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Power lists, everybody wins, and sexy hockey syncs.

If everybody is special nobody is special! We want the power list rankings!
 
Names in Today's Pod:
Penske Media
Ken Bunt
SXSW London
Lucian Grainge
Bill Ackman
Off Campus
Amazon
Pamela Bustios
Kyle Dennis
Andrew Unterberger
 
Birthdays this week:
Maria Egan
Brian Frank
Josh D'Amore
Oana Ruxandra
Mike Chuthakeio
 
 
LINKS
Power List 1 Everybody Wins!
https://www.billboard.com/pro/billboard-country-power-players-2026-list/
Power List 2 Everybody Wins!
https://www.billboard.com/pro/billboard-uk-power-players-2026-list/
RIAA Honors Garth and Ken
https://www.billboard.com/pro/garth-brooks-disney-music-head-2026-riaa-honors/
UMG Brushes off Ackamn and everybody wins!
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/29/universal-music-pershing-square-offer-rejection/
 
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Updating your references, backing off Ackman, and Black Box 101

How do you say "give it up, dude" in French?
 
Names in the pod today:
Universal Music Group
Bill Ackman
Cyrille Bollore
Angelina Mazza
Joel Gouveia
Reservoir
 Golnar Khosrowshahi
Murray Stassen
 
 
Links in Comments...
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LINKS:
Backing Ackman off of UMG
https://www.billboard.com/pro/bollore-group-rejects-bill-ackman-umg-bid/
Update your references!
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/books/why-is-tiktok-in-this-book-from-2006.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Black Box 101
https://substack.com/@joelgouveia?utm_source=global-search
Reservoir Earnings
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/reservoir-deployed-120m-on-acquisitions-and-advances-in-latest-fiscal-year-as-its-annual-revenues-grew-11-yoy-to-175-7m/
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Song of the week:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=167dcf3362df45f8
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/cae8e2c2d2e941f184d856c31b86dba3sune?
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Turning vapor into ware, Vermont punches up, and it's the wealth distribution, stupid!

Maple syrup, cheddar cheese, and ticketing reform.
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Ashley King
Ed Newton-Rex
Julian Paker
Tim Ingham
Spotify
Eric Frankenberg
Daniel Ek
Live Nation
Dylan Smith
 
LINKS:
Turning AI Vapor into Ware
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/26/spotify-co-ceo-defends-ai-expansion/
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/stability-ais-julian-parker-a-key-researcher-behind-stable-audio-joins-spotifys-artist-first-ai-team-days-after-streamers-landmark-umg-remix-deal/
It's the Wealth Distribution, Stupid!
https://www.billboard.com/pro/midyear-boxscore-report-growth-lady-gaga-bad-bunny/
A decade later...
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-to-reserve-concert-tickets-for-superfans-on-premium-tier-live-nation-confirmed-as-launch-partner-as-companies-strike-multi-year-deal/
Vermont Punches up
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/27/vermont-ticketing-law/
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Ebony, ivory, streaming and physical; Winston Churchill on TV, and in defense of Drake.

Macca on TikTok is sorta like Winston Churchill on TV.
 
 
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Names in the pod today:
Gogi Gupta
Gupta Media
Dan Mackta
Qobuz
Rough Trade
Eduardo Rivadavia
Andrew Hutchinson
 Jaelani Turner Williams
Charli XCX
TikTok
Paul McCartney
Drake
 
LINKS
Gogi Lays out the Agentic Ad landscape
https://thread.guptamedia.com/p/google-search-ai-update
Qobuz X Rough Trade
https://www.musicweek.com/digital/read/qobuz-launches-global-streaming-partnership-with-indie-retailer-rough-trade/094175
Charli Witholds B-Sides
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/26/charli-xcx-witholding-music-from-streaming/?mc_cid=f3bb56405d&mc_eid=e6e936dd58
Macca on TikTok Be like Churchill on TV
https://newsroom.tiktok.com/tiktok-announces-very-special-live-premiere-event-with-paul-mccartney?lang=en
TikTok X UMG
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-announces-expanded-partnership-with-universal-music-group/821048/
YouTube Shorts AI remixes
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/youtube-adds-new-ai-remix-feature-to-shorts/820802/
Drake Trend
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8pWQ1px/
 
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos 
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Agentic changes everything. Is Starstruck the new press play? And hello, FrankenOzzy!

Google's Shift to agentic is going to change everything for all of us. The next 6-12 Months are agoing to be a wild rides.
Know your fans and own you data, while you still can.
 
Names in the pod Today
Cherie Hu
Bob Bruderman
Max Lousada
Julie Greenwald
Ed Sheeran
Drake
Google
Jem Aswad
Ashley King
Jay Peters
 
LINKS
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The Shape of Ed Sheeran
https://variety.com/2026/music/news/ed-sheeran-leaves-warner-music-1236757081/
Drake 1-2-3
https://www.billboard.com/lists/drake-iceman-habibti-maid-of-honour-top-billboard-200-chart/
Agentic Changes everything
https://puck.news/inside-googles-agentic-search-revolution/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/19/tech/google-search-bar-updates-2026
Is Udio's Starstruck the New Pressplay?
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/scoop-udios-upcoming-app-starstruck-cherie-hu-boyxe/
FrankenOzzy
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/21/ozzy-osbourne-avatar-ready-to-tour-says-jack-osbourne/
 
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Spotify-UMG's AI chess move, Sphere washing, and not infinite, unlimited.

The UMG Spotify AI deal is master-level chess.
 
Names in the pod today:
Ross Walthall
Lucian Grainge
Suno
Udio
Gustav Soderstrom
Alex Norstrom
Tim Ingham
Ashley King
Murray Stassen
KBRA
John Chapman
Chord Music Partners
James Dolan
Shakira
 
LINKS:
UMG and SPotify build the walled Prairie
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-and-universal-music-group-strike-landmark-deal-to-let-fans-create-ai-covers-and-remixes-as-a-paid-premium-add-on/
Less Music Lending
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/as-abs-deals-reshape-the-music-rights-landscape-kbra-says-its-rated-12-9b-in-music-royalty-backed-bonds-since-2020-but-expects-issuance-to-fall-25-in-2026/
More Music buying
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/chord-music-partners-john-chapman-on-the-next-wave-of-capital-heading-for-music-rights/
Sphere Washing
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sphere-entertainment-secures-1-7-bn-investment-from-abu-dhabi-for-first-international-venue/
Tencent finally buys Ximalaya
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tencent-music-completes-2-4b-acquisition-of-audio-platform-ximalaya/
Shakira off the Hook
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/18/shakira-acquitted-in-64m-spanish-tax-fraud-case/
 
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An Indian AI perspective, Jack Bauer's Blue Dot Fever, and everybody hates, guess who?

TM/Livenation stil racking up the legal bills.
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Vikram Mehra
Saregama
Ticketmaster
Livenation
Ashley King
Dylan Smith
Music Artists Coalition
Saunil Mehta
Kiefer Sutherlnand
Randy Nichols
 
 
LINKS:
An India AI perspective
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/saregama-md-calls-for-dsps-to-assign-no-value-to-ai-generated-music/
Live Nation on the hot seat
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/20/democrats-pressure-live-nation-ticketmaster-split/?
Live Nation on the hot seat
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/15/ticketmaster-queue-positions-controversy/
Live Nation on the hot seat
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/15/mac-study-voter-support-ticket-reform/
Jack Bauer can't fix Blue Dot fever
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/17/kiefer-sutherland-cancels-us-tour/
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The outlook for The American Dollar, HR slop, and the one that got away.

Zukenee is in season.
 
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Names in the pod today:
The american Dollar
Suno
LinkedIn
Hootsuite
Meta
Katy Perry
Dylan Smith
Andrew Hutchinson
Spotify
Megan Thee Stallion
Klay Thompson
Zukenee
 
LINKS
The outlook for the American Dollar
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-sued-by-poseidon-wave-media-an-entity-behind-indie-duo-the-american-dollar-claiming-it-nearly-eliminated-their-licensing-revenue/
Spotify Verifying pods
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/19/verified-by-spotify-podcasts/?
File Footage is F'd
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/google-announces-ai-powered-advances-at-io-2026/820667/
Meta invents Hootsuite!
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-adds-new-creator-publishing-tools/820542/
AI-generated rejection letters...
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/linkedin-adds-ai-powered-job-outreach/820548/
Josh Groban is the One that Got Away
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYQg-HVDGP1/
 
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos 
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Tripling down on contractual obligation, this game could be your life, and godless whores are people too.

Godless whores are people too, and (we) don't all use AI to write and record.
 
Names in the pod Today
 
Drake
Ben James (Musicben)
Jack Antonoff
Mikey Shulman
Xbox
Amazon
Alexa
 
LINKS
Drake Triples down on Contractual Obligation
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/17/drake-three-albums-umg-speculation/
Thanks Ben
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/musicben-benjamin-james-52a245122_suno-is-now-a-5-billion-company-yet-still-share-7460351688273727488-RQ20?
A music marketing use for SnapChat?
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/hybe-india-partners-with-snapchat-to-power-ar-auditions-for-its-girl-group-search/
Mixtape can and shoul be played IRL..try it!
https://www.theverge.com/games/925580/mixtape-review-ps5-xbox-series-x-s-nintendo-switch-2-pc#comments
Jac, Don't be Godless-ist
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYSZxg_kZj4/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&img_index=1
https://www.theverge.com/games/925580/mixtape-review-ps5-xbox-series-x-s-nintendo-switch-2-pc#comments
AI Podcast got me..not worried
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/18/amazons-new-alexa-powered-feature-can-generate-podcast-episodes/
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Bring me the CEO horizon, blue dot fever denial, and Bougiefest 2026

Industry reaction to Napster and Industry reaction to AI is apples and Oranges.
 
Names in Today's Pod:
Robert Kyncl
Warner Music Group
Paramount
Deadline Hollywood
Ariel King
Amplify Music Summit
Joe Berchtold
Live Nation
Amanda Ghost
Apple Music
 
Links
 
Birthdays this week:
Jonathan Palmer
Cindy James
Del Bartle
Brendan Gilmartin
 
 
Links in the comments...
LINKS
Apple embraces EDM
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/15/apple-music-club-live-launch/
WMG Goes to the Movies
https://deadline.com/2026/05/paramount-warner-music-group-movies-deal-1236886107/
Kyncl's AI Warning
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/15/robert-kyncl-ai-comments/
Apple embraces EDM
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/15/apple-music-club-live-launch/
The Ticket prices are too Damn High?
https://www.billboard.com/pro/have-ticket-prices-gotten-too-high-touring-experts-weigh-in/
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