Change at UMG Nashville, upward distribution coffee, and Sonos, or the federal government?

Congrats Mike Harris!

 

Names in the pod today:

Mike Harris

Elizabeth Dilts Marshall

Tom Conrad

Sonos

Chris Welch

Tim Ingham

Spotify

Warner Music Group

Robert Kyncl

Golnar Khosrowshahi

Reservoir Media

Matt Adell

Stuart Dredge

Wing Fai Ng

Triller

Musical AI

Cindy Mabe

 

 

 

LINKS:

Sonos - Fix the App!

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/04/sonos-video-streaming-box/

https://www.theverge.com/news/607022/sonos-february-layoffs-app-problems

Upward Coffee

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-major-record-companies-lost-market-share-again-on-spotify-last-year-but-bmg-and-artist-centric-royalties-make-this-a-more-complicated-picture-than-it-first-appears/

Reservoir Good News

https://www.billboard.com/pro/reservoir-media-revenue-2025-increases-full-year-guidance/

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-major-record-companies-lost-market-share-again-on-spotify-last-year-but-bmg-and-artist-centric-royalties-make-this-a-more-complicated-picture-than-it-first-appears/

50M for Triller

https://musically.com/2025/02/04/triller-raises-50m-funding-in-effort-to-outlast-tiktok/

Sovereign wealth again

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/04/trump-creates-sovereign-wealth-fund-ahead-of-tiktok-deal/

Congrats Mike Harris!

https://www.billboard.com/pro/cindy-mabe-exits-universal-music-group-nashville-ceo/

Alice Chater Hangout RSVP

https://partiful.com/e/K99GrvCbdKXsCPvRumAY

RoyFi

https://www.RoyFI.com

Hangout.FM

Hangout.fm

 

LA fire resources

Ian Cunningham

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/iancunn_feels-odd-to-share-this-on-linkedin-but-trying-activity-7284674854086156289-xTFw

Running list

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/09/los-angeles-fire-relief-musicares/

https://musicares.org/donations

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jyJ-NM2qP-iRk1LJ8l3dc7e0M3IhHlo3E7Agvo9JOAQ/htmlview?at&fbclid=IwY2xjawHt_6hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXN3-Q2mmAkiflQ9P2fOUWx0AVBTyFa9FBbWvp7YmSfy9Zv1Uy5eT4XKCA_aem_XkNGZvPvtrq02-bMe6Y9LA

Stream these folks to help them

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tLN23Ens9S8wxl4A7fbN5ojQ_xCMRXfbxQw1JRGfYac/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Max Bernstein might be able to find you a place to stay

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mberns01_musicindustry-airtable-activity-7285062707056181248-x1Wn?