The craft beer strategy, swarming TikTok bees and dunking on Drake.

Music May not be so recession-proof this time.

 

Names in the pod today:

Mark Mulligan

Emma Roth

Andrew Hutchinson

RIAA

@privden2

 

Links:

US Recording music barely beats Inflation

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/recorded-music-streaming-revenues-grew-by-just-3-6-yoy-in-the-united-states-in-2024-dragged-down-by-a-decline-in-advertising-payouts/

Mark Mulligan has the solution

https://www.midiaresearch.com/blog/a-model-for-a-new-music-streaming-industry

Dunking On Drake

https://www.theverge.com/news/631902/drake-umg-not-like-us-lawsuit-response

TikTok Tea leaves

https://www.theverge.com/news/631999/oracle-tiktok-ban-deal-project-texa

TikToks Getting longer

https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/research-tiktok-longer-videos-get-more-reach/742754/

TikTok creators prepare to Swarm to Youtube

https://www.dailydot.com/culture/the-youtube-shorts-colonization-tiktok-march-25/

Community Notes on Mets, What could got wrong?

https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-launches-first-stage-community-notes-fact-checking/742387/

 

RoyFi

https://www.RoyFI.com

Hangout.fm

Https://hangout.fm

Lydia's V30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug