AI lawsuit warns of “devastating impacts” on human creativity
On this week’s show, we discuss the launch of the record industry’s first major lawsuits against music-generating AI companies - with the RI...
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SETLIST is the music business podcast from CMU. CMU helps people to navigate and understand the music business through media, training, research and events.
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Spotify referred to FTC over “unlawful conduct”
On this week’s show, we discuss the latest escalation in the fight over Spotify’s reclassification of its premium subscription as an audiobo...
It’s been a bad week to be Live Nation
On this week's show we discuss the US government’s legal action against Live Nation that seeks to force it to sell off Ticketmaster, ticket...
“Spotify is not a business partner”, says NMPA boss
On this week's show we discuss the battle between the music publishers and Spotify as it ramps up another gear, Sony Music's lawsuit accusin...
Music publishers go to war with Spotify
On this week's show we discuss the battle between music publishers and Spotify over its plans to reclassify its subscriptions as bundles of...
Arena ticket levy by September, MPs demand
On this week's show we discuss the UK Parliament’s Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee recommending that a levy on ticket sales for larg...
Calls for urgent new AI laws in UK and US
On this week's show we discuss the calls on both sides of the Atlantic for new AI laws to protect creators, the big love-in between Universa...
Hipgnosis v Hipgnosis - the saga continues…
On this week's show we discuss the bidding war compounding the latest in a long line of dramas at Hipgnosis, the faltering start for Manches...
MPs want to see action on musicians’ income
On this week's show we discuss the warning from UK politicians that there need to be “tangible steps to improve musicians’ remuneration and...
Make big shows fund grassroots music, politicians told
On this week's show we discuss UK Parliament's Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee's hearing on the grassroots live music crisis, and th...
Is Manchester's nightlife at risk?
On this week's show we discuss the ruling in the long-running noise dispute involving Manchester's Night & Day that allows the venue to cont...
US politicians want TikTok to sell up or be banned
On this week's show we discuss proposals voted through the US House of Representatives this week to force TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the...
Apple blames Spotify for €1.8 billion fine
On this week's show we discuss the €1.8 billion fine Apple has been ordered to pay by the EU following an investigation into claims of anti-...
UK music revenues are back to their CD peak (sort of)
On this week's show we discuss the news that UK music retail revenues are back to where they were at the peak of the CD era in 2001. So long...
The music business in 2024
In this special edition of Setlist, Andy Malt and Chris Cooke dive into topics covered in CMU's latest series of masterclasses, which look a...
When arts funding and politics collide
On this week's show we discuss questions and potential legal action over the politicisation of arts funding, as Kneecap are denied money by...
AI developments cause celebration and concern
On this week's show we discuss new developments on AI in the EU and UK that have given the music industry cause for both celebration and con...
Universal and TikTok accuse each other of “bullying” and “greed”
On this week's show we discuss Universal and TikTok’s big bust up that has seen the major label’s music removed from the social network, the...
Apple Music’s “spatial audio bonus” favours major labels
On this week's show we discuss how Apple Music's "spatial audio bonus" will benefit major labels to the detriment of independent labels and...
The new certification for “respectful” AI companies
On this week's show we discuss the new certification for "respectful" generative AI companies that get permission before training their mode...