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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 the new research from the UK’s Association Of Independent Music’s arguing that paying popular tracks on streaming services lower royalties and less popular track more might be the key to a fairer system, and the news that supermarket chain Sainsbury’s is freeing up shelf space in its stores by ditching CDs and DVDs.
SECTION TIMES
01: Streaming royalties (00:12:56)
02: Sainsbury’s (00:30:41)
(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)
STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• AIM publishes insights on the artist growth model for streaming royalty distribution
• Sainsbury’s confirms it is phasing out CDs and DVDs from its stores
ALSO MENTIONED
• John Barnes, Gazza and (please make it stop) Peter Beardsley rap on previously unheard World In Motion tapes
• Jacob Rees-Mogg raps in Parliament
MORE FROM CMU
• Book your place on CMU’s weekly webinars
• Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon
• Sign up to receive the CMU Daily news bulletin
SECTION TIMES
01: Streaming royalties (00:12:56)
02: Sainsbury’s (00:30:41)
(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)
STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• AIM publishes insights on the artist growth model for streaming royalty distribution
• Sainsbury’s confirms it is phasing out CDs and DVDs from its stores
ALSO MENTIONED
• John Barnes, Gazza and (please make it stop) Peter Beardsley rap on previously unheard World In Motion tapes
• Jacob Rees-Mogg raps in Parliament
MORE FROM CMU
• Book your place on CMU’s weekly webinars
• Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon
• Sign up to receive the CMU Daily news bulletin
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