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By Andy Malt and Chris Cooke | Posted on Monday August 15th, 2022
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key music and music industry events from the past week, including Taylor Swift’s statement in US court in the long-running legal battle against the theft of songs regarding her 2014 hit “Shake It Off” in which she explains how she came up with the lyrics to her track, while insisting that she could never have been exposed to the song she is accused of stealing before creating ‘Shake It Off’, plus some interesting new statistics comparing consumer UK spending on recorded and live music – and the impact of COVID-19 on it all.
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STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Taylor Swift submits statement to court in ongoing legal battle over Shake It Off song theft
• From suffering to healing: the statistics that explain why the UK music industry is poised for a dramatic post-lockdown comeback (Music Business Worldwide)
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• UK labels’ spending on A&R and marketing hit nearly £500m last year
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