Setlist

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Cliff Richard's legal win against the BBC over its coverage of a police raid at his Berkshire home in 2014, more indie publishers direct licensing streaming services, and Ed Sheeran’s record breaking tour. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business in recent weeks, including the European Parliament voting down the latest draft of the new copyright directive, Glassnote’s legal battle with Childish Gambino, and Rage Against The Machine against Nigel Farage. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.

To celebrate CMU’s 20th birthday, over the next year we will present 20 special editions of Setlist, between them reviewing the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two decades. This week, the evolution of the NME from a traditional newsstand publication to a freebie mag to an online-only media brand. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.

To celebrate CMU’s 20th birthday, over the next year we will present 20 special editions of Setlist, between them reviewing the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two decades. This week, the collapse of HMV in 2013 after several years of financial trouble on the high street and attempts to diversify into other areas of music and entertainment. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the European Parliament's JURI Committee passing article thirteen of the new copyright directive, FanFair calling on Google to stop taking Viagogo's pound, and the latest squabbling among Prince's heirs. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Spotify's rumoured offer of direct deals and cash advances to artists, the music publishers' ultimatum to Spain's song rights collecting society, and Ryan Adams presenting the weather. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.

To celebrate CMU’s 20th birthday, over the next year we will present 20 special editions of Setlist, between them reviewing the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two decades. This week, the rise and fall of Grooveshark, which had big plans to take on the streaming market by becoming "the YouTube of audio", but ended up being sued into oblivion by the major labels. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Viagogo's failure to meet a deadline to respond to demands set by the Advertising Standards Agency, Apple’s non-move into music publishing, and the Michael Jackson estate’s lawsuit against Disney. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including Sony's plans to become the majority shareholder in EMI Music Publishing, the official settlement of one of the big mechanical royalty lawsuits against Spotify, and how streaming is changing the definition of an album. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.

To celebrate CMU’s 20th birthday, over the next year we will present 20 special editions of Setlist, between them reviewing the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two decades. This week, the end of EMI, which began with Terra Firma’s acquisition of the British major music company in 2007. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.