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The festival business is hard, old punks and bucket lists, and Sinclair discovers MTV.

Might buy a plane Ticket for Seed Sounds Weekender!
 
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Warner Brothers
Dalia Ganz
Josh Remsberg
Jesse Ervin
Glenn Peoples
Sophie Williams
Soundside Festival
Seed Sounds Weekender
Sinclair
ROXi
Kit Muir-Rogers
GigPig
 
#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast
 
LINKS:
Warner Changes
https://www.billboard.com/pro/warner-records-staff-changes-layoffs-label-marketing-team/
SInclair discovers MTV
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/30/sinclair-music-video-channel/
Billboard K-Pop Report
https://www.billboard.com/pro/billboard-k-pop-fandom-in-us-report-introducing/
Festivals are Hard
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/25/soundside-festival-canceled/
Especially in The UK..
https://www.billboard.com/pro/1975-matty-healy-new-festival-seed-sounds-weekender/
Beyonce Hits 100million in June Alone
https://www.billboard.com/pro/beyonce-cowboy-carter-tour-june-100-million-boxscore/
 
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SPOT misses the mark, we do "the Nicki Minaj" and Don't Tap the Spam.

Did we ace the Nicki Minaj Challenge or what?
 
Names in the pod today:
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
Allie Canal
Marc Schneider
Lee Brown
Spotify
Tyler the Creator
Niche Micro Celebrity Records
Howard Lutnick
Andrew Hutchinson
TikTok
iHeart Media
Meta
Nicki Minaj
Alisha Haridasani Gupta
 
Links: 
Spotify earnings not so Bad?
https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-q2-2025-earnings-subscribers-profit-revenue/
Well Actually, Yes.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/spotify-stock-slides-after-reporting-q2-loss-weaker-forecast-after-record-rally-134534543.html?
Lee Brown Dashes out the door
https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-lee-brown-exit-advertising-chief-doordash/
Don't Tap the Spam
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/29/tyler-the-creator-dont-tap-the-glass-ai-song/
iHeart Doesn't think TikTok is going away
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-launches-live-singing-competition-next-up/754246/
https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/tiktok-and-iheartradio-present-next-up-live-music
Threads Upgrades
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/threads-expands-api-functionality-social-media-management/754239/
I don't believe this...
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-ban-upheld-if-deal-not-in-place-by-deadline/754039/
The Nick Minaj Trend
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/style/nicki-minaj-challenge-tiktok.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
 
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Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug

ChatGPT should be PIP-ed, don't believe the HYBE and politics is STILL weird.

AI and K-Pop move at Lightning Speed
 
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Glenn Peoples
Hybe
Bang Si-Hyeuk
Ador
Min Hee-Jin
Chris Castle
Michael Chuthakieo
Penske Media
Dick Clark Productions
Marsha Blackburn
Adam Schiff
Marc Schneider
Evan Shapiro
ChatGPT
Anthropic
Dylan Smith
 
#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast
 
LINKS:
Don't Believe the HYBE
https://www.billboard.com/pro/hybe-stock-down-chairman-bang-fraud-allegations-convictions/
New Jeans wants their SIM card back
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/newjeans-telling-us-to-return-to-ador-and-hybe-is-like-telling-the-victim-of-school-bullying-to-return-to-the-same-school-and-endure-it/
ChatGPT SHould be PIP-ed
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eshap-media-cartographer_the-matrix-lies-recently-i-embarked-on-activity-7355557260342796288-44K3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAAC_y4Bj_55MYX2ryKaHuxhU84V4OgAAeM
Anthropic lawyers Up
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/anthropic-beefs-up-legal-team-ahead-of-showdown-with-universal-music-group-report/
WIlmer Hale's 8 Copyright less AI Action Plan Takeaways
https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/client-alerts/20250724-top-takeaways-president-trumps-new-ai-action-plan
Return of the son of the TRAIN act
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/28/train-act-reintroduced/
Penske "Mike's up" again
https://www.billboard.com/pro/dick-clark-productions-mike-chuthakieo-chief-commercial-officer/
 
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Bond villains, politics is weird, and earnings season kicks off.

What do King Gizzard and Tom Lehrer share?
 
Names in Today's Pod
 
Darryl Ballantyne
Karen Allen
Tom Lehrer
Daniel Ek
Ethan Shanfield
Ashley King
US Rep Kevin Kylie
Fire Aid
Richard Severo
Peter Keepnews
Spotify
Deerhoof
Xiu XIu
King Gizzard
Glenn S. Gerstell
TikTok
Universal Music Group
Deeezer
Sirius XM
Tom Truitt
 
LINKS:
King Gizzard and Spotify
https://variety.com/2025/music/news/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-pulls-music-off-spotify-1236470802/
Fire Aid kerfuffle
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/25/fireaid-funds-distribution-to-non-profits/
RIP Tom Lehrer
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/arts/music/tom-lehrer-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Whither the TikTok Ban?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/opinion/tiktok-ban-trump-china-technology.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Karen Allen and Darryl Ballantyne are the Smartest people in the room
https://www.linkedin.com/events/thesmartestpeopleintheroom-darr7353438566628089861/
 
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The shallow money canal? Cool New Hires, and financial regulators are still a thing -- In Korea

It's my birthday! A rating or review or follow on Apple or Spotify would make a great present -- and it's Free!
 
Names in the pod today:
Nicki Shamel
Tunecore
Tom Conrad
Sonos
Bob Valentine
Paul Sipio
Larry Miller
Michael Paniwozik
Concord
Apollo Global Management
Blackstone
Murray Stassen
Dylan Smith
Mandy Dalugdug
YouTube
Universal Music Group
HYBE
Spotify
Luminate
Daniel Tencer
 
LINKS:
Go Nicki Shamel
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/nicki-shamel-appointed-head-of-tunecore-us/
Sonos Does the right thing.
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/23/toto-ai-generated-track-spotify-page/
Concord's Money Canal
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/concord-closes-1-76-billion-asset-backed-securities-transaction-to-fuel-continued-growth/
Musonomics again with Paul Siipio from Apollo
https://musonomics.com/podcast
Dead Elephants Float
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/23/blackstone-abs-372m-recognition-catalog/
No-drama Youtube
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/23/youtube-revenue-q2-2025/
Immigration for UMG
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/universal-music-group-takes-step-closer-to-us-listing-filing-draft-registration-with-sec/
Korean regulators have teeth
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/three-hybe-employees-receive-prison-sentence-for-insider-trading-on-bts-military-enlistment-report/
Spotify could probably sell more tickets...
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/super-listeners-are-2-of-all-music-streamers-but-buy-50-of-concert-tickets-spotify-says/
 
Song Of the Week -- Bodega's "Quantify"
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?
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ADA's Bang-bang play, bipartisanship lives, and a Dacus destination wedding.

An Indie divorce, and the ultimate indie wedding!
 
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Cat Kreidich
Alejandro Duque
ADA
Warner Music Group
Josh Hawley
Richard Blumenthal
Dylan Smith
Murray Stassen
Tim Ingham
Bonnaroo
Paolo Ragusa
Billboard
Lucy Dacus
 
 
#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast
 
LINKS:
ADA Bang-Bang Play
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/23/warner-music-group-ada-alejandro-duque/
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/cat-kreidich-exits-as-president-of-warners-indie-distribution-arm-ada/
Bipartisanship sold, bought, or processed
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/23/ai-accountability-and-personal-data-protection-act/
Bonnaroo Makes some changes but still in June
https://consequence.net/2025/07/bonnaroo-2026-dates/
Billboard Live Summit
https://www.billboard.com/business/touring/billboard-live-music-summit-awards-2025-date-1236027693/
Lucy Dacus will get you married
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lucy-dacus-officiate-fans-weddings-upcoming-tour-1236028933/
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TikTok nods to songwriters, keep an eye on Threads, you never know where a viral phenomenon is gonna come from.

Nothing beats a Jet2 Holiday meme!
 
Names in the pod today:
 
Tricia Rice
Thomas Scherer
Dennis Scheyer
BMG
PopCult Worldwide
TikTok
Threads
Zoe Lister
Jet2
Jess Glynne
Andrew Hutchinson
Ozzy Osbourne
 
Links: 
Why This Song?
https://whythissong.lnk.to/podcast
Socials Vs. EU
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/us-tech-giants-oppose-eu-penalties-force-trump-support/753631/
TikTok Supports Songwriters
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-adds-credit-for-songwriters-on-profiles/753415/
Nothing Beats a Jet 2 Holiday Meme
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/travel/new-york-floods-tiktok-meme.html
https://www.nme.com/news/music/jess-glynnes-hold-my-hand-takes-on-life-of-its-own-after-becoming-viral-jet2-holiday-meme-3879375
Edits adds Music Features
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-edits-video-editing-app-keyframe-editing-voice-effects-royalty-free-music/753254/
Keep an Eye on Threads
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/threads-and-ai-apps-see-strong-download-momentum-june/753286/ 
 Rip Ozzy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/arts/music/ozzy-osbourne-dead.html
 
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Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug
 

Global AI training wars, Suno makes us forget, and Kesha crushes with Kruchkow.

Zuck DGAF: It Rhymes!
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Dan Kruchkow
Crush Management
Suno
Rob Wells
Orfium
McKenzie Cummings Grady
Josh Hawley
Mark Zukerberg
Meta
Ashley King
Daniel Tencer
Tyler The Creator
Kesha
#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast
 
LINKS:
Tyler Tracks Speed ranked
https://www.billboard.com/lists/tyler-the-creators-dont-tap-the-glass-tracks-ranked/
Dan Kruchkow Exec of the Week
https://www.billboard.com/pro/kesha-period-independent-debut-chart-topping-how/
Suno moves closer to a DAW, but still...
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/18/suno-v4-5-launch/   
Hawley gets one right
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/17/josh-hawley-ai-companies-comments-senate-hearing/
Zuck DGAF
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/meta-rejects-eus-ai-code-of-practice-even-as-ai-giants-anthropic-and-openai-say-they-will-sign-on/
Orfium Gets an EU grant to detect AI training data
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/orfium-awarded-eu-grant-to-lead-research-project-into-copyright-detection-in-ai-generated-music/
 
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Hip Hop is not dead, no TACOs in Canada, and a couple of summer school assignments.

Kudos to Outpost partners for a succinct look at the Music Tech investment landscape.
 
Names in Today's Pod:
Andreas Lauer
Outpost Partners
Keith Caulfield
Larry Miller
Taiana Cirisano
Musonomics
Midia Research
Paul Sipio
Apollo Global Management
Roblox
Record Store Day
TikTok
Blackstone
Ashley King
Music Tectonics
Jesse Buddington
Createbase
 
 
LINKS:
 
Outpost Partners explains Music Tech Investment
https://outpost.partners/music_tech_report_2025/
Musonomics With Tatina Cirisano and Paul Sipio
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/16/roblox-licensing-platform-launch/
No TACOs in Canada
https://www.billboard.com/pro/tiktok-canada-shutdown-ceo-meeting-minister-of-industry/
https://ca.billboard.com/business/streaming/tiktok-canada-shutdown-july-2025
Roblox launches licensing platform, but not for music
https://variety.com/2025/gaming/news/roblox-licensing-platform-lionsgate-netflix-sega-kodansha-1236453659/
Blackstone Pulls Out
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/20/blackstone-reportedly-backing-off-tiktok-investment-plans/
Jesse Buddington at Music Tectonics AI summit
https://www.musictectonics.com/onlineevents
Summer camp for Music Geeks
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rsd-summer-camp-2025-registration-1255857526669?
 
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Chainsmokers as normies, more luminate nuggets, and Don't Sell Your Catalog: Chapter 25.

Luminuggets, Literal Rockstar VCs and the entirely subjective Song of the Week.
 
Names in the pod today:
Luminate
Jaime Marconette
Jay Gilbert
Mike Eckhart
Mantis Ventures
SteveGol
Len Blavatnik
Golnar Khosrowshahi
Access Industries
Reservoir Media
Lightroom
Dylan Smith
Wet Leg
Connie Francis
 
LINKS:
Luminate Midyear Report
https://luminatedata.com/reports/midyear-music-industry-report-2025
Jay and Mike talk to Jaime from Luminate
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jaygilbert01_on-this-special-episode-of-the-your-morning-activity-7351255454955548673-8kSZ?
Your morning coffee
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/it 17/reservoir-media-lightroom-investment\
Chainsmokers Go Normie
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-chainsmokers-mantis-ventures-investment-firm-raises-100m-for-third-fund/
Riches are in Niches
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/steven-goldstein-a057b54_radio-city-music-hall-sold-out-with-6000-activity-7351577698021826564-LM9C
Reservoir X Light Room
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/17/reservoir-media-lightroom-investment/
 
Song Of the Week
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?
 
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