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I should have stayed at the beach...
 
Names in Today's Pod:
Mikey Shulman
Suno
YouTube
Benji Madden
Joel Madden
Veeps
Live Nation
Sal Ingeme
Peter Katsis
Charles D'Atri
Columbia Recocrds
 
Happy Birthdays this week:
Valeri Hedges
Cory Llewellyn
Benson Curb
 
 
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RIP Online Music Media Outlets
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/06/live-nation-owned-music-outlets-layoffs/?mc_cid=7d1768a138&mc_eid=e6e936dd58
The Creator economy just got tougher
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/10/youtube-now-requires-creators-to-have-twice-as-many-watch-hours-to-start-earning-money/
Suno Goes after slop
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/06/suno-changes-2026/   
Suno Goes after vinyl
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-muscles-into-vinyl-market-plans-to-let-users-press-their-ai-songs-onto-12-inch-records/
RIP Peter Katsis
https://www.billboard.com/pro/peter-katsis-death-backstreet-boys-korn-manager-dead/
 
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Names in the pod today:
Robert Kyncl
Warner Music
YouTube
Taylor Swift
Raffi Santos
Universal Music
American Federation of Musicians
Ross Walthall
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
Murray Stassen
Dylan Smith
Jeff "Monoman" Connolly
 
LINKS:
Warner Music. Damage Controlled.
https://www.billboard.com/pro/warner-music-earnings-call-recap-cost-cuts-streaming-growth/
UMG to share Spotify Spoils
https://www.edmtunes.com/2026/08/artists-stand-to-make-millions-after-universal-unloads-spotify-stock/amp/
UMG to AFM: "Drop Dead" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/06/american-federation-of-musicians-lawsuits-dismissal-motions/?mc_cid=7d1768a138&mc_eid=e6e936dd58
RIP Monoman
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-lyres-jeff-monoman-conolly-dead-at-69/
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Song of the week:
The Lyres-- "Help you Ann"
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Episode #590, In which we overcome multiple node failures...
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Suno
Mandy Dalugdug
James Dolan
Ben James (Musicben)
The Black Keys
BTS
 
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Suno No-Nos
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/five-things-to-know-about-sunos-data-breach-and-the-hack-that-exposed-how-the-ai-music-company-trains-its-models/
Sphere Still losing $$
https://www.billboard.com/pro/sphere-entertainment-earnings-q2-revenue-rises-wizard-of-oz/
IRL Map
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/musicben-benjamin-james-52a245122_irl-is-back-live-music-events-are-hitting-share-7490764129314615296-a9W2/?
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Some companies are "A" business. Other companies ar "The" Business.
 
Names in the pod today:
 
Ross Walthall
Dylan Smith
Spotify
Reservoir Media
Reddit
Snap
Meta
 
Links in Comments...
LINKS
Spotify
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/04/spotify-financials-q2-2026/
Snap Rolls on
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/snap-posts-modest-q2-user-and-revenue-increases/826907/
Reddit grows but its stock doesn't
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/reddits-user-base-grows-to-more-than-130m-daily-actives/826783/
Lydia's Instincts are good
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-music-app-treblo-just-snitched-on-rubberz-song-of-the-summer/
 
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos 
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What the heck is going on over at Warner Music Group? Ask four people, and get four takes.
 
Names in the pod today:
Warner Music Group
Elizabeth Dilts MArshall
Murray Stassen
Suno
GEMA
Dylan Smith
Spotify
Emanuel Maiburg
Sloptracker
Soulless Music
Michael Nevins
 
LINKS
The Many Faces of Warner Weirdness
https://www.billboard.com/pro/warner-music-group-2026-fiscal-q3-revenue/
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/03/warner-music-earnings-q2-2026/?mc_cid=2e12606ba1&mc_eid=UNIQID
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/warner-music-group-didnt-part-ways-with-its-cfo-because-of-a-dud-quarter-wmg-filing-shows-subscription-revenues-up-11-yoy-in-calendar-q2/
https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/business/wmg-q3-preliminary-earnings-2026-08-03
GEMA's Sand In Suno's Gears
https://www.billboard.com/pro/suno-liable-gema-german-copyright-lawsuit/
SlopBusters!
https://www.404media.co/spotifys-ai-problem-is-so-bad-random-people-are-stepping-in-to-track-the-slop/
AI has its uses
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-lego-hardware-stores-taught-me-ai-michael-nevins-jr5rc/
 
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Michael and "Other" are a powerful combo.
 
Names in Today's Pod:
Tom Corson
Rob Stringer
Sony Music
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
Dylan Smith
Chris Eggertsen
Warner Music Group
Nicki Shamel
Charlie Yedor
Live Nation
Armin Zerza
 
 
Happy Birthdays this week
Perry Turcotte
Sarah Clemens
Zack Gershen
Jack Hedges
JD Tuminski
Victor Zaraya
Montsee Carty
 
 
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Lolla gets wet
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/02/lollapalooza-survives-a-very-wet-weekend-in-chicago/
Don't Sleep on "Other"
https://www.billboard.com/pro/sonys-global-music-biz-revenue-tops-3-53-billion-2026-q2/
Strange doings over at The WMG 1
https://www.billboard.com/pro/warner-music-group-cfo-coo-armin-zerza-steps-down-one-year/
Strange doings over at The WMG 2
https://www.billboard.com/pro/tom-corson-coo-warner-music-group/
Live Nation Dips but not much
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/31/live-nation-stock-q2-2026/
Another week another power list
https://www.billboard.com/pro/music-industry-40-under-40-list-2026/
 
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India is a good place to test out your streaming rev models...
 
Names in the pod today:
Lucian Grainge
Universal Music
SiriusXM
Pandora
Dylan Smith
Ross Walthall
Cleveland Research
 
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The Big Dog's Earnings
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/30/universal-music-q2-2026-earnings-report/
The Butt Fumbles on...
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/30/siriusxm-financials-q2-2026/
 
Song of the week:
Hinotoriprojekt-- "La Dolce Riviera"
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What Franken-Ozzy variation do you want to see? Taking suggestions in the comments...
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Glen Hansard
BTS
The Team
Providence Equity Partners
Ariel King
J.R. Lind
Jack Osbourne
Ashley King
 
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BTS Principles
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/29/bts-grammys-boycott-2027/
AI Principles
https://www.billboard.com/pro/umg-wmg-sony-propose-principles-ai-song-chart-eligibility/   
From JE to PE
https://news.pollstar.com/2026/07/29/providence-equity-buys-out-wasserman-takes-full-control-of-theteam-watts-elevated-to-ceo/
Son of Frankenozzy
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/29/ozzy-osbourne-haunted-houses-universasl-studios/
Kacey Kancels
https://news.pollstar.com/2026/07/27/kacey-musgraves-cancels-shows-in-chicago-boston-ny/
RIP Glen Hansard
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/arts/glen-hansard-dead.html
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Social is getting less social, and execs aren't listening.
 
Names in the pod today:
 
Murray Stassen
Andrew Hutchinson
The American Federation of Musicians
Udio
Warner Music
Universal Music
Jack Conte
Patreon
 
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There is Power in a Union
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/us-musicians-union-files-amended-lawsuit-against-universal-and-warner-over-suno-and-udio-ai-deals/
Social is not social anymore...
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/social-media-is-becoming-less-social/825125/
...But statistically, execs don't understand that or other trends
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/social-insights-fail-to-reach-decision-makers-heres-what-the-numbers-say/825820/
Jack Conte Gonna CEO
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/patreon-lays-off-20-of-its-staff-in-biggest-round-of-cuts-in-its-history/
 
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It's a Mood, not a moment
 
Names in the pod today:
Hinotori Project
Virginie Berger
Distrokid
 
 
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Hinotori Project Happened to Me
https://open.spotify.com/track/4IB4xrAE8qDVfy6HTzr4iB?si=2588752601214b76
It reminded me a little of this...Prisencolinensinainciusol
https://open.spotify.com/track/6E4ZPXz34YTAObmBrqquGo?si=8e111b9b23dc47cc
 
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