Grammy week kumbaya, Bundlegate affirmed, and a turn for pop?

We are moving the music industry culture, one catchphrase at a time.

 

Names In Today's Pod:

Tim Ingham

Robert Levine

Wes Davis

Lucian Grainge

Universal Music

Universal Music Publishing

Daniel Ek

Glenn Peoples

Spotify

TikiTok

Oracle

Larry Ellison

Microsoft

MIDEM

Raine Group

SiriusXM

Jennifer Witz

 

LINKS:

 

Hey Tim, there's no Hyphen in Bundlegate!

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/universal-music-group-spotify-royalty-discount-bundle-audiobooks/

TikTok Takeover?

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/25/24351973/oracle-microsoft-tiktok-takeover-deal

Spotify All time high

https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-share-price-new-high-music-stocks-2025-strong/

Pop turning right?

https://www.billboard.com/pro/trump-inauguration-politics-pulling-pop-music-right/

RoyFi

https://www.RoyFI.com

Hangout.fm

Https://hangout.fm

 

LA fire resources

 

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?

Ian Cunningham

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