Nov 2, 2020 • 1 min read

Setlist: Songwriters fear 35% drop in royalties in 2020

CMU's Setlist podcast discusses CISAC's 2019 collection figures, its gloomy forecast for 2020, and Harry Styles' investment in a Manchester arena.

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including global collecting society grouping CISAC's positive revenue stats for 2019 and very gloomy predictions for 2020, and the news that Harry Styles has invested in a new arena venue in Manchester.



SECTION TIMES
01: CISAC figures (00:04:45)
02: Harry Styles (00:20:16)
(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)

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STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Song right societies saw collections grow 8.4% in 2019, but fear a 35% drop in 2020 due to COVID
• Harry Styles invests in new Manchester arena Co-op Live

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