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Supersonic Whack-a-Mole. Saigon Kicks and Nepo Vulgarians

Supersonic whack-a-mole! Nepo Vulgarians!
 
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Names In Today's Pod:
Allison Smith
Adam Mosseri
Instagram
Dylan Smith
Anna's Archive
Jennifer Citron
DropHouse
Ron Nenni
 
 
Links in Comments...
Instagram Enshittification Debate
https://www.theverge.com/tech/864768/instagram-adam-mosseri-ai-content-algorithm
Supersonic whack-a-mole
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/21/annas-archive-lawsuit/
Look for spouses elsewhere, kids
https://www.billboard.com/pro/la-hotel-cafe-closing-2026-host-charity-concert/
Sagon kicks it up a notch
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/18/vietnam-entertainment-complex-ho-chi-minh-city/
Another Ego Monument in DC
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/19/sphere-national-harbor-maryland-announcement/
Bruno Mars is the superstar we were waiting for...
https://news.pollstar.com/2026/01/16/bruno-mars-shatters-ticket-sales-records-with-unprecedented-demand-for-the-romantic-tour/
ASAP Rocky Luanch was cool
https://news.pollstar.com/2026/01/20/aap-rocky-announces-42-date-dont-be-dumb-world-tour/
 
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The Billboard exodus continues. TikTok Trends for 2026 and are Julie and Max back?

What will 26.2 mean?
 
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Names in the pod today:
Julie Greenwald
Max Losada
Andrew Hutchinson
Hannah Karp
Billboard
Merlin
Charlie Lexton
TikTok
Threads
 
Taffy Trend
tiktok.com/music/original-sound-1waykai-7592099618939276046
Sean Kingston and Justin Bieber Trend
https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7538428644760406806
 
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Links:
Merlin X Udio
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/20/merlin-udio-deal/
Julie and Max coming back?
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/max-lousada-and-julie-greenwald-have-jointly/
Congrats Hannah Karp
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/hannah-karp-appointed-evp-chief-communications-officer-for-warner-music-group/
Threads opens up its lead
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/threads-continues-to-add-users-as-x-sees-ongoing-declines/809940/
TikTok Trends for 2026
https://ads.tiktok.com/business/en/next
Meta shockingly porotests teen bans
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-says-that-the-science-does-not-support-teen-social-media-bans/809941/
 
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Bingo card additions, the incredible shrinking market cap, and Monday catchups.

A few new squares for my 2026 Bingo card
 
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Names In Today's Pod:
Daniela Avila
Dylan Smith
Roger Goodell
Green Day
Nick Stern
Djo
Apple Music
Spotify
Sarah Perez
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta
Murray Stassen
Luminate
Gaurav Sharma
Hook
Hannah Poferl
Universal Music Group
 
Happy Birthdays!
Per Vikstrom
Marc Offenbach
Ben Matusow a few more former coworkers and trusted colleagues
Adam Zabarsky UM
Jim Burruss
Annie Ortmeier
Alan Sartirana
Michael Krumper
 
 
LINKS  
NFL Trolling?
https://people.com/green-day-opening-super-bowl-lx-with-special-performance-featuring-mvps-11888343
Apple Music turns up the marketing...
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/16/bad-bunny-halftime-show-trailer/
...as Spotify's market cap tanks.
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/18/spotify-stock-spot-drops-decline-analysis/
Djo explained
https://www.billboard.com/pro/how-stranger-things-finale-djo-end-beginning-success/
Where ends the Unlimited Supply of slop
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/quarter-of-a-billion-tracks-now-sit-on-music-streaming-services-where-does-it-end/
Gaurav Sharma on artists and AI
https://www.billboard.com/pro/ai-opt-in-isnt-enough-artists-want-partnership-guest-column/
Good luck Hannah Poferl!
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/hannah-poferl-appointed-chief-data-officer-at-universal-music-group/
Second Life 2.0 -- what a great idea!
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/19/well-there-goes-the-metaverse/
 
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AI Banned-camp, Spotify's target problem, and sometimes the good guys win.

Sometimes the good guys win...
 
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Names in the pod today:
 
Bandcamp
Kristin Robinson
Glenn Peoples
Sphere
James Dolan
Spotify
Dylan Smith
Hybe
Jason Jaesaeng Lee
Calvin Harris
Cyril Vetter
Musical AI
Ed Newton-Rex
Mandy Dalugdug
 
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LINKS:
AI Banned Camp
https://www.billboard.com/pro/bandcamp-bans-ai-generated-music-songs-policy/
Glenn Peoples is back even if
https://theneedledrop.substack.com/p/music-stocks-in-2025-the-wizard-of
Spotify's price hike doesn't help its stock Price
https://consequence.net/2026/01/spotify-price-hike-us-2026/
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/14/spot-stock-forecast-early-2026/
HYBE exec cash out on BTS
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/15/hybe-stock-options-exercise/
Calvin Harris finds love in court
https://www.billboard.com/pro/calvin-harris-wins-legal-battle-ex-business-manager/
Big Win for Songwriters
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/13/vetter-v-resnik-appeals-court-determination/
VC coming out of its hangover stage and Musical AI wins
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/musical-ai-bags-4-5m-in-funding-round-to-scale-ai-attribution-tech/
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Song Of the Week: Cardinals -- Masquerade
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Transmedia forever. A Nashville branding lecture, and an Unlimited Supply of AI slop.

Nashville artists need better stage names.
 
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Names In Today's Pod:
Jaime Marconette
Alexia Chicles
Luminate
Tunecore
Andrea Gleeson
Bandcamp
Tim Ingham
Burwoodland
Mark Cuban
BTS
Ashley King
Gideon Gottfried
 
Links in Comments...
 
LINKS:
Change at Tunecore
https://www.billboard.com/pro/andreea-gleeson-steps-down-tunecore-ceo-believe-advisor/
Luminate's Year-End report
https://luminatedata.com/reports/yearend-music-industry-report-2025
Mark CbanX Burwoodland
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/mark-cuban-invests-in-music-events-company-burwoodland/
BTS Madness
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/14/bts-premium-seats-resale-prices/
EU vs Scalpers
https://news.pollstar.com/2026/01/12/european-live-events-sector-calls-on-eu-to-stop-predatory-ticket-resale/
 
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Freedom from choice, what you really want? Mapping the Creator Economy, and Psy is back.

Aussie social Ban updates and a guide to the creator economy.
 
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Names in the pod today:
Chris Erwin
Meta
Andrew Hutchinson
Psy
Celine Dion
Duetti Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
 
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Links:
De-enshittifcation, or, "Is Freedom from choice what you really want?"
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/instagram-rolls-out-algorithm-control-option-to-all-english-speaking-users/809524/
Ausssie Social Ban Stats
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-says-its-removed-540k-teen-accounts-in-australia/809403/
The Creator Economy right now
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/2026-creator-ma-outlook-entering-sophomore-year-chris-erwin-eoaie?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&utm_campaign=share_via
Psy Viral
https://www.tiktok.com/music/%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9-%D0%B7%D0%B2%D1%83%D0%BA-7575614721442384652
Spongebob X Ice SPice Viral
https://www.tiktok.com/@chrisha.mae73/video/7576949572266708245
Tame Impala X Justice Viral
https://www.tiktok.com/music/Neverender-7314798477338068994
Celine viral
https://www.today.com/video/celine-dion-goes-viral-with-what-s-in-my-bag-tiktok-255862853883
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AB tests, doing the right thing, and here's LarsBot.

Our AI future is already here and it requires humans doing the right thing.
 
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Names In Today's Pod:
Dusko Justic
Stuart Dredge
Alex Warren
Sombr
Benji Rogers
Morgan Stanley
LarsBot
SourceAudio
Descript
Native Instruments
 
Links in the Comments...
 
 
LINKS  
The AI future is here
https://musically.com/2026/01/12/report-claims-majority-of-young-people-listen-to-ai-music/
Alex Warren Stuck with it
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DS0RRXDEUqu/
Sombr A/B Tests his music
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DTYFgpmkpNi/
Benji and the AI Black Box
https://thedailyactiveuser.substack.com/p/music-from-other-peoples-music?
SourceAudio X Native Instruments
https://jaybirdcom.com/sourceaudio-announces-long-term-ai-dataset-licensing-partnership-with-native-instruments/
 
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Elon punches down, music lollipops, and RIP Bobby.

X doubles down on Twitter's music...efforts?
 
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Names in Today's Pod:
X
Elon Musk
The NMPA
David Israelite
Bob Weir
Ashley King
Jon Pareles
Jaime Marconette
Lauren Chicles
TikTok
Kim Farrell
Pitchfork
CES
Lauren Forristal
Tom Truitt
Randy Nichols
Matt Watts
 
Happy birthdays
Barbara Jones
Michele Santucci
Chris Graham
Joe Roselli
Deb Klein
Donna Gryn
Ian Quay
Peter Litman
 
LINKS
X doubles down
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/09/elon-musk-countersues-the-nmpa-and-music-publishers/
Luminate 2025 in review signup
https://www.linkedin.com/events/2025year-endwebinar7406808240686129152/
Randy Nichols and Matts Wats registration
https://zrgpartners.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FHU-xSNzQI2NZoZXKMnn2A#/registration
TikTok changes
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/08/tiktok-layoffs-january-2026/
Bruno Mars Album
https://pitchfork.com/news/bruno-mars-the-romantic-new-album-announcement/
CES weirdness
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/08/the-most-bizarre-tech-announced-so-far-at-ces-2026/
RIP Bobby
https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/bob-weir-death-grateful-dead-8530995/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/arts/music/bob-weir-grateful-dead-remembered.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/arts/music/bob-weir-grateful-dead-songs.html
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Un-BundleGate? UK Streaming goes flat, and your cocktails at work.

Could Phonorecords V Un-Bundle BundleGate?
 
Names in the pod today:
MTV
MTV rewind
Murray Stassen
Daniel Tencer
Lucian Grainge
Ethiopia Habtemariam
Hybe
James Stephen
Murray Stassen
Spotify
Musicares
 
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LINKS:
MTV Rewind
https://wantmymtv.xyz/player.html
Pro Forma Lucian's Note link
https://www.billboard.com/pro/lucian-grainge-future-ai-strategy-new-years-memo-staff/
Ethipoia lands at Hybe
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/ethiopia-habtemariam-appointed-president-of-music-at-hybe-america/
UK Streams Flat
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/uk-music-streaming-subscription-revenues-grew-by-3-2-yoy-in-2025-so-did-inflation/
Un-BundleGate?
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/07/phonorecords-v-proceeding-commencement/
James Steven Gets The Call-Up
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/universal-music-poaches-warners-communications-chief-james-steven/
Diverging Thresholds
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/07/spotify-video-podcasts-monetization-thresholds/
Your Cocktails at Work
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/07/musicares-wildfire-assistance-report-2026/
 
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Song Of the Week: Katseye -- Internet Girl
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Market leaders activate Beast Power! Anna's Archive freakout, and the Devil's in the "price optimization."

Anna's Archive freakout seems a tad overblown...
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Names In Today's Pod:
Michale Nash
Kristen Bender
Universal Music Gorup
NVIDIA
Dan Rys
Larry Miller
Anna's Archive
Spotify
Eric Frankenberg
The Bluebird Cafe
Taylor Mims
 
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LINKS:
NVIDIA AND UMG Beast Power
https://www.billboard.com/pro/universal-nvidia-ai-music-discovery-fan-engagement-tools/
Anna's Archive freakout
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/22/activist-group-says-it-has-scraped-86m-music-files-from-spotify
A cloud of contingency fees
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/06/ticketmaster-class-action-surveillance-2026/?id=e6e936dd58
Optimization or Gouging
https://thehill-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5653771-bots-and-scalpers-drive-up-ticket-prices/amp/
Macca rides the Bucket list to boffo box office
https://www.billboard.com/pro/paul-mccartney-got-back-tour-number-1-november-2025/
Bluebird Cafe Frontline
https://www.billboard.com/pro/indie-venue-month-bluebird-cafe-nashville/
Bluebird Cafe Catalogue
https://www.billboard.com/music/country/the-bluebird-cafe-taylor-swift-dierks-bentley-oral-history-7880979/
 
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