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