TikTok chaos, Spotify 3. 0? And final proof, Anaheim is not LA.

How was YOUR holiday weekend? And where do stand today regardng TikTok? I'm collecting takes.

 

Names in the Pod Today:

Mark Mulligan

Karen Allen

Gogi Gupta

The Daily

Ed Newton-Rex

Tamay Arkut

GEMA

Suno

NAMM

 

 

LINKS:

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/19/tiktok-availability-report-ban-app-store-trump/

Karen Allen's TikTok Take

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/karenlallen_tiktok-tiktokban-socialmedia-activity-7287261052935774208-tfUB

Gogi Gupta's TikTok Take

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gogigupta_tiktok-has-laid-a-trap-for-trump-scenario-activity-7286597809594589184-OyhR?

The Daily's Take on TikTok

https://www.nytimes.com/column/the-daily

Ed Newton-Rex has 40K Signatures

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7286170064607686656/

Mulligan on Spotify

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/markmulligan_spotify-is-the-streaming-music-markets-lightning-activity-7285991932487454720-Toqe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Dr. Arkut breaks Down Synthetic Data and AI

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/synthetic-data-north-star-generative-ai-part-i-dr-tamay-aykut-2hrbc/?trackingId=637ex9yJngD7SF8FAC5Emw%3D%3D

GEMA Vs. Suno

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/500m-valued-suno-hit-with-new-copyright-lawsuit-from-germanys-gema/

NAMM

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/19/namm-show-2025-setlist/

 

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?

 

RoyFi

Https://www.royfi.com

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