, 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...
ListenDissecting 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...
ListenYouTube, 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...
ListenFabric, 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...
ListenPublishers 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...
ListenDavid 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 ...
ListenThe 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...
ListenLed 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...
ListenEd 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
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...
ListenThe 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...
ListenSony/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...
ListenIFPI 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 ...
ListenRdio, 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...
ListenSoundCloud, 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...
ListenRIAA, 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 ...
ListenConvergence 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...
ListenMechanicals, 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...
ListenATP, 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...
ListenKesha, 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...
ListenSpotify, 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...
ListenSpotify, 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...
ListenSFX, 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...
ListenSpotify, 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...
ListenYouTube, 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...
ListenDavid 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...
ListenAmerica'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...
ListenSpotify, 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...
ListenNew 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...
ListenAdele, 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...
ListenRdio, 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...
ListenVictory 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...
ListenPandora, 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...
ListenDeezer, 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...
ListenYouTube 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...
ListenDissecting 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...
ListenPandora, 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...
ListenDigital 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...
ListenHappy 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 ...
ListenDancing 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...
ListenRadio 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...
ListenVinyl 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...
ListenPRS 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...
ListenBaboom, 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...
ListenThe 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...
ListenApple 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...
ListenThe 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'...
ListenApple, 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...
ListenBlurred 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...
ListenNME, 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...
Listen19 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...
ListenApple 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...
ListenApple 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 ...
ListenApple 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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