The CMU Digest provides busy music industry professionals with a concise summary of the biggest stories in the music business week just gone.

CMU Digest 29.01.23: Spotify, Live Nation, merch commissions, Rick Astley, Warner Music29 January 2023

CMU Digest 22.01.23: Brixton Academy, Amazon, BBC Introducing, Apple, PRS Foundation22 January 2023

CMU Digest 15.01.23: Universal Music memo, new energy support scheme, economics of streaming update, LIVENow, Harry Styles15 January 2023

CMU Digest 18.12.22: Asake, Altice USA, ticket touts, Taylor Swift, Ticketmaster18 December 2022

CMU Digest 27.11.22: Ticketmaster, Adidas, UK Music, Deutsche Grammophon, clubbing culture impact27 November 2022

CMU Digest 20.11.22: IFPI, Taylor Swift, Economics Of Music Streaming, Vogue, Radio 1 Dance20 November 2022

CMU Digest 13.11.22: Cloudflare, Vogue, YouTube, BBC, Attitude Is Everything13 November 2022

CMU Digest 06.11.22: Amazon Prime, Grande Communications, Will Page, Protect Black Art, Yout6 November 2022

CMU Digest 30.10.22: Kanye West, CISAC, Night & Day, Apple Music, Pollen30 October 2022

CMU Digest 23.10.22: Astroworld, Live Nation, Festicket, Green Events Code, Pinterest23 October 2022

CMU Digest 16.10.22: TikTok, BMI, IMPALA, Animal Collective, Afrochella16 October 2022

CMU Digest 02.10.22: ISM, Mr Probz, PRS, MLC, Pollen, Meta2 October 2022

CMU Digest 25.09.22: Festicket, UK Music, YouTube, RIAA, Warner Music25 September 2022

CMU Digest 18.09.22: YouTube, Bang, Gaana, Universal Music, Lizzo18 September 2022

CMU Digest 11.09.22: Kobalt, energy prices, vinyl sales, Nirvana, GEMA11 September 2022

CMU Digest 04.09.22: Streaming rates, Australian industry review, energy prices, Awesome Merchandise, Triller4 September 2022

CMU Digest 28.08.22: Megan Thee Stallion, Eddy Grant, FN Meka, Festicket, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab28 August 2022

CMU Digest 14.08.22: Pollen, Spotify, HitCo, BPI, Taylor Swift14 August 2022

CMU Digest 24.07.22: Epidemic Sound, SoundCloud, EU performer ER, UK music exports, Brexit report24 July 2022

CMU Digest 17.07.22: Web-blocks, Bang, venue licensing, BMI, Hipgnosis17 July 2022

CMU Digest 10.07.22: AI copyright exceptions, Deezer, PRS Foundation, Tim Westwood, Pandora10 July 2022

CMU Digest 03.07.22: CRB streaming rates, Music Education Plan, NZ copyright, TikTok, Viagogo3 July 2022

CMU Digest 26.06.22: Four Tet, MegaUpload, Ed Sheeran, IMPALA, Jimi Hendrix26 June 2022

CMU Digest 19.06.22: Performer ER, Sony Music, Bestival, Spotify, US Radio Music License Committee19 June 2022

CMU Digest 12.06.22: Ditto Music, Greek visas, Spotify, Bang Energy, PRS Foundation12 June 2022

CMU Digest 05.06.22: PRS Foundation, digital burnout, Spinrilla, IFPI, Spotify For Artists5 June 2022

CMU Digest 29.05.22: Sony Music, Music Venue Trust, festival diversity, Travis Scott, BBC29 May 2022

CMU Digest 08.05.22: US mechanical rates, Coldplay, Live Nation, TuneIn, Kanye West8 May 2022

CMU Digest 01.05.22: Spotify, NetEase Cloud Music, Article Seventeen, Digital Services Act, PRS1 May 2022

CMU Digest 24.04.22: Astroworld, Deezer, Justin Bieber, Kesha, termination rights24 April 2022

CMU Digest 17.04.22: Deezer, Astroworld, The Leadmill, Backstreet, Justin Bieber17 April 2022

CMU Digest 10.04.22: Ed Sheeran, Spotify, BBC Sounds, Bob Dylan, Cardi B10 April 2022

CMU Digest 03.04.22: Universal Music, The Leadmill, Spotify, Copyright Royalty Board, Fortnite3 April 2022

CMU Digest 27.03.22: IFPI, Spotify, UK budget, Google, FLVTO/2conv27 March 2022

CMU Digest 20.03.21: AWAL, Spotify, Capitol UK, Ticketmaster, Genius20 March 2022

CMU Digest 13.03.22: Ed Sheeran, Ukraine response, Katy Perry, RIAA, TikTok13 March 2022

CMU Digest 06.03.22: Ukraine response, Bandcamp, ERA, Astroworld, Dua Lipa6 March 2022

CMU Digest 27.02.22: Live Nation, Utopia, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Astroworld, Megan Thee Stallion27 February 2022

CMU Digest 20.02.22: Notorious Markets, AIF boss festival sector warning, AWAL, Dwight Yoakam, Lil Peep20 February 2022

CMU Digest 13.02.22: Spotify, Lil Peep, Pandora, Jimi Hendrix, Global Music Rights13 February 2022

CMU Digest 06.02.22: Spotify, Warner Music, HitPiece NFTs, Lil Yachty, Lady A6 February 2022

CMU Digest 30.01.22: Neil Young, COVID, Cardi B, CMA, SGAE30 January 2022

CMU Digest 23.01.22: BBC, FAC, Epic, Jimi Hendrix, youtube-dl23 January 2022

CMU Digest 16.01.22: Anti-terror rules, Nevermind baby, Pimco, Dark Horse, Lucian Grainge16 January 2022

CMU Digest 20.12.21: COVID-19, Four Tet, Midem, Music Climate Pact, 300, Bruce Springsteen20 December 2021

CMU Digest 13.12.21: COVID-19, Taylor Swift, Apple, Astroworld, Audiomack12 December 2021

CMU Digest 06.12.21: Brennan bill, comedy rights, ticket tout convictions, NetEase, Apple v Epic5 December 2021

CMU Digest 29.11.21: Brennan bill, Four Tet, Astroworld, Night & Day, BRIT Awards29 November 2021

CMU Digest 22.11.21: Spanish visas, Astroworld, music rights revenues, Tidal, Republic22 November 2021

CMU Digest 15.11.21: Astroworld, performer ER, Jay-Z, The Scala, Apple15 November 2021

CMU Digest 08.11.21: Brexit, the reciprocity approach, Jay-Z, Live Nation, HYBE7 November 2021

CMU Digest 01.11.21: CISAC, Universal Music, COVID Passports, Epic Games, Genius1 November 2021

CMU Digest 25.10.21: CMA, UK Music, CRB, IFPI, Kobalt24 October 2021

CMU Digest 18.10.21: Sony Music, Copyright Royalty Board, Black Lives In Music, Hipgnosis, Lyric Capital, Coldplay18 October 2021

CMU Digest 11.10.21: FLVTO/2conv, COVID Passports, Boiler Room, Friendly Fires, Driift10 October 2021

CMU Digest 04.10.21: CAA, Sony Music, Eddy Grant, Roblox, Twitch3 October 2021

CMU Digest 27.09.21: Universal Music, Economics Of Streaming, Creators' Earnings, Twitch, Yout27 September 2021

CMU Digest 20.09.21: RIAA stats, Apple, COVID Passports, Little Mix, StubHub20 September 2021

CMU Digest 13.09.21: AWAL, COVID Passports, economics of streaming, Viagogo, Quad912 September 2021

CMU Digest 06.09.21: Apple, PayPerformers, Universal Music, disability study, Primephonic6 September 2021

CMU Digest 30.08.21: Nirvana, Sex Pistols, Megan Thee Stallion, TekSavvy, Flo & Eddie30 August 2021

CMU Digest 23.08.21: Secondary ticketing, streaming black boxes, Audiam, Tencent, repeat infringers22 August 2021

CMU Digest 16.08.21: App stores, COVID rules, Vivendi, Four Tet, Universal Music15 August 2021

CMU Digest 09.08.21: COVID insurance, Sony Music, Spotify, Twitter, Bob Dylan9 August 2021

CMU Digest 02.08.21: Tencent, Women In CTRL, CRB, FLVTO/2conv, Reservoir1 August 2021

CMU Digest 26.07.21: Universal Music, Gymshark, Sex Pistols, European Commission, Sony Music Publishing26 July 2021

CMU Digest 19.07.21: Economics Of Streaming, COVID, Chance The Rapper, The Sex Pistols, Brexit18 July 2021

CMU Digest 12.07.21: COVID-19, Sainsbury's, GECAT Pass, Artist Growth Model, Hipgnosis12 July 2021

CMU Digest 05.07.21: HYBE, Brexit, Spotify Discovery Mode, Damon Dash, IMS stats5 July 2021

CMU Digest 28.06.21: Events Research Programme, Sony Music Australia, Damon Dash, Universal Music, #LetTheMusicMove27 June 2021

CMU Digest 21.06.21: COVID, Kevin Brennan, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Somethin Else, Jay-Z21 June 2021

CMU Digest 14.06.21: Sony Music, COVID, Performer ER, Roblox, TikTok13 June 2021

CMU Digest 07.06.21: Spotify, Universal, festivals, YouTube, Believe6 June 2021

CMU Digest 01.06.21: NetEase, COVID-19, Cox Communications, Brexit, Canadian web-blocks31 May 2021

CMU Digest 24.05.21: AWAL, Triller, Events Research Programme, Vivendi, HD streams24 May 2021

CMU Digest 17.05.21: Believe, Apple, Lady A, BRITs, mental health guides16 May 2021

CMU Digest 10.05.21: AIF, PRS, Apple, Live Nation, Vimeo10 May 2021

CMU Digest 03.05.21: Tencent, Brexit, Downtown, Spotify, PRS3 May 2021

CMU Digest 26.04.21: COVID, #fixstreaming, Apple, Know Your Business Customer, Maria Schneider26 April 2021

CMU Digest 19.04.21: Tencent, Fyre Festival, Triller, Live Nation, Capital Xtra18 April 2021

CMU Digest 12.04.21: Maria Schneider, Events Research Programme, Lil Nas X, Digital Markets Unit, Young12 April 2021

CMU Digest 05.04.21: Katy Perry, PACT, Bob Dylan, Universal Music, TuneIn4 April 2021

CMU Digest 29.03.21: Brexit, COVID, IFPI, IMPALA, economics of streaming29 March 2021

CMU Digest 22.03.21: Brexit, Spotify, BBC, iHeart, MDRCs22 March 2021

CMU Digest 15.03.21: Brexit, women in music, SGAE, Pirate Monitor, ASCAP14 March 2021

CMU Digest 08.03.21: Tidal, SoundCloud, COVID-19, Apple, Viagogo7 March 2021

CMU Digest 01.03.21: Spotify, COVID-19, economics of streaming, BPI, Triller28 February 2021

CMU Digest 22.02.21: MLC, Vivendi, CISAC, Virgin Music, BPI21 February 2021

CMU Digest 15.02.21: Sony Music Publishing, economics of streaming, Brexit, Dwight Yoakam, TikTok14 February 2021

CMU Digest 08.02.21: Triller, streaming inquiry, Viagogo, VAT cut, AWAL7 February 2021

CMU Digest 01.02.21: PRS, Cox Communications, stream manipulation, BOTS Act, Liberty Media31 January 2021

CMU Digest 25.01.21: Economics Of Streaming, Glastonbury, Brexit, consent decrees, Amazon24 January 2021

CMU Digest 18.01.21: Brexit, Cox Communications, Nicki Minaj, DEAG, Capitol Studios18 January 2021

CMU Digest 21.12.20: Tencent, Twitter, platform responsibility, Lil Wayne, Spotify21 December 2020

CMU Digest 14.12.20: Ivors Academy, PRS, Ticketmaster, NTIA, Creative Passport14 December 2020

CMU Digest 07.12.20: Chance The Rapper, COVID-19, DCMS select committee, Twitch, Spinrilla7 December 2020

CMU Digest 30.11.20: COVID, culture select committee, TikTok, Instagram, 0207 Def Jam30 November 2020

CMU Digest 23.11.20: UK Music, Apple, Triller, Taylor Swift, Ticketmaster23 November 2020

CMU Digest 16.11.20: Twitch, COVID-19, festivals, Viagogo, Nirvana16 November 2020

CMU Digest 09.11.20: Live Nation, Spotify, EMMA, MegaUpload, Google9 November 2020

CMU Digest 02.11.20: Spotify, CISAC, Twitch, UMAW, TikTok2 November 2020

CMU Digest 26.10.20: COVID-19, Viagogo, Channel 4, Ed Sheeran, Culture Recovery Fund26 October 2020

CMU Digest 19.10.20: DCMS select committee inquiry, FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com, BBC Sounds, RDx, Spotify19 October 2020

CMU Digest 12.10.20: Stairway To Heaven, G-A-Y, BMG, Kickass, Stream Manipulation12 October 2020

CMU Digest 05.10.20: Music Venue Trust, Polaris, TikTok, Twitch, Kelly Clarkson5 October 2020

CMU Digest 28.09.20: COVID-19, TikTok, YouTube, CISAC, OfCom28 September 2020

CMU Digest 21.09.20: TikTok, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, BBC Sounds, TuneIn21 September 2020

CMU Digest 14.09.20: RIAA, safe harbour, COVID-19, radio royalties, Hipgnosis14 September 2020

CMU Digest 07.09.20: Amazon, Freeplay, TikTok, Taylor Swift, Gaana7 September 2020

CMU Digest 31.08.20: TikTok, Napster, Fortnite, stream manipulation, Tracy Chapman31 August 2020

CMU Digest 24.08.20: COVID, Fortnite, StubHub, PRS, Apple Music24 August 2020

CMU Digest 17.08.20: Genius, Stairway To Heaven, Fortnite, NMPA, Cox Communications17 August 2020

CMU Digest 10.08.20: Live Nation, TikTok, AM/FM Act, Tunecore, Snapchap10 August 2020

CMU Digest 03.08.20: COVID funding, Wiley, consent decrees, Triller, StubHub3 August 2020

CMU Digest 27.07.20: Q, COVID-19, Viagogo, TikTok, Burger Records27 July 2020

CMU Digest 20.07.20: COVID-19, Migos, Digital Dollar, Spotify, Billboard charts20 July 2020

CMU Digest 13.07.20: COVID-19, Lady A, Global, YouTube, Youth Music13 July 2020

CMU Digest 06.07.20: COVID-19, Eight Mile Style, YouTube, TikTok, Mixmag6 July 2020

CMU Digest 29.06.20: Live Nation, COVID-19, Viagogo, Trax Records, SoundExchange29 June 2020

CMU Digest 22.06.20: Apple, Live Nation, COVID-19, EMI Records, The Carters22 June 2020

CMU Digest 15.06.20: Black Out Tuesday, Viagogo, Tidal, AEG, Twitch15 June 2020

CMU Digest 08.06.20: Warner Music, Black Out Tuesday, Cox Communications, Spotify, Festival Republic8 June 2020

CMU Digest 01.06.30: Warner Music, StubHub, Bauer Media, Ultra Music Festival, Maverick1 June 2020

CMU Digest 25.05.30: ERA, Copyright Office, Spotify, Q magazine, 6ix9ine25 May 2020

CMU Digest 18.05.20: Keep Music Alive, AIF, UK Music, Warner Music, Canadian web-blocks18 May 2020

CMU Digest 11.05.20: IFPI, ERA, Spinrilla, Quincy Jones, Love Parade11 May 2020

CMU Digest 04.05.20: Live Nation, COVID-19, SXSW, Music Venue Trust, Spotify4 May 2020

CMU Digest 27.04.20: Tickemaster, UK radio, Taylor Swift, Sonos, Mixcloud27 April 2020

CMU Digest 20.04.20: UK Music, StubHub, Katy Perry, SGAE, Bonzo Dog Band20 April 2020

CMU Digest 13.04.20: COVID-19, Universal Music, Post Malone, You Raise Me Up, YouTube13 April 2020

CMU Digest 06.04.20: COVID-19, Paradigm, Eminem, Spinrilla, termination rights6 April 2020

CMU Digest 30.03.20: COVID-19, self-employed, emergency funds, Lizzo, StubHub30 March 2020

CMU Digest 23.03.20: COVID-19, economic support, live streaming, Katy Perry, BPI stats23 March 2020

CMU Digest 16.03.20: COVID-19, business rates, Led Zeppelin, safe harbour, NMPA16 March 2020

CMU Digest 09.03.20: COVID-19, Viagogo, Resso, stream manipulation, Lizzo9 March 2020

CMU Digest 02.03.20: Peloton, Touts, Ticketfly, RIAA, Bertelsmann2 March 2020

CMU Digest 24.02.20: Post-Brexit visas, Cloudflare, Pearl Jam, BBC, Recording Academy24 February 2020

CMU Digest 17.02.19: Universal, touts, online harms, Spotify, Soundcloud17 February 2020

CMU Digest 10.02.19: Warner Music, Spotify, YouTube, Cox Communications, buyout deals10 February 2020

CMU Digest 03.02.20: Grassroots venues, Copyright Directive, Peloton, StubHub, digital royalties3 February 2020

CMU Digest 27.01.20: Recording Academy, FYE, FUGA, Payola, BBC27 January 2020

CMU Digest 20.01.19: Spotify, Recording Academy, Guvera, Ariana Grande, HMV20 January 2020

CMU Digest 13.01.19: Sofar Sounds, UK Music, Koko, First Access, Merlin13 January 2020

CMU Digest 23.12.19: Cox Communications, Discovery Networks, Live Nation, Tencent, Viagogo23 December 2019

CMU Digest 16.12.19: General Election, Taylor Swift, Soundgarden, Ninth Circuit, Bytedance16 December 2019

CMU Digest 09.12.19: Genius, TuneIn, GMR, Spinal Tap, UK Music9 December 2019

CMU Digest 02.12.19: Tencent, Viagogo, TRNSMT, MLC, Jay-Z2 December 2019

CMU Digest 25.11.19: Taylor Swift, AM-FM Act, Apple Music, Coldplay, UK Music25 November 2019

CMU Digest 18.11.19: Taylor Swift, Distribution Revolution, MLC, big tech, Nirvana18 November 2019

CMU Digest 11.11.19: Spinal Tap, TuneIn, CISAC, Children In Need, MCD11 November 2019

CMU Digest 04.11.19: Taylor Swift, MMF, 360 Reality Audio, Piracy, Apple4 November 2019

CMU Digest 28.10.19: Lizzo, Pledge, PPL, Spotify, Musicians' Union28 October 2019

CMU Digest 21.10.19: Vivendi, Atlantic, Chuck D, MegaUpload, Internet Infrastructure Coalition21 October 2019

CMU Digest 14.10.19: Katy Perry, Lil Peep, HMV, SoundExchange, Apple14 October 2019

CMU Digest 07.10.19: Brexit, SGAE, RIAA, Spotify, Live Nation7 October 2019

CMU Digest 30.09.19: Led Zeppelin, Robert Fripp, IFPI, WME, The Clash30 September 2019

CMU Digest 23.09.19: Live Nation, AXS, MLC, BMG, Harry Warren23 September 2019

CMU Digest 16.09.19: Consent decrees, Deezer, Content ID, UK Music, Cox Communications16 September 2019

CMU Digest 09.09.19: Alibaba, Viagogo, RIAA, Soundgarden, Fyre Festival9 September 2019

CMU Digest 02.09.19: RCN, Tencent, Chrysalis, Universal fire, NMPA1 September 2019

CMU Digest 26.08.19: Led Zeppelin, Eminem, Baby Shark, Tidal, Drake26 August 2019

CMU Digest 19.08.19: CRB, consent decrees, Spotify, Cox, SoundExchange19 August 2019

CMU Digest 22.07.19: Viagogo, Sony, Universal, Woodstock 50, Salt-N-Pepa22 July 2019

CMU Digest 15.07.19: MLC, Live Nation, Music Declares Emergency, Spotify, BBC15 July 2019

CMU Digest 08.07.19: Spotify, Taylor Swift, Viagogo, Ed Sheeran, Charter Communications8 July 2019

CMU Digest 01.07.19: SGAE, Universal Music, Ticketmaster, Apple, Kanye West1 July 2019

CMU Digest 24.06.19: Vivendi, Wixen, stream manipulation, Eventbrite, Genius24 June 2019

CMU Digest 17.06.19: MegaUpload, BOSS Act, Viagogo, Stairway To Heaven, Distrokid17 June 2019

CMU Digest 10.06.19: iTunes, consent decrees, Eventbrite, SGAE, Viagogo9 June 2019

CMU Digest 03.06.19: Warner, SGAE, DBR.ee, Iron Maiden, Snapchat3 June 2019

CMU Digest 20.05.19: NME, Woodstock, Canadian copyright, Beatport, Borderline20 May 2019

CMU Digest 13.05.19: PledgeMusic, Wynk, Rolling Stone, Universal Music, Michael Jackson13 May 2019

CMU Digest 29.04.19: Amazon, Notorious Markets, NoiseTrade, BBC, Spotify29 April 2019

CMU Digest 15.04.19: Spotify, Radiohead, Music Choice, Online Harms, Boomplay15 April 2019

CMU Digest 08.04.19: Ticketmaster, IFPI, Red Bull, iHeart, Drowned In Sound8 April 2019

CMU Digest 01.04.19: Copyright Directive, CD Baby, MSG Sphere, Charter Communications, Vodafone1 April 2019

CMU Digest 25.03.19: Live Music Report, Apple, BPI, Grande, Radio 325 March 2019

CMU Digest 18.03.19: Apple, Spotify, Nirvana, Kanye West, UK Music18 March 2019

CMU Digest 11.03.19: NMPA, Viagogo, Spotify, ReDigi, Childish Gambino11 March 2019

CMU Digest 04.03.19: Spotify, Universal Music, Consent Decrees, Global Radio, Copyright Directive4 March 2019

CMU Digest 25.02.19: SoundCloud, Michael Jackson, Local Radio Freedom Act, Termination Rights, Copyright Directive25 February 2019

CMU Digest 18.02.19: Copyright Directive, INgrooves, Kanye West, Michael Jackson, The Great Escape18 February 2019

CMU Digest 11.02.19: Copyright Directive, HMV, Spotify, Termination Rights, NMPA11 February 2019

CMU Digest 04.02.19: Kanye West, Rolling Stone, Youth Music, Ticketbande, Pandora4 February 2019

CMU Digest 28.01.19: Viagogo, PledgeMusic, iHeartMedia, FLVTO.biz, Pitchfork28 January 2019

CMU Digest 21.01.19: Viagogo, Article Thirteen, HMV, Rihanna, Tidal21 January 2019

CMU Digest 14.01.19: R Kelly, Michael Jackson, music venue business rates, Warner/Chappell, HMV14 January 2019

CMU Digest 24.12.18: Spotify, MegaUpload, Viagogo, Brexit, HMV, Music Venue Trust24 December 2018

CMU Digest 17.12.18: Tencent, Article Thirteen, Blurred Lines, Kraftwerk, Ticketmaster17 December 2018

CMU Digest 10.12.18: Tencent, Apple, Mixcloud, WINTEL, Ticketmaster10 December 2018

CMU Digest 03.12.18: Viagogo, touting caps, The Cellar, web-blocks, Record Union3 December 2018

CMU Digest 26.11.18: YouTube, Rammstein, Taylor Swift, Wireless, Skrillex26 November 2018

CMU Digest 19.11.18: Article thirteen, Viagogo, EMI, NetEase, Ed Sheeran19 November 2018

CMU Digest 12.11.18: Spotify, Google, CISAC, IP Rights Distribution Fund, AIF12 November 2018

CMU Digest 05.11.18: Viagogo, YouTube, Sony, UK Music, SoundCloud5 November 2018

CMU Digest 29.10.18: YouTube, Bestival, BBC, Spotify, IPO29 October 2018

CMU Digest 22.10.18: Distrokid, American Law Institute, IMPALA, Soundtrack Your Brand, ERA22 October 2018

CMU Digest 15.10.18: MMA, SoundCloud, ECSA, IFPI, Sky15 October 2018

CMU Digest 08.10.18: BASCA, Ticketfly, NAFTA, Tencent, National Trading Standards8 October 2018

CMU Digest 01.10.18: Pandora, Ticketmaster, Ricky Nelson, Bestival, EMI1 October 2018