COVID-19, lockdown, Lizzo

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including how the COVID-19 outbreak is affecting the music business and the financial support available to musicians and others who work in the industry, and the latest filing in the dispute over who owns a stake in Lizzo's 'Truth Hurts'. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK• Self-employed who make up 72% of the music industry being let down by government as COVID-19 crisis grows, say trade bodies• Ivors Academy proposes using unallocated streaming royalties to support music-makers hit by COVID-19 crisis• Spotify, PRS and Help Musicians launch financial support initiatives for music-makers struggling amid COVID-19 outbreak• Music industry welcomes UK government’s COVID-19 support for self-employed
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