Live from Spot+

Setlist’s Chris Cooke presents a live version of the programme at the Spot+ conference in Aarhus, Denmark. He is joined by a panel of industry experts to review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the RIAA’s latest stats, Portishead’s user-centric royalties on SoundCloud, Epic Games and Apple, COVID passports, and why Ed Sheeran hates American awards ceremonies.  PANEL • Maria Borg, Digital Partners & Export Manager at discowax / Sony Music • Helienne Lindvall, songwriter + board director at Ivors Academy • Daniel Nordgård, Associate Professor in music business at University Of Agder • Josh Greenberg, Creative Strategy Consultant at Green Mountain Lodge • Stein Bjelland, President at Stein70000 + Chair of Music Norway SECTION TIMES 01: RIAA (00:04:37) 02: SoundCloud (00:26:05) 03: Epic v Apple (00:35:00) 04: COVID passports (00:48:28) 05: Ed Sheeran (00:55:46) (Timings may be slightly different due to adverts) STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • US record industry scores 27% growth in first half of 2021 • SoundCloud says user-centric boosted the royalties for Portishead’s SOS by 500% • Epic v Apple ruling favours the tech giant, but forces big concession on the App Store’s payment rules • COVID Passports remain in UK government’s Plan B for tackling the next phase of the pandemic • American awards ceremonies are “horrible”, says Ed Sheeran MORE FROM CMU • Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon • Sign up to receive the CMU Daily news bulletin