Monday, June 19, 2017

CMU Podcast: Pandora, Merlin, Bob Dylan | UNLIMITED | CMU

Pandora

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Pandora selling Ticketfly to Eventrbite and nearly a fifth of itself to Sirius XM, the latest indie label streaming stats from Merlin, and Bob Dylan borrowing from a school book in his Nobel lecture. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.

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Stories discussed this week:

• Sirius to take stake in Pandora, but not buy it outright
• Eventbrite confirms $200 million Ticketfly buy
• Streaming continues to boom for indies, but not YouTube mind
• Beef Of The Week #359: Bob Dylan v Literature

In brief:

• Taylor Swift now streaming freely, Spotify to champion songwriters
• Katy Perry still wants to make friends with Taylor Swift
• Prince estate reviewing legal options over Purple Rain musical
• Gene Simmons attempts to trademark ‘devil horns’ hand gesture

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