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Episodes
Friday Jan 03, 2025
Friday Jan 03, 2025
The first Finance Friday of 2025
Names in the pod today:
Ed Christman
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
Ashley King
Glenn Peoples
BPI
Irving Azoff
Bill Ackman
GMR
SESAC
Music Services
LINKS:
TikTok Refund offer
https://breakingthenews.net/Article/TikTok-allegedly-to-refund-ads-if-ban-takes-effect/63298183
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tiktok-promises-ban-refunds-to-keep-advertisers-spending
Pershing Square UMG moves
https://www.billboard.com/pro/bill-ackman-pershing-square-fund-de-list-amsterdam-stock-exchange
/
GMR Changes Hands
https://www.billboard.com/pro/global-music-rights-majority-ownership-changes-hands/
SESAC Tests the market
https://www.billboard.com/pro/sesac-sale-blackstone-private-equity-offers-pro/
K-Pop up/K-Pop Stocks down
https://www.billboard.com/pro/k-pop-stocks-fell-2024-labels-bts-blackpink/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.FM
Hangout.fm
Thursday Jan 02, 2025
Thursday Jan 02, 2025
Another Viral Wednesday on Thursday!
Happy New Year! What could go wrong?
Names in the pod today:
Mark Zuckerberg
Neil Young
Ashley King
Andrew Hutchinson
Anthropic
OpenAI
Meta
Links:
No Glasto for Neil Young
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/neil-young-pulls-out-glastonbury-2025-statement-1235867549/
Anthropic cedes some fair use grund
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/31/anthropic-copyright-guardrails/
OpenAI breaks a promise
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/01/openai-fails-to-deliver-opt-out-tool-it-promised-in-2024/
Meta Priotizes Bots
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/Meta-ai-bot-plan-boost-engagement-facebook-instagram/736242/
Bluesky crosses 25 Million
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/bluesky-adds-trending-topics-reaches-25-million-users/736250/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
Last pod of 2024! Happy new year everyone!
Names in the Pod Today:
Virginie Berger
Hua Hsu
Glenn Peoples
Ted Gioia
Dylan Smith
LINKS:
The Great Spotify Freakout
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/12/30/mood-machine-liz-pelly-book-review
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-ugly-truth-about-spotify-is-finally
Year End Music Stocks
https://www.billboard.com/pro/music-stocks-continue-fall-last-week-2024/
Virginie's AI Forecast
https://www.forbes.com/sites/virginieberger/2024/12/30/ais-impact-on-music-in-2025-licensing-creativity-and-industry-survival/
Was Kingship ever Alive? No Matter, it's dead now...
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/27/kingship-quits-december-2024/
RoyFi
Https://www.royfi.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Monday Dec 30, 2024
Monday Dec 30, 2024
Mussolini would blush
Names In Today's Pod:
LiveNation
Amazon Music
Andy Cush
Dylan Smith
Adam Liptack
NIVA
Future of Music Coalition
LINKS:
Trump weighs on on TikTok
https://www.billboard.com/pro/donald-trump-asks-supreme-court-delay-tiktok-ban/
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/us/politics/tiktok-ban-supreme-court-trump.html
BLM and MAGA, together at Last
https://www.hearingthings.co/universal-loathing-of-live-nation-might-help-save-the-dojs-antitrust-lawsuit-under-trump/
Et Tu Amazon?
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/26/amazon-music-streaming-threshold/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Friday Dec 27, 2024
Friday Dec 27, 2024
The final Finance Friday of 2024
Names in the pod today:
Richard Smirke
Stephen King
Shamal Ranasinghe
J.D. Tuminski
Murray Stassen
Elias Leight
Walter McDonough
iHeart
Audius
ICE
PPL
LINKS:
TikTokalypse anticipation
https://www.billboard.com/pro/tiktok-ban-looms-record-labels-prepare/
iHeart avoids Kneecapping
https://www.billboard.com/pro/iheartmedia-reduces-debt-load-maturity-dates/
WZON stays out of the Dead Zone
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/26/stephen-king-radio-station-sold/
Kinda Petty
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/23/billionaire-daniel-ek-shuts-down-spotify-unwrapped-calculator/
Audius X ICE
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/audius-and-ice-ink-multi-territory-licensing-deal/
Because Thats where the money is
https://www.billboard.com/pro/ppl-embezzlement-investigation-fraudulent-artist-accounts-royalty-claims/
Walter McDonough memorial
https://www.currentobituary.com/member/obit/289591
Saturday, December 28, at 5:30pm at Eastern Standard, 775 Beacon Street, Boston MA 02215
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.FM
Hangout.fm
Thursday Dec 26, 2024
Thursday Dec 26, 2024
Spotify Ghost artists and Helloooo, Ceechyna!
Names in the pod today:
Liz Pelly
Dan Efram
Spotify
CeeChyna
Richard Perry
Links:
LIz Pelly's Ghosts in The SPotify Machine
https://web.archive.org/web/20241225021218/https://harpers.org/archive/2025/01/the-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians/
"Get on your knees and Grease my feet"
https://www.tiktok.com/tag/ceechynaa
RIP Richard Perry
https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-richard-perry-productions-billboard-list/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug
Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Let's exchange gifts today...
Names in the Pod Today:
Steve Boom
Lucian Grainge
Paul Mccartney
Anthropic
Concord
Chris castle
Dylan Smith
Ed Newton-Rex
Virginie Berger
LINKS:
Amazon and UMG Re-up
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/universal-music-group-and-amazon-music-ink-new-deal-covering-exclusive-content-and-with-streaming-2-0-at-its-heart/
NMPA's Bundlegate Card
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/11/nmpa-spotify-bundling-holiday-comments/
Anthropic's Fair Use Delay and Deny
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/20/anthropic-music-publishers-lawsuit-2/
Sir Paul says Opt Out=Bad
https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2024/12/sir-paul-mccartney-slams-opt-out-ai-scraping-policies.html
Ed Newton-Rex on Opt Out
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ed-newton-rex_i-sent-this-letter-to-lisa-nandy-the-uk-activity-7275336771184246786-sFt2
Virginie Berger on Opt Out
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/virginieberger_what-the-uks-ai-copyright-reform-means-activity-7274822785258999809-wIyW
RoyFi
Https://www.royfi.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Monday Dec 23, 2024
Monday Dec 23, 2024
Senators ask for an extension on TikTok. The Building and Loan vs. old man Potter: label version.
Names In Today's Pod:
Ed Markey
Rand Paul
SiriusXM
Berkshire Hathaway
Lucinda Martinez
Deborah Renteria
Harborview Partners
Ashley King
Tyson Haller
Spotify
Drake
Sonia Chien
LINKS:
Politics makes odd Senator Bedfellows
Https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/20/tiktok-ban-deadline-extension-request-senators/
SXM downer
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/19/siriusxm-shares-down-more-than-60-percent/
Harborview walks the walk
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/lucinda-martinez-appointed-chief-marketing-officer-at-harbourview-deborah-renteria-named-vp-brand-content-strategy/
Weverse latest
https://www.billboard.com/pro/hybe-weverse-pioneering-new-superfan-subscription-model/
Spotify enters the beef
https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-responds-drake-umg-legal-action-false-claims-demanding-dismissal/
It's a Wonderful label model
https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2024/11/community-record-labels-offer-musicians-an-alternative.html
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Friday Dec 20, 2024
Friday Dec 20, 2024
Is Nitrogen Ice Cream the new "Fruit and Flowers?"
Names in the pod today:
Robert Kyncl
Dan Runcie
Eliah Seton
Dylan SMith
Soundcloud
Warner Music Group
Jask Newsham
Katherine Long
Lil Wayne
Chris Brown
Alice in Chains
Steve Aoki
Proper Music
Utiopia Music Distriubtion
LINKS:
Kyncl's Holiday Message
https://www.billboard.com/pro/warner-music-ceo-robert-kyncl-year-end-note-staff-2024/
Soundcloud in the News
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/druncie_soundcloud-is-up-for-sale-i-talked-to-ceo-ugcPost-7275596535164276737-UypU?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/17/soundcloud-introduces-a-new-cheaper-paid-plan-for-artists/
Spotify Erosion
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/19/spotify-subscribers-data-2024/
Government Cheese for Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, etc.
https://www.businessinsider.com/lil-wayne-chris-brown-covid-relief-funds-svog-grant-2024-12
More Proper Mess
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/16/proper-music-group-comment-utopia-collapse/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.FM
Hangout.fm
Thursday Dec 19, 2024
Thursday Dec 19, 2024
It's the venues, stupid! Live music year-end lists, and maybe I should do more predictions.
Names in the Pod today:
Dylan Smith
Bandsintown
Pollstar
Andy Cush
Frank Digiacomo
John Moore
Jim Glancy
LINKS:
Supremes take up TikTok Challenge
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/18/tiktok-supreme-court-ban-law-challenge/
Pollstar wrapup
https://news.pollstar.com/2024/12/16/2024yearendhub/
Bandsintown High Notes
https://www.company.bandsintown.com/2024-high-notes
It's the Venues, Stupid
https://www.hearingthings.co/universal-loathing-of-live-nation-might-help-save-the-dojs-rantitrust-lawsuit-under-trump/
Bowery Presents at 20
https://www.billboard.com/pro/the-bowery-presents-20-years-graduating-indie-artists-arenas/
RoyFi
In https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout
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