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Episode Synopsis
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
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
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