Too debased, too frightening and too disturbing, and a viral for the olds, for the win.

Some things are too debased, too frightening and too disturbing to be shared with the public.

 

Names in the pod today:

Dick Wingate

Universal Music Group

Drake

Fiona Bloom

Jamie Marconette

Dylan Smith

Bill Rosenblatt

Eric West

iHeart Media

Ashley King

Tencent Entertainment

Adam Jacobsen

Jeremy Sirota

Elias Leight

Quanisha Madison

Connie Francis

David Pellum II

 

 

Links

iHeart Earnings

https://rbr.com/a-good-start-to-2025-comes-for-iheartmedia/

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/13/iheartmedia-us-radio-advertising-spend-percentage/

Drake suit Too debased, too frightening and too disturbing.

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/12/drake-umg-lawsuit-protective-order/

AI strip mining in the dark of night

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/12/house-republicans-ban-on-ai-regulation/

Tencent Earnings

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tencent-musics-super-vip-tier-drives-quarterly-revenues-to-1bn-mark-as-income-from-streaming-subscriptions-jumps-16-6/

Jeremy Sirota Leaving Merlin

https://www.billboard.com/pro/jeremy-sirota-leaving-merlin/

 

Music Services

Musicservices.com

Hangout.fm

Https://hangout.fm

Lydia's V30

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