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CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the UK’s Music Managers Forum and Featured Artists Coalition’s anger at PRS For Music’s “unworkable” proposed royalty rates for livestreamed shows, plus our favourite music of 2020.SECTION TIMES01: Livestream rates (00:04:43)02: Tracks of 2020 (00:23:57)(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)SUBSCRIBE TO SETLISTListen to Setlist and sign up to receive new episodes for free

lack of contact for families who had been expecting regular visits of up to four hours and close contact with relatives.Scottish Labour MSP Neil Findlay raised the concerns in a tense exchange at Holyrood on Tuesday which saw him brand SNP depute leader Keith Brown "ignorant" and a "clown" for heckling.Findlay called for urgent talks across political parties led by by Health Secretary Jeane Freeman on emergency legislation to get safe and secure contact for families and care home residents.He

WGA Strike/Unfair List, saying they failed to pay back fees due to writers on the series “Pump.”The WGA’s officers said in a letter to its members that the companies failed to comply with an arbitration award of $477,581.34 for unpaid compensation, pension, health contributions and interest due to four writers on the show.

Ryanair has confirmed it will be extending its offer to waive flight change fees into the new year.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorTech giant Apple Wednesday unveiled a new developer program that reduces App Store commissions by half to 15% for businesses earning up to $1 million a year.It said the goal is to “accelerate innovation and help small businesses and independent developers propel their businesses forward with the next generation of groundbreaking apps on the App Store.”Apple has been under increasing pressure this year over fees it charges for transactions through its ubiquitous

Erika Jayne and Tom Girardi’s divorce are starting to emerge. According to court documents obtained by Us Weekly, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star is seeking spousal support from her estranged husband.Erika, 49, is also asking for the 81-year-old lawyer to pay her legal fees.

What do actor Terry Crews, rapper Pitbull, Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell and author Gary J.

David Robb Labor EditorThe WGA sent WME and CAA a proposal today that outlines the steps they must take in order to become franchised by the guild and end their 18-month standoff over packaging fees and agency affiliations with corporately related production entities.Read the union’s letter to WME here and its letter to CAA here.Here’s the full text of the letter the guild’s agency negotiating committee sent to members this afternoon:Today, the WGA sent both WME and CAA a proposal that outlines

Logic has publicly aired his frustration with his record label, Def Jam Recordings, over alleged unpaid fees to his collaborators.Taking to Instagram last night (October 3), the rapper shared a screenshot of a text message conversation between himself and collaborator Kevin Randolph, who appeared to claim that he hadn’t “seen a penny” from some work they had done together.“@defjam can you please pay my friends and musicians that have made my albums great this is ridiculous at this point!” Logic

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorEpic Games, Spotify and a handful of others have launched The Coalition for App fairness, a nonprofit meant to ramp up pressure on Apple over App store charges, transparency and access.Epic, the home of Fortnite, is currently in a legal tussle with Apple in the U.S. and Spotify is fighting them in the EU, targeting the 30% fee Apple charges developers for App Store transactions.

for the last seven years. But, despite the plans finally being rejected by The Court of Appeal earlier this month , Salford will not be reimbursed for the hundreds of thousands spent in legal fees.

Britney Spears‘ lawyer is calling out members of the pop star’s conservatorship team.

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Federal Register website.Commenting on the increased fees, David Martin, general manager of the Featured Artists Coalition, said: “It is incredibly disappointing to hear the latest news of increased fees and more bureaucracy for foreign artists travelling to the US.“The US visa system is already prohibitive for UK artists and this change will see even more of our globally renowned talent shut out.

Taylor Swift after the singer donated £23,000 towards her university education.Vitoria Mario, who is Portuguese but has lived in the UK for four years, said she was ineligible to receive government funding and her family could not afford to finance her degree at Warwick University.Delivering a generous contribution of £23,373 via a GoFundMe page, Swift wrote: “Vitoria, I came across your story online and am so inspired by your drive and dedication to turning your dreams into reality.“I want to

Taylor Swift has assisted a teenager in the U.K.

straight to your inboxThere was a strange non-transfer tale recently where a Premier League club briefed they were interested in a player they had no interest in signing.The player is represented by the same agency with elite clients already at the Premier League club, who agreed to fuel publicity around the player in an attempt to smoke out an actual interested party.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorEpic Games is trying to skirt the 30% revenue cut taken by Apple’s App Store and Google Play — announcing a 20% discount to “Fortnite” players who purchase the game’s virtual currency directly from Epic, instead of from Apple or Google.“If Apple or Google lower their fees on payments in the future, Epic will pass along the savings to you,” the company said in announcing the mobile direct-payment option Thursday.It’s not clear how Epic is circumventing the Apple

David Robb Labor EditorA federal judge has denied WME’s and CAA’s motions to dismiss the remainder of the WGA’s fraud and price-fixing allegations, sending the case to trial to determine whether agency packaging fees are legal.In his 17-page ruling today (read it here), U.S. District Court Judge Andre Birotte Jr.

Britney Spears paid a hefty sum in legal fees associated with her conservatorship. In documents obtained by ET, the «Stronger» singer paid her attorneys and team of advisers $1,202,504.30 in 2019.From that sum, her father, Jamie Spears, was paid $128,000 as a conservator.

Britney Spears‘ spending habits have been revealed, including how much was spent on her legal fees amid her conservatorship back and forth! Even for a pop star, it’s A LOT of money!

Payment Protection Insurance, was a financial product sold to millions of Brits alongside a loan, credit card or mortgage. The deadline for people making claims expired in August 2019, but banks could now be facing more after a series of recent court rulings found the products were ‘unfair’, focusing on the commission fees earned from insurers.

straight to your inboxInter confirm fees paid for United players Italian club Inter Milan have confirmed the fees paid to Manchester United for the transfers of Romelu Lukaku and Ashley Young. The Milan giants paid a club-record €74.162 million (around £66.75m) to land Belgian striker Lukaku while they shelled out a further €1.729m (£1.55m) to land Young in January.

Rebecca Davis editorBritish Hollywood director Simon West has been ordered by a Beijing tribunal to return $200,000 in directors fees to Chinese firm Hongmaisui HMS Entertainment in a legal dispute over an unmade 2014 film.HMS filed the case with the Beijing Arbitration Commission back in 2016, after the production was derailed by difficulties in procuring a visa for West that left him unable to enter China for pre-production at the scheduled time.

leading universities could lose millions in tuition fees if escalating tensions between the UK and China leads to Beijing discouraging students from studying overseas. Both Glasgow and Edinburgh have been increasingly reliant on cash generated by the thousands of Chinese students who arrive in Scotland each year to study at the country's historic seats of learning.

The Virgin Group business that was set to launch a new Virgin Fest event in LA this year has sued WME over claims that the talent agency is refusing to repay deposits that were paid to Ellie Goulding, Lizzo and Kali Uchis when they were booked to play the festival.

Migos are suing their longtime talent lawyer for allegedly taking "excessive fees" without a proper written agreement and failing to disclose conflicts of interest arising from his representation of their label.Quavious Marshall (Quavo), Kiari Cephus (Offset) and Kirsnick Ball (Takeoff) have sued Damien Granderson along with his current firm, Granderson Des Rochers, and his previous one, Davis Shapiro, alleging they were "robbed and cheated out of millions of dollars" the people they trusted to

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterDetails around the deal between United Talent Agency and the Writers Guild of America have emerged, revealing some notable concessions that will allow the two Hollywood institutions to resume work together.The agency has agreed to cease packaging fees, a lucrative practice at the heart of the WGA’s new franchise agreement, in two years time, leadership said in a memo to clients on Wednesday morning, which can be read below.There’s a catch.