Live from Spot+ - a podcast by Complete Music Update (CMU)

from 2021-09-20T06:00

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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 music business from the last week, including the RIAA’s latest stats, Portishead’s user-centric royalties on SoundCloud, Epic Games and Apple, COVID passports, and why Ed Sheeran hates American awards ceremonies.

PANEL

• Maria Borg, Digital Partners & Export Manager at discowax / Sony Music

• Helienne Lindvall, songwriter + board director at Ivors Academy

• Daniel Nordgård, Associate Professor in music business at University Of Agder

• Josh Greenberg, Creative Strategy Consultant at Green Mountain Lodge

• Stein Bjelland, President at Stein70000 + Chair of Music Norway

SECTION TIMES

01: RIAA (00:04:37)

02: SoundCloud (00:26:05)

03: Epic v Apple (00:35:00)

04: COVID passports (00:48:28)

05: Ed Sheeran (00:55:46)

(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)

STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK

• US record industry scores 27% growth in first half of 2021

• SoundCloud says user-centric boosted the royalties for Portishead’s SOS by 500%

• Epic v Apple ruling favours the tech giant, but forces big concession on the App Store’s payment rules

• COVID Passports remain in UK government’s Plan B for tackling the next phase of the pandemic

• American awards ceremonies are “horrible”, says Ed Sheeran

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