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Setlist Podcast: Apple blames Spotify for €1.8 billion fine
Apple's €1.8 billion over its App Store rules, Live Nation's insistence that it's not to blame for rising ticket prices, and more…
Setlist
Setlist is the music business podcast from CMU. Hosted by music business journalist Andy Malt and industry expert Chris Cooke, Setlist takes a look at the most significant stories in the music business.
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Setlist Podcast: UK music revenues are back to their CD peak (sort of)
Music retail revenues are now higher than their 2001 peak (just don't adjust for inflation), and the brewing legal battle between Kanye West and the Donna Summer estate…
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Setlist Podcast: The music business in 2024
In a special edition of the show, we preview our latest series of music business masterclasses…
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Setlist Podcast: When arts funding and politics collide
Kneecap threaten to sue the British government for blocking funding to expand their international career, and MLC goes legal over mechanical royalties on its free service…
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Setlist Podcast: AI developments cause celebration and concern
The music industry welcomes the final draft of the EU AI Act but sees plans for the UK to develop an AI code of conduct collapse, and allegations that the BBC is going head to head with its commercial rivals by launching new decade and genre specific music radio stations…
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Setlist Podcast: Universal and TikTok accuse each other of “bullying” and “greed”
The collapse of licensing talks between Universal Music and TikTok, UK Parliament's 'Misogyny In Music' report that calls for new legislation to end the cycle of harassment and abuse in the "boys' club" industry, and more…
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Setlist Podcast: Apple Music’s “spatial audio bonus” favours major labels
Apple Music's spatial audio "bonus" is nothing of the sort for many independent labels and creators, grassroots venue closures in the UK, and more…
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Setlist Podcast: The new certification for “respectful” AI companies
Former Stability AI exec launches certification for AI companies that license copyrighted content before using it to train their models, redundancies at Pitchfork, and more…
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Setlist Podcast: Major label bosses put the spotlight on superfans
Universal and Warner bosses' new year memos, Viagogo's "misleading" advertorial, and more…
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Setlist Podcast: Spotify’s about-turn on threats to quit Uruguay
Spotify’s change of heart on shutting down in Uruguay, the latest Easyjet lawsuit against a musician, and more…
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Setlist Podcast: Grassroots venues need ticket levy to survive
Calls for government support for the grassroots live music industry as more venues and festivals close, and the next evolution of Kiss…
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Setlist Podcast: Sony Music tells US politicians to act on AI loopholes
Sony Music's call for US Congress to act on AI legal loopholes, the big bust up between Hall & Oates over “the ultimate partnership betrayal” and more…