The music business review of the year 2022
Dec 19, 2022, 07:00 AM
In this final edition of the Setlist podcast for 2022, CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last year.
That includes: the ongoing economics of streaming debate, the resurgence (or not) of the live music industry, the continued increase in song-theft lawsuits, the growing trend of interpolation in pop, and the licensing of music on social media platforms.
Apologies for the slight sound issues on some of this episode - one of us (naming no names) managed to record themselves through a microphone that wasn't the one pointing at their face.
SECTION TIMES
01: Economics of streaming (00:06:47)
02: Live industry (00:12:46)
03: Song-theft lawsuits (00:18:45)
04: Interpolation (00:24:59)
05: Licensing on social media (00:32:17)
(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)
STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Artist remuneration remains a key sticking point as MPs return to the economics of streaming debate (November 2022)
• CMA concludes that competition issues are not creating challenges for music-makers in the streaming economy (November 2022)
• Goldman Sachs 'Music In The Air' report 2022 (June 2022)
• Live Nation Q3 2022 results (November 2022)
• Santigold cancels US tour: “I will not continue to sacrifice myself for an industry that has become unsustainable” (September 2022)
• Animal Collective cancel European shows after concluding that international touring in 2022 isn’t economically viable (October 2022)
• Lorde is the latest artist to discuss the challenges of touring in 2022 (November 2022)
• Ed Sheeran discusses impact of ‘Shape Of You litigation after winning song-theft battle (April 2022)
• Beyonce samples Show Me Love on first Renaissance single (June 2022)
• Beyonce removes ‘Milkshake’ interpolation from new track following criticism from Kelis (August 2022)
• Beyonce denies interpolating Right Said Fred track without permission (October 2022)
• Universal Music wants Bang sanctioned over deleted TikTok videos (August 2022)
• Bang infringed Sony Music’s rights in social media videos, court confirms (September 2022)
• Now Warner Music sues Bang over the unlicensed music in its TikTok videos September 2022)
• YouTube launches new music micro-licensing service for its video creators (September 2022)
ALSO MENTIONED
• The battle for Christmas number one has commenced
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
That includes: the ongoing economics of streaming debate, the resurgence (or not) of the live music industry, the continued increase in song-theft lawsuits, the growing trend of interpolation in pop, and the licensing of music on social media platforms.
Apologies for the slight sound issues on some of this episode - one of us (naming no names) managed to record themselves through a microphone that wasn't the one pointing at their face.
SECTION TIMES
01: Economics of streaming (00:06:47)
02: Live industry (00:12:46)
03: Song-theft lawsuits (00:18:45)
04: Interpolation (00:24:59)
05: Licensing on social media (00:32:17)
(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)
STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Artist remuneration remains a key sticking point as MPs return to the economics of streaming debate (November 2022)
• CMA concludes that competition issues are not creating challenges for music-makers in the streaming economy (November 2022)
• Goldman Sachs 'Music In The Air' report 2022 (June 2022)
• Live Nation Q3 2022 results (November 2022)
• Santigold cancels US tour: “I will not continue to sacrifice myself for an industry that has become unsustainable” (September 2022)
• Animal Collective cancel European shows after concluding that international touring in 2022 isn’t economically viable (October 2022)
• Lorde is the latest artist to discuss the challenges of touring in 2022 (November 2022)
• Ed Sheeran discusses impact of ‘Shape Of You litigation after winning song-theft battle (April 2022)
• Beyonce samples Show Me Love on first Renaissance single (June 2022)
• Beyonce removes ‘Milkshake’ interpolation from new track following criticism from Kelis (August 2022)
• Beyonce denies interpolating Right Said Fred track without permission (October 2022)
• Universal Music wants Bang sanctioned over deleted TikTok videos (August 2022)
• Bang infringed Sony Music’s rights in social media videos, court confirms (September 2022)
• Now Warner Music sues Bang over the unlicensed music in its TikTok videos September 2022)
• YouTube launches new music micro-licensing service for its video creators (September 2022)
ALSO MENTIONED
• The battle for Christmas number one has commenced
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