Bundlegate goes East, a Coke-fueled label, and Merge...merges.

A Coke-Fueled Label?

 

Names in the pod today:

Coca Cola

David Israelite

Oliver Schusser

NMPA

Spotify

Reservoir Media

Tencent Music

Ximalaya

Mac McCaughan

Laura Ballance

Phil Waldorf

Jem Aswad

Sam Friske

Dave Hanson

Nerea Serrano

Marc Schneider

WIN

A2IM

Matt Harmon

Charles Kirby-Welsh

Billy Jones

Baby's All Right

 

LINKS:

A Coke-Fueled Label

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/06/11/coca-cola-launches-record-label-with-umg/

Schusser Subtly Shades Spotify

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/apple-music-oliver-schusser-questions-free-music-tiers-1236263357/

BundleGate Costs

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/nmpa-says-spotify-bundling-move-could-cost-music-publishers-3-1bn-through-2032/

But Publishing Grew YOY

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/us-music-publishing-revenue-jumped-13-4-to-7bn-in-2024-outpacing-the-growth-of-rate-of-recorded-music/

Merge Merges

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/secretly-merge-records-announce-partnership-1236422584/

ReservoirxA-Trak

https://www.billboard.com/pro/reservoir-fools-gold-a-trak-label-catalog-distribution-deal/

Ximalaya Apes Bundlegate

https://www.billboard.com/pro/tencent-music-acquire-ximalaya/

Spotify 700

https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-stock-price-new-high-700-a-share/

 

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