Are labels obsolete? Taylor AI (TM), and the post-app future.

Brace yourself for the post-app future.

 

Names In Today's Pod:

Joel Gouveia

Dick Huey

Jim McDermott

Russ Crupnick

Bill Donahue

Sam Altman

OpenAI

Ashley King

Ivan Mehta

 

LINKS

Joel Gouveia can pick a topic.

https://open.substack.com/pub/joelgouveia/p/the-death-of-the-record-deal?

Sony and UMG itching to see that Warner-Suno deal

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/24/suno-universal-music-lawsuit/

Taylor^TM

https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-files-to-trademark-her-voice-and-image/

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/27/taylor-swift-trademark-voice-likeness/

Pants on Fire again!

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/26/sam-altman-bruno-mars-partnership-fake/

Spotify occasionally does the right thing, sort of.

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-to-show-ai-tags-in-song-credits-where-artists-have-chosen-to-disclose-through-their-label-or-distributor/

Our Post-app Future

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/27/openai-could-be-making-a-phone-with-ai-agents-replacing-apps/?

Russ Crupnick say pay attention to the used vinyl market

https://www.billboard.com/pro/used-vinyl-record-market-shouldnt-overlooked-guest-column/

And Vinyl Bootlegs are back!

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/27/the-vinyl-comeback-counterfeit-vinyl-operation-shut-down/

 

 

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