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Hybe-Fugees, Friday the 13th apocalypse, and boiling frogs.

A little late today. It's Friday the 13th, of course
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Names in the pod today:
Mark Mulligan
Downtown Music
Universal Music
Ariel King
Scott Borchetta
Min Hee Jin
Dan Rys
Justin Eshak
Imran Majid
Jon Borris
James Moore
Olivier Chastan
James Hanley
Murray Stassen
SM entertainment
Hybe
Balderton Capital
Mozart AI
 
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LINKS:
The Boiling Frog
https://www.midiaresearch.com/blog/the-music-industrys-boiling-frog-moment
Borchetta Is set free
https://www.billboard.com/pro/scott-borchetta-departs-hybe-america-launches-new-label/
Britney fetches two Rods
https://www.the-independent.com/voices/britney-spears-back-catalogue-sale-justin-timberland-bieber-b2919083.html
Wasserman in Crisis
https://news.pollstar.com/2026/02/10/whats-next-for-wasserman-music-pressure-mounts-for-leadership-change-following-ties-to-epstein/
Congrats Mr. Borris
https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/business/jon-borris-joins-101-studios-as-head-of-music-2026-02-04
Congrats Justin and Imran
https://www.billboard.com/pro/olivia-dean-best-new-artist-grammy-history-island-records/
Get To Know Netease music
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/netease-cloud-music-now-counts-over-1-million-registered-indie-artists/
Iconoclast on the Block
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/olivier-chastans-iconoclast-in-sale-talks-at-price-tag-of-around-500-million/
SM up
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sm-entertainment-revenues-grew-16-6-to-record-219m-in-q4-driven-by-concerts-and-merch/
Hybe Up. Profits not so much
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/hybe-posts-record-annual-revenues-of-1-86bn-for-2025-as-k-pop-firms-concert-revenues-hit-all-time-high-but-operating-profit-plunged-73/
Mozart 2.0
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/music-tech-startup-mozart-ai-raises-6m-in-oversubscribed-seed-round-led-by-balderton-capital/
3.6 Million We can do better. Is this what we are settling for?
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/11/bandcamp-friday-2026-raise-february/
 
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Uniting the Nation CLEAR-ifying AI policy, and the dead Kennedy Center?

What would be a probably not?
 
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Names In Today's Pod:
Sen. Adam Schiff
Sen. John Curtis
Ashley King
Wasserman
Chris Eggertson
Mike Easterlin
Emmanuel Zunz
OneRPM
Noah Kahan
Live Nation
Jello Biafra
Dave Brooks
The Bearsville Theater
Rachel Scharf
 
Links in the comments...
 
LINKS:
Uniting the nation re; AI training
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/10/clear-act-ai-companies-disclose-inputs
Noah Kahan steps up
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/11/noah-kahan-ticket-prices-scalpers/
But still...
https://www.reddit.com/r/NoahKahan/comments/1r19u44/pre_sale_was_disastrous/
Jello Biafra, Come on Down
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/11/kennedy-center-live-nation-ticketmaster/
Hey Bearsville Theater, you can fix this!
https://www.billboard.com/pro/2026-top-music-venues/
The states step up.
https://www.billboard.com/pro/new-york-concert-ticket-price-cap-introduced-state-senate/
 
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Bunny runs the reverse, one battle after another for Pandora, and Wasserman consternation.

Sometimes the shade throws itself...
 
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Names in the pod today:
 
Casey Wasserman
Bad Bunny
Chappell Roan
Pandora
Dylan Smith
The MLC
Jennifer Witz
Ross Walthall
Spotify
Logan McMillen
Foo Yun Chee
 
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Links:
Thanks, Ross for the Spotify Info
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosswalthall/
Pandora V. The MLC
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/09/mlc-pandora-lawsuit-summary-judgment/
Sirius actually had a pretty good year
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/siriusxm-earnings-revenue-declines-1236495884/
TikTok USA X ICE
https://newrepublic.com/article/205956/americanized-tiktok-backdoor-ice-surveillance
EU goes after TikTok
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/tiktok-hit-with-charges-breaching-eu-online-content-rules-app-may-have-change-2026-02-06/
Bunny's Reverse
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/09/bad-bunny-wipes-instagram-after-super-bowl/
Social Benchmarks to watch in 2026
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/2026-social-media-benchmarks-infographic/811179/
Three Doors Down Trend
https://www.instagram.com/reels/audio/280388649531275?igsh=YTc0emxiOTZ4bTVt
Marvin Gaye Trend
https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7532245998870006558
Kevin Gates trend
https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7507088956605909806
 
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Spotify's not dead yet, man versus machine, and a walled garden that might work.

A lot of help form my friends today!
 
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Names In Today's Pod:
 
Spotify
Ross Walthall
Cleveland Research
Todd Spangler
Sarah Perez
MusicBoard
OpenAI
Anthropic
Dario Amodei
Ed Newton-Rex
Eleven Labs
James Hanley
Suno
Udio
Weverse
 
 
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LINKS  
Spotify Earnings
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/spotify-q3-2025-700-million-monthly-users-daniel-ek-1236569360/
ChatGPT rolls out Ads
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/chatgpt-rolls-out-ads/
Could Anthropic do the right thing?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ed-newton-rex_recently-unsealed-court-documents-in-bartz-activity-7425462974766678016-f7Kx?
TIL MusicBoard is a thing. And it's down
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/so-whats-going-on-with-musicboard/
Is Eleven Labs coming for Sunosudio?
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/elevenlabs-creator-of-suno-rival-eleven-music-raises-500m-at-11bn-valuation/
Weverse demonstrates the walled garden can work
https://musically.com/2026/02/06/weverse-livestreams-generated-more-than-1bn-views-in-2025/
 
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The Opalite Flex, No offense, and Super Bowl sync takes.

Not Taylor, not Benito, but Don Toliver!
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Names in Today's Pod:
Joe Coscarelli
Caryn Ganz
Jacob Gallagher
Jon Pareles
Ben Sisario
Lindsay Zoladz
YouTube Music
Paul Resnikoff
Stuart Dredge
Amazon Music
Create Music
Nettwerk
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
Kristin Robinson
Steve Knopper
CIndy James
 
 
 
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Alan wolmark
Steve Tramposch
Ben Matusow
Michel Jung
Drew Thurlow
Jennifer Fowler
Alan Becker
Sleigh Bells
 
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LINKS
Bad Bunny Show Explained
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/arts/music/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-best-worst.html?
Don Toliver Busts Through
https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/don-toliver-octane-number-one-billboard-200-albums-chart-1236175846/
Amazon Erases an advantage
https://musically.com/2026/02/06/amazon-music-increases-subscription-prices-in-the-us-and-uk/x`
Taylor Runs a Play
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/06/taylor-swift-opalite-youtube-spotify-apple-music/   
A Creative Nettwork Deal
https://www.billboard.com/pro/create-music-group-300m-nettwerk-management-buyout/
The Music Battle for Late Night
https://www.billboard.com/pro/kimmel-music-cutbacks-impact-artists-promotion/
Indie Cindy
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-way-people-consume-music-is-always-evolving-and-its-our-job-to-stay-ahead/
 
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Why Golden was doomed, currency is a bitch, and a tribute to Tracy Zamot.

Labels Up, Spotify down, and Tracy Z was a gem.
 
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Names in the pod today:
Glenn Peoples
Spotify
Fred Davis
Paul Sipio
Ed Christman
Elizabeth DIlts Marshall
Krisitn Robinson
Hannah Karp
Daniel Ek
Reservoir Media
Marc Schneider
Warner Music Group
Sony Music
Rob Stringer
Kevin Kelleher
Tim Ingham
Tracy Zamot
 
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LINKS:
The needles drop on "Golden"
https://theneedledrop.substack.com/p/why-didnt-golden-win-song-of-the?
Meet The Finance 50...
https://www.billboard.com/p/billboard-finance-50-list-2026/
Reservoir find out currency is a bitch
https://www.billboard.com/lists/publishing-deals-reservoir-gilberto-gil-labelworx-tundra
Warner Earnings are pretty good..
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/05/warner-music-earnings-q4-2025/
Spotify Stock's Luge Run
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/04/spot-stock-plunge-erases-2025-gains/
3 Queeners for Sony
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sonys-combined-quarterly-revenues-from-recorded-music-and-publishing-topped-3b-for-the-first-time-ever-in-calendar-q4-2025/
RIP Tracy Z.
https://variety.com/2026/music/news/tracy-zamot-dead-publicist-atlantic-virgin-motown-records-1236651461/
 
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Song Of the Week: untitled -- restless
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Debi traer mas viewers, a Jive resurrection, and tear down that walled garden!

Mr. Grainge, tear down that wall(ed) garden!
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Names In Today's Pod:
 
The Grammys
CBS
Jive Records
Mike Weiss
David Melhado
Paul Sinclair
Suno
Udio
Universal Music Group
Michael Nash
RCA Records
Five Holdings
Live Nation
Jeffrey Epstein
Ariel King
Dylan Smith
Andrea Troolin
 
 
LINKS:
Grammys Finally escape the CBS demo
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/03/grammy-viewership-2026/?
Walled Gardens don't work anymore
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/universal-and-suno-are-in-a-pr-battle-over-walled-gardens-in-ai-music/
Ticketmaster in the soup again in Mexico
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/03/ticketmaster-bts-tour-fine-mexico/
Pacha looks to correct the Mirage.
https://news.pollstar.com/2026/02/03/pacha-new-york-announces-june-opening/
Jive resurrection
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/03/sony-rca-records-revives-jive-label/
Was the money trench too s hallow for Epstein?
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/02/epstein-files-ticket-resale-scheme/
 
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A TikTok Bounce, Instagram isn't your friends, and Tales as old as Madonna.

A recipe as old as Madonna herself
 
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Names in the pod today:
Howie Singer
Larry Miller
Marisol Segal
Stationhead
Upscroll
Andrew Hutchinson
Benji Rogers
Derek Thompson
Sora
Sarah Perez
Addison Rae
 
Links:
Once upon a time in the Severance Building
https://roguesgalleryprog.substack.com/p/the-a2b-spin-out-that-never-happened
Benji Says Insta is not your friends.
https://substack.com/@benjirogers/note/c-208825024?r=lszz&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Derek Thompson elaborates on that
https://www.derekthompson.org/p/why-everything-became-television
TikTok Bounce
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/downloads-of-tiktok-alternatives-slow-in-the-us/811265/
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/tiktok-recovers-from-dip-in-usage-that-benefited-rival-apps-following-u-s-ownership-change/
Sora? I barely knew her.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/tiktok-recovers-from-dip-in-usage-that-benefited-rival-apps-following-u-s-ownership-change/
Addison Rae's cool kid coronation at the Grammys
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/arts/music/grammys-2026-best-worst-moments.html
 
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When they go high, Apple goes low. Resist and unsubscribe. And six fingered Ariana.

“Tunnel vision and unwavering belief.” Quote of the week.
 
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Names In Today's Pod:
Liberty Lucken
JP Evangelista
VEVO
Youtube
Kristin Robinson
Michael Nash
Emily Braham
Paul Sweeting
Mellomanic
Stationhead
Q.ai
Scott Galloway
 
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LINKS  
Go Liberty Lucken!
https://www.musicweek.com/digital/read/as-umg-takes-a-stake-in-stationhead-the-fan-platform-merges-with-mellomanic/093477
Go JP Evangelista!
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/jp-evangelista-promoted-to-evp-of-content-programming-marketing-at-vevo/
Youtube raises the paywall
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/30/youtube-blocks-background-play/
While Apple lowers theirs
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/30/apple-music-super-bowl-lx-free-trial/
Resist and Unsubscribe
https://www.resistandunsubscribe.com/
UMG invests in combined Stationhead and Mellomanic
https://www.musicweek.com/digital/read/as-umg-takes-a-stake-in-stationhead-the-fan-platform-merges-with-mellomanic/093477
Your cocktail party guide to music AI
https://www.billboard.com/lists/top-ai-music-companies-2026-future-music/
What is Q.ai all about.
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/30/apple-qai-acquisition/
Paul Sweeting explains it all
https://rightstech.substack.com/p/the-infrastructure-of-control
Six fingered Ariana
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/30/ariana-grande-vogue-cover-ai/
 
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The no drama Grammys a billboard, 200 breakout, and a fourth major.

Actually a lot of news while the industry partied.
 
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Names in Today's Pod:
BMG
Concord
Bob Valentine
Murray Stassen
Ed Christman
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
Kristin Robinson
Laurent Pernin
Marion Gargulo
Celine Joshua
Hartwig Masuch
HYPH
SUNO
Sam Berger
Paul Sinclair
Meagdeth
Warner Music Group
 
Happy birthdays this week:
Colleen Theis
John Franck
Bob Heinemann
Amanda Walk Dobbins
And publishing whisperer
Adam Parness
 
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LINKS
A fourth Major? What is this, 2011?
https://www.billboard.com/pro/bertelsmann-reportedly-in-talks-buy-concord/
DIstrokid on the Block
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/distrokid-repped-by-goldman-sachs-and-raine-exploring-a-sale/
Good Move Suno
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/29/suno-artist-partnership-team-addition/
Masuch Believes the HYPH?
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/ex-bmg-boss-hartwig-masuch-named-chairman-of-music-remix-platform-hyph/
Changes at BMG aheadof the big merger
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/marion-gargula-and-laurent-pernin-promoted-to-co-general-managers-at-bmg-france/
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/celine-joshua-promoted-to-executive-vice-president-global-marketing-streaming-at-bmg/
Young Pups top the Billboard 200
https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/megadeth-first-number-one-album-billboard-200-chart-1236169046/
 
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