South by So Long, a Bundlegate Double Down, and Finance Friday Leftovers.

A true crime procedural set in the music industry...

 

Names In Today's Pod:

 

Ana Gutierrez

Brendan Gilmartin

Dennis Scheyer

Ashley King

Kristin Robinson

Dylan Smith

Glenn Peoples

Murray Stassen

Believe Music

Mark Mulligan

 

LINKS:

SXSW Music Retrench

https://www.statesman.com/story/entertainment/2025/03/16/sxsw-2026-schedule-half-price-badges-early-bird-available-now/82470583007/?

Not Really the TikTok News

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/14/is-oracle-the-frontrunner-to-run-tiktok/

Ambient Under Siege?

https://www.billboard.com/pro/can-ambient-music-boom-withstand-ai-genre-report/

UMG Tracks the US Market

https://www.billboard.com/pro/universal-music-group-shares-fall-pershing-stock-sale/

Believe Crosses $1B

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/believe-generated-over-1-billion-in-2024-as-annual-revenues-grow-11-5-yoy/

Bundlegate is working out for Spotify

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-dsp-bundling-rates-2024/

Spotify Shortform AudioBooks

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/14/spotify-audiobooks-indie-publishing-program/

Midia Pips IFPI

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/global-recorded-music-revenues-rose-6-5-to-36-2bn-in-2024-says-midia-research/

RoyFi

https://www.RoyFI.com

Hangout.fm

Https://hangout.fm