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Podcast: Setlist
Episode: Music publishers go to war with Spotify
Description: 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 publis...