Not-so-smart shuffle, TikTok never sleeps, and more Sonos UGH.

Names In Today's Pod:

 

Billy Mann

Jay Pritzker

Brian Beck

Kristin Robinson

TikTok

Spotify

Sonos

United Masters

 

LINKS:

 

Post Leans Into the Pickup Trucks

https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/post-malone-f1-trillion-debuts-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235760603/

 

TikTok Songs of the Summer

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/20/tiktok-songs-of-the-summer-lists-2024/?utm_source=Daily+Snapshot&utm_campaign=2e4a6d4e86-Daily_Snapshot_August_21st_2024&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-77cac1fdfd-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=2e4a6d4e86&mc_eid=e6e936dd58

 

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/over-half-of-tiktoks-biggest-global-tracks-of-the-summer-are-independently-distributed/

 

TikTok Plays Chicken with the Feds

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/16/tiktok-ban-doj-reply-brief/?utm_source=Daily+Snapshot&utm_campaign=1056d76362-Daily_Snapshot_August_19th_2024&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-77cac1fdfd-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=1056d76362&mc_eid=e6e936dd58

 

Pritzker Signs AI Legislation

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7232023063586914306/

https://www.recordingacademy.com/advocacy/news/illinois-governor-pritzker-hb-4875-law-ai-artist-rights

 

More Spotify Enshittification (or Shufflegate)

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/22/spotify-shuffle-is-not-working-correctly/

 

Sonos UGH

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/16/sonos-layoffs-august-2024/?utm_source=Daily+Snapshot&utm_campaign=1056d76362-Daily_Snapshot_August_19th_2024&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-77cac1fdfd-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=1056d76362&mc_eid=e6e936dd58

 

Billboard Q2 publisher's report

https://www.billboard.com/pro/music-publishers-quarterly-rankings-taylor-swift-umpg-sony-radio/