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  • SETLIST is the music business podcast from CMU
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  • Music publishers go to war with Spotify

    Music publishers go to war with Spotify
    May 17 2024
    On this week's show we discuss the battle between music publishers and Spotify over its plans to reclassify its subscriptions as bundles of music, audiobooks and podcasts, and commercial media companies hit out at the BBC’s plan to sell advertising on its podcasts.

    SECTION TIMES
    01: Spotify (00:03:48)
    02: News in brief (00:15:20)
    03: BBC (00:17:48)
    (Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)

    THIS WEEK'S MAIN STORIES
    • The MLC is suing Spotify over audiobook bundling
    • Publishers accuse Spotify of licensing gaps in letter the streaming service has dubbed a “misleading press stunt”
    • US music publishers ramp up the rhetoric against Spotify's royalty reducing bundling trick
    • Media companies hit out at plan for BBC to sell ads alongside its podcasts

    NEWS IN BRIEF
    • TICKET Act passed by US House Of Representatives
    • Universal removed as defendant on explosive Diddy lawsuit
    • TikTok creators file lawsuit against US sell-or-be-banned law
    • Utopia swings the axe again with significant job losses across remaining non-UK operations
    • ATC takes majority stake in Raw Power

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    • Sony Music tells 700+ AI companies to respect its copyrights
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    24 mins
  • Arena ticket levy by September, MPs demand

    Arena ticket levy by September, MPs demand
    May 11 2024
    On this week's show we discuss the UK Parliament’s Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee recommending that a levy on ticket sales for large scale shows be implemented by September and that the government should instigate a VAT cut for grassroots music venues, plus the concerns surrounding the launch of a new SXSW festival in London.

    SECTION TIMES
    01: Grassroots venues report (00:06:50)
    02: News in brief (00:14:18)
    03: SXSW London (00:17:38)
    (Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)

    THIS WEEK'S MAIN STORIES
    • MPs set September deadline for ticket levy to support grassroots venues and shows
    • SXSW London could disrupt delicately balanced music ecosystem and should reconsider its date

    NEWS IN BRIEF
    • TikTok sues the US government over sell-or-be-banned law
    • Goldman Sachs analysts upbeat about music industry after a “turning point” year
    • Lucian’s lunch money under threat as shareholder pressure mounts over “excessive” pay packet
    • Nine of the ten wrongful death Astroworld lawsuits now settled, says Live Nation
    • OfCom should use Online Safety Act powers to force Facebook to act on ticket scams, says Which?
    • Music Venue Properties announces purchase of The Ferret in Preston
    • Apple finds out the hard way that not everyone thinks destruction is a form of creation
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    27 mins
  • Calls for urgent new AI laws in UK and US

    Calls for urgent new AI laws in UK and US
    May 4 2024
    On this week's show we discuss the calls on both sides of the Atlantic for new AI laws to protect creators, the big love-in between Universal and TikTok as they finally resolve their differences, and more.

    SECTION TIMES
    01: AI laws (00:07:00)
    02: News in brief (00:20:29)
    03: Universal x TikTok (00:23:20)
    (Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)

    THIS WEEK'S MAIN STORIES
    • MPs call on UK government to create “a pro-creative industries AI bill”
    • FKA Twigs and Warner boss tell Senators about the urgent need for a US-wide law to regulate deepfakes
    • Universal and TikTok are best buds again
    • Universal boss Lucian Grainge talks up the new TikTok deal which “will protect the integrity and value of human artistry”

    NEWS IN BRIEF
    • EU TikTok ban “is not excluded” says European Commission President, as FCC Commissioner says US ban won’t be scuppered in the courts
    • CEO of NewJeans label Ador refuses to convene board meeting as parent company HYBE tries to push her out
    • R Kelly fails to overturn Chicago conviction
    • Astroworld victims want first trial to be livestreamed
    • Taylor Swift and Record Store Day push UK vinyl sales reach highest level since 1994

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    • Could Co-op Group terminate Manchester arena naming rights deal? Fury mounts as safety incident forces yet more Co-op Live show cancellations
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    32 mins
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