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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?
Music Services
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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/
Music Services
Https://Musicservices.com
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Hangout.fm
Seated
https://www.seated.com/
 
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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
 
Music Services
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Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
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/
 
Music Services
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Hangout.FM
Hangout.fm
 
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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?
 
RoyFi
Https://www.royfi.com
Hangout.FM
Hangout.fm
 
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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?
 
Music Services
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Omelets imply broken eggs, big, bigger, biggest in New York, and it's good to be Bruno Mars.

Thinking of Making Unlimited Supply Bingo Cards...
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Jamie Marconette
Luminate
Nabil Ayers
Victor Zaraya
Richard Burgess
Glen Barros
A2IM
Tim Leiweke
Oak View Partners
 
#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast
 
LINKS:
A2IM's new Board
https://news.a2im.org/news/a2im-announces-2025-26-board-of-directors?
Luminate Midyear Report
https://luminatedata.com/reports/midyear-music-industry-report-2025
Tim Leiweke
https://musically.com/2025/07/11/ex-oak-view-group-ceos-spokesperson-says-he-has-done-nothing-wrong/
https://www.billboard.com/pro/tim-leiweke-indictment-ovg-ceo-charges-asm-legends-merger/
 
Music Services
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Seated
https://www.seated.com/
 
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K-Pop Demon Hunters, Lord Huron is measured in billions, and don't sell that catalog Chapters 23 and 24.

An "industry plant" producing abundant tasty fruit.
 
Names in the pod today:
 
Andrew Hutchinson
Ian Youngs
Lord Huron
Sanna Kotecha
Visva Records
Republic Corps
Nicole Pasia
Angela Lim
Teddy Bears
Iggy Pop
 
Links: 
Your password sucks..
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/most-commonly-used-passwords-infographic/752288/
TikTok's Sort of denial
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-refutes-claim-its-developing-us-only-version/752746/
OK Boomers...
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/facebook-adds-music-for-text-posts/753004/
Lord Huron is Massive: don't sell you catalogue chapter 23
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/10-old-sleeper-hit-more-013153863.html
K-Pop Demon Hunters is Massive-er
https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/why-kpop-demon-hunters-is-the-pop-culture-event-of-the-summer/
It's Everywhere
https://variety.com/2025/music/news/kpop-demon-hunters-soundtrack-albums-chart-1236459821/
And Republic's not surprisingly involved
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/10/visva-records-universal-music-jv/
Teddy Bears Punk Rocker
https://www.tiktok.com/music/Punkrocker-feat-Iggy-Pop-98225421
 
Music Services
Musicservices.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug

Prosthetic Vocals, you CAN spell layoffs with AI, and Billy Mann Sends a love letter

L-AI-o-f-f-s ahead?
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Billy Mann
LyricFind
Musixmatch
TPG
Daniel Tencer
Thania Garcia
Warner Music
Hybe
Alan Cross
Electric Stage
Soundcloud
Eliah Seton
Dylan Siegler
Bravado
 
#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast
 
LINKS:
Billy Mann's Love Letter
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dont-waste-meeting-love-letter-warning-aspiring-music-billy-mann-7jqie/?
LyricFind Ups the Ante
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/lyricfind-files-opposition-to-musixmatch-motion-to-dismiss-antitrust-lawsuit/
BPI asks for AI Tags
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/14/spotify-ai-tags-call-july-2025/
Warner Chappell Hiring an AI ops head
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/warner-music-group-hiring-a-director-of-ai-automation-growth/
Hybe GIves an artist and AI vocal Prosthesis
https://musically.com/2025/07/11/k-pop-act-big-ocean-jj-used-supertone-ai-voice-tech-for-new-single/
Soundcloud Makes Vinyl easy for creatives
https://variety.com/2025/music/news/soundcloud-elasticstage-artists-create-sell-make-vinyl-1236451428/
Bravado Recycles T-Shirts
https://www.billboard.com/pro/umg-bravado-unsold-t-shirts-new-artist-merch/
 
Music Services
Https://Musicservices.com
Hangout.FM
Hangout.fm
 
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Pop drops, old friends, and the summer of Love Island.

From buttering your muffin to moisturizing your Daisy....
 
Names in Today's Pod
Jeremy Holley
Jason Feinberg
Sina Seger
FlyteVu
Driftwood Music Group
JYP Entertainment
TikTok
Steuart Dredge
Bag Si-Hyuk
Domino Records
Hybe
Ashley King
Marc Schneider
Katherine Bassett
 
 
LINKS:
Bieber vs Pavement
https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/charts/theres-swag-all-over-this-2025-07-12
Wet Leg tiny desk
Summer of Love Island
Love Island
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/10/love-island-user-playlists-spotify-spike/
Chairman Bang feels the heat
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/10/hybe-chairman-investigation-response/
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/09/hybe-chairman-bang-si-hyuk-faces-criminal-charges/
TwiceXTikTok
https://musically.com/2025/07/11/tiktok-update-app-row-chordal-deal-twice-hub-and-dpc-probe/
Jason Feinberg explains it all
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/kobalts-new-publishing-platform-kosign-already-represents-12k-songs-where-is-it-going-next/
FlyteVu Changes Hands; Good Luck Jeremy!
https://www.billboard.com/pro/lost-highway-capitol-nashville-radio-promo-flytevu-sold/
 
RoyFi
Https://www.royfi.com
Hangout.FM
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