CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Warner Music joining SoundCloud’s user-centric Fan-Powered Royalties initiative, and Spotify CEO Daniel Ek’s continued, but seemingly futile efforts to avoid giving a deposition in a legal battle with Eminem’s publishing company, Eight Mile Style. 

STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Warner Music signs up to SoundCloud’s user-centric initiative
• US judge again declines to delay Daniel Ek deposition in Eminem v Spotify case

ALSO MENTIONED
• YoungBoy Never Broke Again found not guilty of illegal gun possession in LA
• AIM publishes insights on the artist growth model for streaming royalty distribution (July 2021)
• Deezer steps up endorsement of user-centric approach to digital royalties (October 2019)
• Eminem publisher sues Spotify, declares Music Modernization Act unconstitutional (August 2019)

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