Universal boss calls for “artist-centric” streaming model - a podcast by Complete Music Update (CMU)

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 way streaming monies are allocated to individual tracks by the digital platforms each month is a key priority for the biggest music rights company in the world, plus Dr Dre’s legal run-in with US Congress member Marjorie Taylor Greene.



SECTION TIMES

01: Lucian Grainge (00:06:51)

02: Dr Dre (00:32:03)

(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)



STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK

• Universal boss says streaming needs to shift to an “artist-centric” model

• Dr Dre sets lawyers on Marjorie Taylor Greene over copyright infringement

• Marjorie Taylor Green responds to Dr Dre



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