Artist News Business News Deals Digital Gigs & Festivals Labels & Publishers Setlist

CMU Podcast: Victory Records, Apple Music, Sony/ATV, Busted

By Andy Malt and Chris Cooke | Published on Friday 13 November 2015

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 motivations for creating it, more on Sony/ATV’s direct licensing deal with Pandora, and the unlikely but really happening reunion of Busted. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.

Subscribe to the CMU Podcast

Listen to the CMU Podcast and sign up to receive new episodes automatically each week through any of these services…

iTunes | audioBoom | SoundCloud | Stitcher | Spreaker | TuneIn | Mixcloud | RSS

Stories discussed this week

• Victory Records returns to Spotify
• New York Attorney General asked to investigate Spotify’s unpaid mechanicals
• Apple Music launches on Android
• Sony/ATV chief clarifies Pandora deal practicalities in songwriter memo
• ASCAP adds percentage share info to its songs database
• Those Busted tour dates we mentioned

CMU Approved

• Haleek Maul
• Anna Von Hausswolff
• Myrkur
• Girli

What we didn’t have time to talk about

• Charity says it could be the actual owner of Happy Birthday
• Universal videos not appearing on Foxtel music channels in Australia
• Audit Scotland to investigate T In The Park grant
• Judge asks specific questions about lost MegaUpload data
• vKontakte ordered to pay damages in two more infringement cases

Please subscribe, rate, review and share the show once you’ve listened!