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Episode: Counting the impact of COVID on the UK music industry
Description: CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including UK Music stats revealing that the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out 69,000 music industry jobs in the UK and caused the economic contribution made by the music industry to slump by 46%, plus IFPI music stats showing that free services dominate how people consume music around the world.Â
SECTION TIMES
01: UK Music stats (00:06:37)
02: IFPI stats (00:19:44)
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STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• COVID-19 cost the UK music industry 69,000 jobs and c...