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By: Complete Music Update (CMU)
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  • SETLIST is the music business podcast from CMU
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Episodes
  • It’s been a bad week to be Live Nation

    It’s been a bad week to be Live Nation
    May 31 2024
    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 touts’ plans to fight the Labour Party’s proposed 10% price cap on the resale of tickets, and more.

    SECTION TIMES
    01: Live Nation (00:06:40)
    02: News in brief (00:23:07)
    03: Ticket resale lobbying (00:26:52)
    (Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)

    THIS WEEK'S MAIN STORIES
    • Live Nation monopoly is “anticompetitive” and must be broken up says DoJ lawsuit
    • Live Nation faces class action that could involve millions of ticket buyers
    • Hackers claim to have accessed personal data about 560 million Ticketmaster customers
    • Campaigners respond to “astounding” report on the “sinister” lobbying plans of ticket touts

    NEWS IN BRIEF
    • US court agrees to fast-track legal challenge over TikTok ban
    • Parklife founder Sacha Lord under pressure as Arts Council and GMCA launch investigations into COVID funding
    • Queen deal
    • Government confirms it has issued drug-testing licences to “some of the leading festivals in the UK”

    ALSO MENTIONED
    • Spotify sued over decision to stop supporting Car Thing
    • Spotify price hike in France
    • Revealed: how touts drew up secret plans to sabotage Labour’s ticket reforms (The Guardian)
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    34 mins
  • “Spotify is not a business partner”, says NMPA boss

    “Spotify is not a business partner”, says NMPA boss
    May 24 2024
    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 accusing the Marriott hotel chain of “rampant” copyright infringement, and more.

    SECTION TIMES
    01: Spotify (00:04:39)
    02: News in brief (00:22:15)
    03: Sony Music (00:25:13)
    (Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)

    THIS WEEK'S MAIN STORIES
    • Spotify’s conduct proves US compulsory licence isn’t working, says NMPA boss
    • Sony sues Marriott over social media posts

    NEWS IN BRIEF
    • Leadmill eviction battle in court
    • Live industry welcomes ticket tout prison sentences
    • TikTok wants its legal case against US “sell-or-be-banned” law fast-tracked
    • Scarlett Johansson accuses ChatGPT of stealing her voice

    ALSO MENTIONED
    • Live Nation monopoly is “anticompetitive” and must be broken up says DoJ lawsuit
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    30 mins
  • Music publishers go to war with Spotify

    Music publishers go to war with Spotify
    May 17 2024
    On this week's show we discuss the battle between music publishers and Spotify over its plans to reclassify its subscriptions as bundles of music, audiobooks and podcasts, and commercial media companies hit out at the BBC’s plan to sell advertising on its podcasts.

    SECTION TIMES
    01: Spotify (00:03:48)
    02: News in brief (00:15:20)
    03: BBC (00:17:48)
    (Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)

    THIS WEEK'S MAIN STORIES
    • The MLC is suing Spotify over audiobook bundling
    • Publishers accuse Spotify of licensing gaps in letter the streaming service has dubbed a “misleading press stunt”
    • US music publishers ramp up the rhetoric against Spotify's royalty reducing bundling trick
    • Media companies hit out at plan for BBC to sell ads alongside its podcasts

    NEWS IN BRIEF
    • TICKET Act passed by US House Of Representatives
    • Universal removed as defendant on explosive Diddy lawsuit
    • TikTok creators file lawsuit against US sell-or-be-banned law
    • Utopia swings the axe again with significant job losses across remaining non-UK operations
    • ATC takes majority stake in Raw Power

    ALSO MENTIONED
    • Sony Music tells 700+ AI companies to respect its copyrights
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    24 mins
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