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The merch-pocalypse, AI flooding the zone, and Flashback 2000.

Tariffs help choke off one of the last reliable artist revenue streams.
 
Names In Today's Pod:
 
Ed Newton-Rex
Deezer
Tim Ingham
Steve Knopper
Scott Galloway
Infinite Reality
TouchCast
Michael C. Wood
 
LINKS:
Merch Screwed By Tariffs
https://www.billboard.com/pro/trump-tariffs-affecting-music-merch-industry/
Deezer Flooded By AI
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/ai-music-invasion-doubles-on-deezer-20000-bot-created-tracks-now-uploaded-each-day-to-streaming-platform/
Google Monopoly Stuff
https://www.theverge.com/policy/652708/google-search-antitrust-remedies-trial-opening
Ed Newton-Rex on Legislators Flooded by AI lobbying
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/creators-ai-copyright-battle-1236192627/
Infinite Reality: Google or CMGI?
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/18/infinite-reality-acquires-touchcast/
RIP Leap Pad guy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/business/michael-c-wood-dead.html?
 
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm

Maximum wage versus minimum wage. EDM goes home. And are we really toing down to a deadline?

Now they call it an apprenticeship??
 
https://unlimitedsupply.podbean.com/e/boomer-school-at-coachella-superfan-saturation-and-it-always-starts-in-the-low-countries/
 
Names In Today's Pod:
 
Joel Katz
Jem Aswad
Steve Knopper
OVO Dam Milmo
Michael Beckermann
TikTok
BeatPort
 
LINKS:
RIP Joel Katz
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/18/music-industry-says-goodbye-to-legal-heavyweight-joel-katz/
For Shame, OVO
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4185793215/?refId=r3iJxy4O1om%2FWdgbnf%2BLJg%3D%3D&trackingId=r3iJxy4O1om%2FWdgbnf%2BLJg%3D%3D
Coachella YouTube Streams Matter
https://www.billboard.com/pro/coachella-youtube-livestream-global-fan-engagement-artists/
TikTok Washington Fixer Leaves
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/17/tiktok-us-head-of-policy-steps-down/
EDM Surges on TikTok
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/20/views-of-tiktok-posts-with-electronic-music-outgrow-those-using-indie?utm_source=chatgpt.com
EDM Comes Home
https://www.internationalmusicsummit.com/ims-ibiza
Beatport awards
https://www.beatportal.com/articles/849573-the-beatport-awards-2025-categories-nominees-announced
Are Heidi and Spencer really still a thing?
https://events.variety.com/entmar2025/home?
Jazzfest
https://www.nojazzfest.com/music/
StageCoach
https://www.nojazzfest.com/music/
 
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm

Unlimited supply turns One, repeating things five times, and other lessons.

It's Unlimited Supply's first anniversary!!!
 
Names in the pod today:
 
Syd Schwartz
Ed Christman
Record Store Day
Denis Ladegaillerie
Believe Music
Charles Goldstuck
Goldstate
DMN's Investment Rundown
Paul Resnikoff
Mandy Dalugdug
Tony Van Veen
Daniel Ek
 
LINKS:
Syd on RSD
https://jazzandcoffee.substack.com/p/post-mortem-record-store-day-2025
Billboard on RSD https://www.billboard.com/pro/record-store-day-2025-report-swift-sales-long-lines-weather/
Denis Solidifies Believe Hold
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/denis-ladegaillerie-backed-by-eqt-and-tcv-makes-move-to-fully-acquire-believe/
Goldstuck raises 5 Rods https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/charles-goldstucks-goldstate-raises-500m-to-buy-music-blishing-make-for-even-odder-rights-with-investment-from-northleaf-capital-and-ares-management/
DMN tracks the investment Boom
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-music-funding-q1-2025/
How Much Spotify is not paying the Long Tail
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/17/spotify-stream-minimum-estimate/
How Much Daniel Ek Cashed out this week
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-ceo-daniel-ek-continues-share-sale-streak-cashing-out-another-28-2m/
 
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.FM
Hangout.fm

Festival counter-fomo, Brookchella, and a dead cat bounce?

Rock is back. Again. It never went away, Again. Is it a dead cat bounce?
 
Names in the Pod today:
Jonathan Azu
Alison Hagendorf
Mark DiDia
Spotify
Zoom
Rich Schaefer
Reggie Watts
Gideon Gottfried
Coachella
Bonnaroo
Rae Isla
 
LINKS:
Rock Takes a Holiday
https://www.techradar.com/news/live/spotify-down-april-2025
Worker Bees Touch Grass
https://www.theverge.com/news/650123/zoom-down-outage-video-calls
Pollstar Live hub
https://news.pollstar.com/2025/04/14/pollstar-live-2025-hub-stevie-nicks-jelly-roll-lns-michael-rapino-kevin-cronin-fireaid-aegs-rich-schaefer-kevin-lyman-more/
Reggie Watts Does not love Coachella
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/16/reggie-watts-coachella-lost-its-soul/
Bonnaroo looks like fun
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/16/fyre-festival-2-postponed-all-tickets-refunded/
Gullible suckers get refunds
https://variety.com/2025/music/news/fyre-festival-2-postponed-tickets-refunded-no-new-date-1236371077/
Scene Silver Lake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPmgYqTjMIA
 
RoyFi
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Hangout
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Lost in the chaos, No rush for TikTok, and clipping on the rise.

Clipping Campaigns...Fad or revolution?
 
Names in the pod today:
TikTok
Kevin O'Leary
James Hale
Andrew Hutchinson
Alex Heath
OpenAI
Gametune
DDG
 
Links:
NO hurry for Bytedance
https://www.tubefilter.com/2025/04/11/tiktok-us-earnings-bytedance-sale/amp/
https://www.theverge.com/openai/648130/openai-social-network-x-competitor#comments
OpenAI Social Net?
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/open-ai-considers-its-own-social-network/745467/
Clipping Campaigns start to roll..
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/28/media/election-social-media-video-clips-viral/index.html
https://www.instagram.com/p/DIRZp8xOvZA/
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/anthony-pisano-7ba19040_futureofmusic-contentstrategy-creatoreconomy-activity-7316129994357776384-Oq8N/
 
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
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Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug

Attacks on your sanity, a tax on your sanity, and tech on your sanity.

Pexit!
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Amadea Choplin
Pex
Vobile
Chris Castle
Jack Dorsey
David Solomon
Paolo Confino
Ashley King
Marissa Mayer
Dolby
 
LINKS:
Pexit
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/amadeachoplin_pex-vobile-activity-7317561716727238657-9H4w?utm_sourcet=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAAC_y4Bj_55MYX2ryKaHuxhU84V4OgAAeM
Chris Castle Recognizes Patterns
https://musictech.solutions/2025/04/14/does-publicly-available-ai-scraping-mean-they-take-everything-or-just-anything-thats-not-nailed-down/
Maybe agentic AI will come for the bankers first.
https://fortune.com/2025/01/17/goldman-sachs-ceo-david-solomon-ai-tasks-ipo-prospectus-s1-filing-sec/?utm_source=generativeaienterprise.ai&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=goldman-cuts-time-to-value-by-95
I guess Jack Dorsey wants to give up his patents and Trademarks
https://www. ..digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/14/jack-dorsey-ip-comments/
Perplexity AI on AI data Training -- How (small m) meta!
https://www.perplexity.ai/page/jack-dorsey-and-elon-musk-call-nLediHtgRhudPAtW9n7MDA
A long Apple Tradition
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/13/apple-music-quietly-adds-dolby-atmos-support-for-windows/
 
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
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Boomer school at Coachella, superfan saturation, and it always starts in the low countries.

Superfans, Superfans, and...Bernie Sanders
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Nick Holmsten
Tim Ingham
Syd Schwartz
John Semley
Bernie Sanders
Glenn Peoples
Mark Mulligan
Tatiana Cirisano
Dylan Smith
Pollstar
Music Sustainability Alliance
 
 
LINKS:
Bernie Schools the Infuencers
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/bernie-sanders-coachella-2025-clairo-1235945316/
Spotify Squeezes the Low Countries
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/11/spotify-price-increases-benelux-april-2025/
Superfan Streaming predictions
https://www.billboard.com/pro/superfan-music-streaming-how-much-money/
A new Superfan Challenger Bank
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/nick-holmsten-launches-superfans/
Record Store Day Precaps
https://jazzandcoffee.substack.com/
https://www.billboard.com/lists/record-store-day-2025-best-releases/
https://defector.com/how-record-store-day-became-the-stupidest-day-in-music
Pollstar Live
https://www.pollstar.live/flow/ovg/psl25/landing/page/page
Music Sustainability Summit
https://www.musicsustainability.org/summit
 
 
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
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West beats East, tariff consequences, and "it's the system man!"

It's the System, Man!
 
Names in the pod today:
Glenn Peoples
Interscope
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
Kate Nash
Jeff Lebowski
David Macias
Oscar Hoglund
Epidemic Sound
Dan Rys
Daniel Tencer
 
LINKS:
West Beats East at UMG
https://www.billboard.com/pro/record-label-market-share-q1-2025-kendrick-lamar-interscope/
Coachella Bargain getaways
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/10/coachella-2025-last-minute-guide-tickets-lodging/
Kate Nash
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/10/kate-nash-spotify-umg-paltry-payments/
Music as a safe haven?
https://www.billboard.com/pro/could-uncertainty-global-markets-boost-music-investments/
Or maybe not?
https://www.billboard.com/pro/trump-tariffs-us-music-business-effects/
GEMA's good year
https://www.billboard.com/pro/gema-2024-results-revenue-up/
Epidemic's very Good Year
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/epidemic-sounds-revenues-jumped-29-to-181-6m-in-2024-as-ebitda-soared-150-yoy-to-13-9m/
 
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.FM
Hangout.fm

A Spotify premium ad tier? Legislators legislating, and more fantastical tales.

Tales of Myth, Legend, and Congress.
 
 
Names in the Pod today:
Robert Kyncl
Jermaine Dupree
HYBE
Warner Music Group
Scotter Braun
Elliot Grainge
Ali Nawaz Khan
Daneil Tencer
Spotify
Daniel Ek
Amy Klobuchar
Gerald Casale
Perry Farrell
Marc Geiger
Richard Bienstock
Tom Beaujour
 
 
 
LINKS:
ScooterXJ.D.
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/08/hybe-america-so-so-def-recordings-distribution-deal/
WMG SuperFan
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/warner-music-group-is-readying-its-superfan-app-with-help-from-ed-sheeran/
Spotify Adding Ads to Premium?
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/09/rumor-mill-says-spotify-putting-ads-in-premium-spotify-denies/
The "No Fakes" Act Lives
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/no-fakes-act-aimed-at-cracking-down-on-deepfakes-reintroduced-in-us-congress-this-time-with-support-of-google-and-openai/
The TICKET Act also lives:
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/08/ticket-act-house-committee-approval/
Legends of Lolla 1.0
https://news.pollstar.com/2025/04/04/lollapalooza-the-uncensored-story-of-alternative-rocks-wildest-festival/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout
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Squads of reporters, better fake news search, and chicken jockeys.

Your Fake news is gonna be easier to find now. And...Rocky Horror for Gen Z?
 
Names in the pod today:
Lauren Hirsch
Tiktok
Instagram
David McCabe
Sapna Maheswari
Adam Mosseri
Sarah Perez
Andy Pulver
Dan Milmo
Minecraft
 
Links:
 
China Weighs in
https://www.reuters.com/technology/china-says-tiktok-deal-subject-government-review-2025-04-09
the Tick Tock on the TIKTOK fail
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/technology/trump-tiktok-china-tariffs.html
TikTok for artists
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tiktok-soft-launches-tiktok-for-artists-platform/
Community Notes now live on Meta
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-community-notes-now-live-US/744679/
TikTok For Artists
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/08/instagram-is-beefing-up-its-search-to-compete-with-tiktok/
Insta Beefing up Search
https://www..com/film/2025/apr/09/cinemas-minecraft-movie-chicken-jockey-tiktok-trend
Chicken Jockey is Rocky Horror for Gen Z/Alpha
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/09/cinemas-minecraft-movie-chicken-jockey-tiktok-trend
 
Why This Song?
https://whythissong.lnk.to/podcast
https://www.tiktok.com/@whythissong?
 
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
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Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug