UMG Dominates, Luimnate illuminates, and Drake Sue-minates

An action-packed Thursday

 

Names in the Pod today:

 

Jamie Marconette

Karen Allen

Jem Aswad

Dan Rys

TikTok

UMG

JR Lind

Metallica

 

LINKS:

TikTok Is not having it

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/15/24344299/tiktok-shutdown-us-ban-supreme-court

But also not laying folks off

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/business/tiktok-bytedance-ban-jobs.html

Luminate's year end report

https://luminatedata.com/reports/yearend-music-industry-report-2024/

2024 Market share

https://www.billboard.com/pro/record-label-market-share-year-end-2024-republic-interscope-warner/

Drake 1-2-3

A right

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/drake-drops-legal-action-against-universal-music-and-spotify-over-kendrick-lamars-not-like-us1/

A Deke Left

https://www.billboard.com/pro/drake-sues-umg-defamation-kendrick-lamar-not-like-us-lawsuit/

The blowback

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/universal-music-slams-drake-illogical-lawsuit-kendrick-lamar-not-like-us-1236275344/

The fire impact spreads

https://news.pollstar.com/2025/01/14/beyonce-nine-inch-nails-delay-announcements-due-to-la-wildfires/

Jazz in NOLA?

https://news.pollstar.com/2025/01/15/nola-jazz-fest-topped-by-pearl-jam-dave-matthews-band-luke-combs-lil-wayne-the-roots/

Tech Bro Woodstock

https://news.pollstar.com/2025/01/14/metallicas-all-within-my-hands-foundation-donates-500000-to-la-fire-relief/

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

Hangout

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