Music publishers go to war with Spotify

May 17, 05:36 PM

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On this week's show we discuss the battle between music publishers and Spotify over its plans to reclassify its subscriptions as bundles of music, audiobooks and podcasts, and commercial media companies hit out at the BBC’s plan to sell advertising on its podcasts.

SECTION TIMES
01: Spotify (00:03:48)
02: News in brief (00:15:20)
03: BBC (00:17:48)
(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)

THIS WEEK'S MAIN STORIES
The MLC is suing Spotify over audiobook bundling
Publishers accuse Spotify of licensing gaps in letter the streaming service has dubbed a “misleading press stunt”
US music publishers ramp up the rhetoric against Spotify's royalty reducing bundling trick
Media companies hit out at plan for BBC to sell ads alongside its podcasts

NEWS IN BRIEF
TICKET Act passed by US House Of Representatives
Universal removed as defendant on explosive Diddy lawsuit
TikTok creators file lawsuit against US sell-or-be-banned law
Utopia swings the axe again with significant job losses across remaining non-UK operations
ATC takes majority stake in Raw Power

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