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Setlist: Pitchfork, Viagogo, Spotify
By Andy Malt and Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 28 January 2019
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the paywall about to go up around Pitchfork, the Competition And Markets Authority’s “serious concerns” over Viagogo’s lack of compliance with UK law and Spotify’s new artist blocking feature. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.
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Stories discussed this week:
• Pitchfork will add a paywall this year
• CMA raises “serious concerns” over Viagogo’s compliance with court order
• Spotify launches artist blocking feature
• Sony drops R Kelly
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• Don’t trust Daily Mail website, Microsoft browser warns users (The Guardian)
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