Managers criticise Universal's Pandora royalty switch

Oct 20, 2023, 07:00 PM

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week. On this edition, artist managers criticise Universal Music over a change it made to the way it pays Pandora royalties to artists, and new Bandcamp owner Songtradr making 50% of the direct-to-fan platform's staff redundant.

PLEASE NOTE: This episode was recorded before the settlement between Megan Thee Stallion and her former label 1501 Certified Entertainment was announced.

SECTION TIMES
01: Universal (00:05:13)
02: Bandcamp (00:21:35)
(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)

STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• 
Universal Music criticised over unannounced change to Pandora payments
• Half of Bandcamp’s staff made redundant as Songtradr acquisition is completed

ALSO MENTIONED
• Megan Thee Stallion has "no label right now" and that's how she wants it