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CMU Podcast: Sony/ATV, ATP, YouTube, Kanye West
By Andy Malt and Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 25 April 2016
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including Warner Music and the indie labels’ opposition to Sony/ATV becoming wholly owned by Sony Corp, ATP’s latest cancellation, the continued question over YouTube’s position in hell, and the man taking Kanye West to court over a tweet. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.
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Stories discussed this week
• Warner and the indies set to object to Sony taking complete control of Sony/ATV
• Drive Like Jehu’s ATP festival cancelled
• “YouTube is the devil”, says Metallica manager
• YouTube’s new talent Foundry fuels speculation on its music ambitions beyond safe harbour lobbying
• Tidal and Kanye West sued over ‘never never never’ tweet
CMU Approved
• William Tyler
• Sh?m
• Annabel Jones
• Lyra
What we didn’t have time to talk about
• “I am not a quitter”, says AC/DC’s Brian Johnson
• David Lowery’s lawyers demand access to correspondence about Spotify’s mechanical settlement
• Rich people remain rich, annual study of rich people finds
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