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CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the news that US retailer Best Buy plans to stop selling CDs and reports that Apple Music will have more American subscribers than Spotify by the summer, plus the possible Spice Girls reunion and how holograms might be a more practical solution. 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 calls for the government to review its education policies after schools admit cuts to creative subjects, the poor representation of women at this year's Grammy Awards, and the BBC's plans to screw over the festival sector this summer. 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 latest sales v licence litigation launched by Enrique Iglesias against Universal Music, an interesting legal case testing the responsibilities of concert promoters under the Equalities Act, and the very short lived almost Smiths reunion. 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 disappointing end to Songkick's long-running legal battle with Live Nation, the US government's latest Notorious Markets report on online piracy, and how you can find musical inspiration by watching some people eat chicken. 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 Radiohead's lawsuit (or not) against Lana Del Rey, Sony's settlement with some American Idols, and Jimmy Iovine's long term plans at Apple Music. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from over the Christmas break, including Wixen Music Publishing's $1.6 billion lawsuit against Spotify, Universal's new deals with YouTube and Facebook, plus stats on what UK music consumers were streaming and buying in 2017. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last twelve months in the second of two Review Of The Year editions of Setlist. In this New Year's Day edition, the music industry's ongoing feud with YouTube is dissected, we revisit two festivals that spectacularly failed, and we countdown the Top Five And Finally Stories Of 2017. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last twelve months in the first of two Review Of The Year editions of Setlist. In this Christmas Day edition, all the key developments in the secondary ticketing debate and SoundCloud’s drama-filled year, plus we begin the countdown of the Top Ten And Finally Stories Of 2017. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Apple’s acquisition of Shazam, Spotify and Deezer calling on the EU to restrict tech giant “gatekeepers”, and the latest crackdown on illegal secondary ticketing. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including YouTube’s plans for (another) subscription-based music streaming service, why YouTube is disappearing from Amazon Fire TV devices, and the booming popularity of music on YouTube in 2017, despite everything. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.