KickassTorrents, US Copyright Office, BRITs
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the latest developments in the legal case against the alleged owner of KickassTorrents, responses to a change in management at the US Copyright Office, and efforts to make the BRITs more diverse. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
50m Nov 13, 2016
50m
YouTube, Avenged Sevenfold, The Smiths
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including GEMA’s licensing deal YouTube in Germany after a seven year stand off, Avenged Sevenfold’s potential legal problems if their new album is a success, and the narrowly averted Smiths reunion now being blocked by Nigel Farage. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
55m Nov 07, 2016
55m
Music Venue Trust, virtual reality, Justin Bieber
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the Music Venue Trust’s open letter calling for an end to PRS For Music’s minimum fee for live shows, the latest developments in virtual reality for music, and Justin Bieber’s campaign against screaming. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
51m Oct 30, 2016
51m
Ticket touts, cheap streams, Spinal Tap
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including moves by MP Nigel Adams to get ticket-buying bots banned, how the cost of streaming is putting off mainstream consumers, and Harry Shearer’s $125 million lawsuit over royalties from ‘This Is Spinal Tap’. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
48m Oct 23, 2016
48m
Amazon, Isle Of Wight Festival, Insane Clown Posse
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Amazon's new on-demand streaming music service, warnings that the Isle Of Wight Festival may be cancelled in 2017, and Inane Clown Posse's take on the sinister clown craze taking over the US and now the world. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
37m Oct 13, 2016
37m
Dissecting The Digital Dollar, FanFair Alliance
On the CMU Podcast this week, Andy Malt and Chris Cooke are joined by Music Managers Forum CEO Annabella Coldrick to discuss part two of the ‘Dissecting The Digital Dollar’ report. She also tells us more about the Fanfair Alliance campaign, and we run through some of the biggest music industry stories of the last week. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
1hr 2m Oct 12, 2016
1hr 2m
YouTube, not YouTube, YouTube-mp3
CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the appointment of Lyor Cohen as YouTube's Global Head Of Music, various rumours of streaming service acquisitions, and the record industry's new campaign against stream ripping and legal action against YouTube-mp3. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
49m Oct 03, 2016
49m
Fabric, FanFair, Frank Ocean
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from this summer, including the closure of Fabric, the launch of the FanFair campaign against secondary ticketing, and Frank Ocean's two new albums and how they contributed to the debate over streaming exclusives. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
1hr 1m Sep 11, 2016
1hr 1m
Publishers v America, audio v video, Spotify v Apple
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including music publishers' dismay at the US Department Of Justice's decision on the 'consent decrees' that govern collective licensing in the country, a new report on the state of music consumption in the US at 2016's mid-point, and the public slanging match between Spotify and Apple. The CMU Podcast is sponsored ...
54m Jul 10, 2016
54m
David Lowery interview
In this special edition of the CMU Podcast, CMU Business Editor Chris Cooke chats to musician and vocal artist rights advocate David Lowery about the digital music market, his criticisms of the streaming sector, his lawsuit against Spotify, and whether he's optimistic about the future of the music business.
1hr 6m Jul 03, 2016
1hr 6m
The Value Gap, ATP, Guvera, Take That
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including lots of letters about the value gap, the closure of ATP, Guvera's IPO being blocked, and the recruitment of Take That v2. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
58m Jun 24, 2016
58m
Led Zeppelin, Apple Music, Foo Fighters, Brexit
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the Led Zeppelin song-theft court case, Apple Music's revamp, Foo Fighters' insurance litigation and some pop referendum news. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
51m Jun 17, 2016
51m
Ed Sheeran, The Pirate Bay, WIN, Axl Rose
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the song-theft lawsuit filed against Ed Sheeran, the RIAA's attempt to suspend thepiratebay.org, WIN's new indie music market research and Axl Rose's photo woes. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
50m Jun 10, 2016
50m
Guvera, Kraftwerk, Ellie Goulding
CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Guvera's IPO and the current challenges facing the streaming music market, the latest twist in Kraftwerk's legal battle over a two second sample of 'Metal On Metal', and Ellie Goulding's defiant political stance on Donald Trump. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
57m Jun 03, 2016
57m
The Great Escape, secondary ticketing, Bpoplive
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including key take-aways from the CMU Insights @ The Great Escape conference, the UK government's new report on secondary ticketing, and Bpoplive's line up problems.
1hr May 27, 2016
1hr
Sony/ATV, ATP, YouTube, Kanye West
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Warner Music and the indie labels’ opposition to Sony/ATV becoming wholly owned by Sony Corp, ATP’s latest cancellation, the continued question over YouTube’s position in hell, and the man taking Kanye West to court over a tweet. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
1hr 6m Apr 27, 2016
1hr 6m
IFPI stats, Facebook, We Shall Overcome, NWA
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the key stats from the IFPI's latest Global Music Report and what they mean, Facebook's new Content ID system, the legal battle to prove that 'We Shall Overcome' is in the public domain, and Gene Simmons' attempts to prove that NWA aren't rock n roll. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
58m Apr 15, 2016
58m
Rdio, Radiohead, MCPS, Beyonce
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Sony Music's lawsuit against former Rdio execs, Radiohead's catalogue seemingly shifting over to XL, MCPS putting its operations up for tender, and Beyonce and Deadmau5's latest trademark squabbles. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
52m Apr 08, 2016
52m
SoundCloud, Tidal, BPI, Kanye West
CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the launch of SoundCloud's subscription service, Tidal's stats, brags and potential lawsuits, BPI's 200 million takedowns and Kanye's ever evolving album. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
52m Apr 01, 2016
52m
RIAA, Songkick, Spotify, Justin Bieber
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including US record industry figures published by the RIAA, Songkick's litigation against Live Nation, Spotify's stats and settlements, and Justin Bieber calling time on meets and greets. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
57m Mar 25, 2016
57m
Convergence Sessions Special
Last Thursday, CMU Insights presented a session at the Convergence festival considering the challenges facing the media sector in 2016. This special edition of the CMU Podcast includes highlights from the session, with CMU Business Editor Chris Cooke considering media about music, and interviewing the people behind some of our favourite music magazines and websites.
47m Mar 20, 2016
47m
Mechanicals, Record Shops, SoundCloud, 50 Cent
CMU’s Chris Cooke and guest Brittney Bean review the week in music and the music business, including the latest developments in the mechanical rights dispute in the US, recent figures on entertainment retail in the UK, SoundCloud's latest hire and 50 Cent's unwise Instagram snaps. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
55m Mar 11, 2016
55m
ATP, Red Essential, Tidal, Boyzlife
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the confusion around whether or not ATP has been cancelled, Sony’s acquisition of Essential, Tidal’s mechanical rights lawsuit and the all important Boyzlife venture. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
47m Mar 04, 2016
47m
Kesha, Piracy, Attitude Is Everything, Eurovision
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the latest developments in the Kesha v Dr Luke legal battle, new stats on piracy in the US, Attitude Is Everything's State Of Access report and latest Eurovision news. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
51m Feb 26, 2016
51m
Spotify, Bandpage, In-car listening, Morrissey
CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Daniel Ek's claims that streaming is turning around the record business's fortunes and Spotify's attempt to stop David Lowery's lawsuit from becoming a class action, YouTube's acquisition of Bandpage, new research on the popularity of in-car radio listening, plus Morrissey's ill-fated move into modelling....
46m Feb 19, 2016
46m
Spotify, Bloc, SoundCloud, Martin Shkreli
CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Warner Music and Sony Music's commitments to share any cash from selling Spotify shares with their artists, Bloc's move out of the festival market, SoundCloud's make or break year, and (for some reason) Martin Shkreli. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
44m Feb 12, 2016
44m
SFX, RIAA, PRS/PPL, Rita Ora
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the SFX bankruptcy and its potential knock on effects, the RIAA adding streams into its Gold and Platinum sales awards, the PRS/PPL joint venture on performance rights licensing, and Rita Ora's legal battle with Roc Nation. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital
56m Feb 05, 2016
56m
Spotify, T In The Park, Cür Music, B.o.B
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Spotify adding video and raising more money, T In The Park's "teething problems", the launch of Cür Music and B.o.B's scientific beef. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
1hr Jan 29, 2016
1hr
YouTube, Life Or Death, Deezer, J-Pop
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including PRS's new deal with YouTube, the dramatic events at Life Or Death PR, Deezer's new money and some big developments in J-Pop this week. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
51m Jan 22, 2016
51m
David Bowie, SoundCloud, Spotify, Live Nation
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including David Bowie, Universal finally doing a licensing deal with SoundCloud, Spotify’s mechanical royalty disputes in the US, and Songkick suing Live Nation. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
1hr 11m Jan 15, 2016
1hr 11m
America's streaming royalties, Spotify, Review of 2015
In the final CMU Podcast of the year, CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review both the week and the year in music and the music business, including the Copyright Royalty Board ruling in the US and Spotify's latest hire, plus the key developments and stories, and artists and releases, from 2015. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
58m Dec 18, 2015
58m
Spotify, European copyright review, Agent Of Change, Wu Tang Clan
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Spotify considering windowing, the European Commission's Digital Single Market review, the agent of change principle, and Wu Tang Clan's one-copy album buyer. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
1hr Dec 11, 2015
1hr
New Order, Web-blocks, Elastic Artists, Sound Of 2016
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Peter Hook's lawsuit against his former New Order bandmates, the latest development's in web-blocks, the social media hijack at Elastic Artists, and all those ones to watch lists. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
56m Dec 04, 2015
56m
Adele, Cox Communications, Paul Weller, Dancing Jesus
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Adele's record-breaking week, Cox Communications' dispute with BMG and Round Hill, Paul Weller's dispute with the Daily Mail, and Noisey's interview with the guy behind Dancing Jesus. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
1hr 4m Nov 27, 2015
1hr 4m
Rdio, Spotify, Secondary Ticketing, Zayn Malik
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Rdio shutting down as Pandora buys its assets, Spotify's new artist data platform, the secondary ticketing debate and Zayn Malik's Fader interview. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
1hr 5m Nov 20, 2015
1hr 5m
Victory Records, Apple Music, Sony/ATV, Busted
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Victory Records’ victorious return to Spotify in the US, Apple Music’s Android app and Apple’s motivations for creating it, more on Sony/ATV’s direct licensing deal with Pandora, and the unlikely but really happening reunion of Busted. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
58m Nov 13, 2015
58m
Pandora, MegaUpload, Measuring Music, Justin Bieber
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Pandora’s “unprecedented” licensing deal with Sony/ATV, MegaUpload’s lawyers finally defending rather than delaying in the long drawn out extradition case, UK Music’s ‘Measuring Music’ report on just how much money the music industry is pumping into the UK economy, and a week in the life of the world’s gr...
58m Nov 06, 2015
58m
Deezer, Radiohead, Get It Right, Adele
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Deezer abandoning its IPO, Radiohead suing Parlophone, the Get It Right campaign and Adele's return. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
52m Oct 30, 2015
52m
YouTube Red, Victory Records, Venue Day, Mercury Prize
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the unveiling of YouTube's subscription service, Victory Records' mechanical rights dispute with Spotify, the debates around Venue Day and the Mercury shortlist. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
58m Oct 23, 2015
58m
Dissecting The Digital Dollar, Aurous, Donald Trump, Kanye West
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the Dissecting The Digital Dollar report we published this week with the MMF, the RIAA's speedy lawsuit against new music app Aurous, Steven Tyler's cease and desist against Donald Trump, and Barack and Hillary's tips for future US President Kanye West. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
52m Oct 16, 2015
52m
Pandora, Modular, Streaming royalties, George Osborne
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Pandora's acquisition of Ticketfly, Modular's legal disputes with Universal Music and BMG, the US Copyright Royalty Board's review of SoundExchange royalties and George Osborne's love of NWA. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
58m Oct 09, 2015
58m
Digital music transparency, T In The Park, YouTube, Justin Bieber
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including France's new government-led initiative on transparency in digital music deals, controversy over the funding of T In The Park, rumours on YouTube's music streaming plans, Amazon Prime Music's Universal Music deal, and Justin Bieber's thoughts on life, the universe and everything. The CMU Podcast is sponsor...
59m Oct 02, 2015
59m
Happy Birthday, The Charts, Deezer, Ryan Adams
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the ruling that 'Happy Birthday' is out of copyright in the US, record sales at gigs being included in album chart data, Deezer beating Spotify to become the first European streaming service to announce an IPO, and the fate of Father John Misty's covers of Ryan Adams' covers of Taylor Swift. The CMU Podca...
35m Sep 25, 2015
35m
Dancing babies, Aretha Franklin, Nielsen stats, Elton John
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including what the long-running dancing baby case tells us about takedowns and fair use, Aretha Franklin's film woes, what Nielsen's latest stats tell us about the streaming music sector, and Elton John not chatting to the Russian president. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
59m Sep 18, 2015
59m
Radio X, Google, consent decrees, Sam Smith
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the relaunch of Xfm and the BBC’s streaming ambitions, more on the safe harbours debate and Google's takedowns, Sony/ATV’s concerns about one particular consent decree reform in the US, and Sam Smith being a big fat liar. And recording a Bond theme. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
1hr 2m Sep 11, 2015
1hr 2m
Vinyl Revival, EMI's sample amnesty, The Beatles, Kanye West
CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Tesco and Technics joining the much hyped vinyl revival, EMI Production Music's sample amnesty, the Canadian company accusing the majors of anti-competitive behaviour over public domain recordings, and Kanye West's bid to be President of the USA. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
50m Sep 04, 2015
50m
PRS v SoundCloud, MegaUpload, Tyler The Creator, One Direction
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including PRS suing Soundcloud, more recent developments in the dispute over the lost MegaUpload data, Tyler, The Creator being refused a visa by the UK government, and One Direction’s upcoming hiatus. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
43m Aug 28, 2015
43m
Baboom, MegaUpload, SFX, The Voice
CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the long-awaited launch of Baboom, the longer awaited deletion of MegaUpload, the further protracted buy-back of SFX, and unexpected departure of Tom Jones from 'The Voice'. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
51m Aug 21, 2015
51m
The MPAA, Dr Luke, iTunes, Prince
CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including big tech hitting out as the MPAA attempts to get web-clocking through the US courts, Dr Luke being sued over an alleged drum sample, why every should stop freaking out over iTunes being 'illegal', and Prince comparing record deals to slavery. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
45m Aug 14, 2015
45m
Apple Music, Universal, SFX Entertainment, Dr Dre
CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including facts, figures, rumours and deals at Apple Music, Universal's new playlist marketing boss Jay Frank, the latest on Robert Sillerman's attempts to buy back SFX Entertainment and the knock on effects for Beatport, plus the surprise new album from Dr Dre. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
47m Aug 07, 2015
47m