CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the paywall about to go up around Pitchfork, the Competition And Markets Authority’s “serious concerns” over Viagogo’s lack of compliance with UK law and Spotify’s new artist blocking feature. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.

Pitchfork, Viagogo, Spotify

This week’s episode of Setlist is another marking CMU’s 20th birthday, the eleventh in a series of special editions reviewing the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two decades. In this edition we look at the history of Spotify, from plucky young upstart to the thing propping up the entire recorded music industry. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.

20 years of CMU – Spotify and streaming revolution

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the deal to rescue HMV in the UK, Spotify becoming briefly profitable and then buying a couple of podcast companies, and new moves to make labels give back old artists their recording rights in the US. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.

HMV, Spotify, Terminators

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