Counting the impact of COVID on the UK music industry



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. 

SECTION TIMES
01: UK Music stats (00:06:37)
02: IFPI stats (00:19:44)
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