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CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including songs rights data announcements that saw PRS For Music in the UK set out plans to launch a new online portal that will provide easy access to key data linked to the songs catalogue it represents and American collecting society MLC launch a new tool that allows music distributors to easily access data on unclaimed mechanical royalties in the US for over two million recordings, plus Pusha T's latest entry into the world of corporate diss tracks. STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • PRS announces plans for new portal offering easy access to song rights data • MLC launches unmatched royalty identification tool • Pusha T drops second McDonald’s diss track ALSO MENTIONED • Listen to the full Setlist theme tune • The Great Escape announces First Fifty shows and 2023 CMU+TGE themes • Buy your TGE delegate pass • Dissecting The Digital Dollar reports • Pusha T - Spicy Fish Diss Track • Pusha T - Rib Roast • Pusha

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the Recording Industry Association Of America’s stats about the US recorded music market in the first half of 2022, and the live music and night-time sectors’ response to the UK government’s energy price cap for businesses and new budget. STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • RIAA stats confirm 9% growth in US recorded music market so far this year • Live sector cautiously welcomes energy price cap, but says more action still needed ALSO MENTIONED • Triller Verzuz Timbaland and Swizz Beatz is settled MORE FROM CMU • Upcoming CMU webinars • Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon • Sign up to receive the CMU Daily news bulletin • Listen to the full Setlist theme tune

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the ruling that Lizzo can keep the $5 million fee she was paid to play the 2020 LA Virgin Fest that never happened because of COVID, and YouTube's announcement that it handed more than $6 billion over to the music industry in the twelve months to June this year. STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • Lizzo can keep $5 million fee from COVID cancelled Virgin Fest, judge rules • YouTube paid out $6 billion to the music industry over the last year ALSO MENTIONED • Worldwide FM to pause new programmes so to “re-organise and re-evaluate” • Loud & Quiet financial troubles statement (Twitter) • Loud And Quiet announces subscriptions to help weather COVID-19 crisis (April 2020) • CMU Podcast: Convergence Sessions Special (March 2016) • Lyor Cohen blog post (YouTube Official Blog) MORE FROM CMU • Upcoming CMU webinars • Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon • Sign up to receiv

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including new figures from the UK's Entertainment Retailers Association showing that, so far this year, vinyl albums have risen up the ranks to become the second most successful form of physical media in terms of revenues, plus Taylor Swift's efforts to block two expert witnesses from testifying, and limit the testimony of a third, in the upcoming ‘Shake It Off’ song theft trial.  STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • Vinyl overtakes Playstation games, DVDs and CDs as UK’s second best-selling physical entertainment format • Taylor Swift asks for expert witnesses to be dropped from upcoming Shake It Off trial due to lack of expertise ALSO MENTIONED • Music community pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II MORE FROM CMU • Upcoming CMU webinars • Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon • Sign up to receive the CMU Daily news bulletin • Listen to the full Setlist theme tune

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including calls from various music industry organisations urging the incoming new UK Prime Minister to provide urgent support for music venues, recording studios and the wider night-time sector as they tackle surging energy bills and the cost of living crisis, plus bad news for people who invested in merch company Awesome after it went into administration. STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • UK Music and NTIA call for urgent support for music companies facing surging energy bills • Awesome Merchandise founder comments on firm’s pre-pack administration ALSO MENTIONED • Streaming services and music publishers reach deal on song royalty rates in the US MORE FROM CMU • Upcoming CMU webinars • Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon • Sign up to receive the CMU Daily news bulletin • Listen to the full Setlist theme tune

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the claims of racism that saw 'virtual' rapper FN Meka dropped by Universal's Capitol label, and the controversy surrounding the discovery that digital processes have been used by a supposedly analogue reissues label for more than a decade. STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • Capitol drops ‘virtual’ rapper FN Meka after claims of racism • Human voice of ‘AI’ rapper FN Meka says he was cut out of the project • FN Meka spokesperson Anthony Martini quits project, admits there was less AI involved than claimed • Audiophile label sued over misleading statements regarding its mastering process ALSO MENTIONED • Michael Jackson’s nephew says Harry Styles cannot be the ‘new king of pop’ • Capitol Drops ‘Virtual Rapper’ FN Meka After Backlash Over Stereotypes (New York Times) • This robot rapper and 9m following on TikTok. The company that created him thinks traditional A&R is 'inefficient and unreliable' (Mu

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Timbaland and Swizz Beats suing video sharing platform Triller over $28 million they say the company owes them from a deal relating to the popular livestream DJ battle series Verzuz, Snoop Dogg's new breakfast cereal, and the legal battle over the name of Nicki Minaj's Barbie-Que Honey Truffle potato chips. STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • Timbaland and Swizz Beats sue Triller • Snoop Dogg launches breakfast cereal, Snoop Loopz • Mattel sues over Nicki Minaj’s Barbie-Que snacks ALSO MENTIONED • HitPiece back from the dead MORE FROM CMU • Upcoming CMU webinars • Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon • Sign up to receive the CMU Daily news bulletin • Listen to the full Setlist theme tune

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Taylor Swift's statement to a US court as part of the long-running song-theft legal battle over her 2014 hit ‘Shake It Off’ in which she explains how she came up with the lyrics for her track, while also insisting there was no way she could have been exposed to the song she is accused of ripping off before creating ‘Shake It Off’, plus some interesting new stats comparing consumer spending in the UK on recorded music and live music - and the impact of COVID-19 on all that. STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • Taylor Swift submits statement to court in ongoing Shake It Off song-theft legal battle • From Suffering to Recovering: The stats that explain why the UK music industry is set for a dramatic post-lockdown comeback (Music Business Worldwide) ALSO MENTIONED • UK label spend on A&R and marketing reach almost £500 million last year MORE FROM CMU • Upcoming CMU webinars • Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ D

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week. Well, this week we are looking at just one of the biggest and most interesting news stories of the last week, because last Tuesday the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority published an interim report based on its market study into the streaming music sector - and given it’s 97 pages long, we figured that was probably enough material to fill an edition of Setlist. STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • CMA declines to recommend a full market investigation into music streaming OTHER LINKS • Full CMA Music And Streaming report • Mixed response from music industry to CMA’s decision on streaming investigation • Full DCMS Economics Of Streaming Inquiry timeline • Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon MORE FROM CMU • Upcoming CMU webinars • Sign up to receive the CMU Daily news bulletin • Listen to the full Setlist theme tune

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Warner Music joining SoundCloud’s user-centric Fan-Powered Royalties initiative, and Spotify CEO Daniel Ek’s continued, but seemingly futile efforts to avoid giving a deposition in a legal battle with Eminem’s publishing company, Eight Mile Style.  STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • Warner Music signs up to SoundCloud’s user-centric initiative • US judge again declines to delay Daniel Ek deposition in Eminem v Spotify case ALSO MENTIONED • YoungBoy Never Broke Again found not guilty of illegal gun possession in LA • AIM publishes insights on the artist growth model for streaming royalty distribution (July 2021) • Deezer steps up endorsement of user-centric approach to digital royalties (October 2019) • Eminem publisher sues Spotify, declares Music Modernization Act unconstitutional (August 2019) MORE FROM CMU • Upcoming CMU webinars • Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the ruling that rapper Youngboy Never Broke Again's lyrics cannot be used as evidence during his trial on firearms charges, and how that fits into the wider Rap On Trial debate in the US. Plus, the ruling that Bang energy drink infringed Universal’s copyright in promotional videos on TikTok. PLEASE NOTE: This episode was recorded before Youngboy Never Broke Again was found not guilty on firearms charges. STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • Prosecutors in Youngboy Never Broke Again firearms case can’t use rapper’s lyrics as evidence in court • 300 and Atlantic chiefs call for wider Rap On Trial legal reforms • Court says Bang’s own TikTok videos infringed Universal’s rights, but not its influencer content ALSO MENTIONED • Triller CEO calls on all Americans to delete rival app TikTok • CMU Insights music business training MORE FROM CMU • Upcoming CMU webinars • Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including UK Music's claim that a proposed new copyright exception in the UK that would cover all and any text and data mining is “dangerous and damaging” and would simply allow AI companies to “launder” music in order to generate new content, plus the removal of three Michael Jackson tracks from streaming services that some (although not the Jackson estate and Sony Music) have said were recorded by an impersonator. STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • UK Music calls proposed data mining copyright exception “dangerous and damaging” • Three posthumous Michael Jackson songs removed from streaming services – although not because they’re fakes, estate insists ALSO MENTIONED • US Copyright Royalty Board reconfirms 15.1% streaming rate for songwriters and publishers MORE FROM CMU • Upcoming CMU webinars • Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon • Sign up to receive the CMU Daily new

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Brendan Carr of the US Federal Communications Commission calling on Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores claiming that the app is “a sophisticated surveillance tool that harvests extensive amounts of personal and sensitive data” that it then hands over to the Chinese government, plus a round-up of the week's Kanye West legal news. STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • FCC Commissioner calls on Apple and Google to block TikTok • Kanye West sued over uncleared sample on Donda 2 • Kayne West fan forced to change restaurant menu following legal letter from rapper ALSO MENTIONED • Logic announces BMG deal, less than two weeks after releasing new major label album MORE FROM CMU • Upcoming CMU webinars • Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon • Sign up to receive the CMU Daily news bulletin • Listen to the full Setlist theme tune

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Four Tet and Domino's settlement of their legal battle over what royalty rate the musician should be paid on streams and what it could mean for other artists, plus Belgium’s decision to add equitable remuneration to streams and IMPALA’s plea to other European countries not to follow suit. STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • Domino Records settles Four Tet dispute, commits to pay 50% royalty on digital • Domino comments on Four Tet settlement, insists no precedent set • Belgium introduces ER right on streams • IMPALA calls for French style agreements on fair digital remuneration instead of ER ALSO MENTIONED • French performer and label groups reach voluntary agreement regarding digital remuneration MORE FROM CMU • Upcoming CMU webinars • Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon • Sign up to receive the CMU Daily news bulletin • Listen to the full Setlist theme tune

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including BTS's announcement that they are going on break to focus on solo projects - but whatever you do, don't call it a hiatus - plus Goldman Sachs' big predictions for music industry growth to the end of the decade. STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • BTS announce hiatus, management insists its not a hiatus • BTS’s RM insists that group’s break “is not the end for us” • Goldman Sachs Music In The Air report ALSO MENTIONED • Belgium introduces ER right on streams MORE FROM CMU • Upcoming CMU webinars • Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon • Sign up to receive the CMU Daily news bulletin • Listen to the full Setlist theme tune

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the UK’s Music Managers Forum new report on the topic of digital burnout and the wider debate around pressures being placed by the music industry on artists - particularly female artists - to be heavily active on TikTok, plus the petition calling on UK song rights collecting society PRS to reconsider its decision to reduce the funding it provides to the PRS Foundation.  STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • Spotify boss says his big ambitions in audio at large will deliver mega-revenues and better margins • US bank upbeat about Spotify, lumping it in with Netflix is an “overgeneralisation” • Spotify Shares Our Vision To Become the World’s Creator Platform (Spotify blog post) ALSO MENTIONED • 50+ music industry organisations call for a PRS rethink on PRS Foundation funding MORE FROM CMU • Upcoming CMU webinars • Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon • Sign up to rec

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the UK’s Music Managers Forum new report on the topic of digital burnout and the wider debate around pressures being placed by the music industry on artists - particularly female artists - to be heavily active on TikTok, plus the petition calling on UK song rights collecting society PRS to reconsider its decision to reduce the funding it provides to the PRS Foundation. STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • MMF report proposes new support to help artists avoid digital burnout • FAC launches petition over cut in PRS funding to PRS Foundation ALSO MENTIONED • Download MMF digital burnout report • Pop Star Complaints About Being Forced to Make Viral TikToks Go Viral On Tiktok (GQ) • Are record labels holding musicians hostage to post ‘relatable’ TikToks? (Dazed) • Halsey Gets a Release Date for ‘So Good’ Single That Fueled TikTok Debate, as Label Promises ‘Open Dialogue’ (Variety) • Bring Me The Horizon’s

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the UK Music Venue Trust's launch of a new organisation called Music Venue Properties - which is a charitable community benefit society set up to buy the freeholds of properties that currently house grassroots music venues - and its #ownourvenues campaign, plus Sony Music's latest announcement regarding paying royalties to unrecouped artists. STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • Music Venue Trust launches new initiative to buy freeholds of grassroots venues • Sony Music expands commitment to pay through royalties to unrecouped heritage artists ALSO MENTIONED • Sarah Brightman & Alfie Boe - God Save The Queen • The Kunts - Prince Andrew Is A Sweaty Nonce MORE FROM CMU • Upcoming CMU webinars • Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon • Sign up to receive the CMU Daily news bulletin • Listen to the full Setlist theme tune

A special live edition of the show recorded live at Wide Days in Edinburgh. CMU’s Chris Cooke is joined on stage by Serenade's Mike Walsh and SNM Management's Shikayla Nadine to review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the latest judgement against Viagogo in Australia, Universal's DIY distribution platform Spinnup going invite-only, and the battle for the top of the singles chart in Jubilee week. STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • Australian appeals court upholds AUS$7 million judgement against Viagogo • Universal’s DIY distributor introduces A&R process, drops a chunk of its current artists • Sarah Brightman and Alfie Boe aiming for jubilee number one with new recording of God Save The Queen ALSO MENTIONED • DCMS Economics Of Streaming Inquiry MORE FROM CMU • Upcoming CMU webinars • Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon • Sign up to receive the CMU Daily news bulletin • Listen to the full Setlist theme tune

A special edition of the show recorded live at The Great Escape in Brighton. CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke are joined on stage by music rights consultant Becky Brook and creative entrepreneur Ameena Badley to review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Napster's shift to Web3, the MMF's $ong Royalties Manifesto, and the death of the iPod. STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • Napster acquired for Web3 fun • MMF launches $ong Royalties Manifesto at The Great Escape • Apple discontinues the iPod ALSO MENTIONED • STLST - Theme From Setlist MORE FROM CMU • Upcoming CMU webinars • Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon • Sign up to receive the CMU Daily news bulletin