UNLIMITED SUPPLY with Digital Music News

Recorded today on the beach in Santa Monica!
 
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Names in the pod today:
Spotify
Glenn Peoples
Live Nation
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
Kerry Justich
Bluesky
Rakai
Threads
TikTok
Vuk Muyot
Michael Weiss-Malik
Hugo Kalfon
Anthony Glaze
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Links:
Spotify Earnings
https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-q3-earnings-call-highlights/
LiveNation Earnings (the good)
https://www.billboard.com/pro/live-nation-q3-earnings-highlights-stadium-shows-doj-case/
LiveNation Earnings (the not so good)
https://seekingalpha.com/news/4515656-live-nation-shares-slide-after-wide-miss-for-profit-revenue-in-q3
Layoff Porn
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/article/get-laid-off-with-me-inside-the-tiktok-trend-of-people-turning-job-loss-into-content-103031655.html?
TikTok Jazz Hands
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/03/tiktok-us-creator-awards-launch-2025/
Bluesky on the march
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/bluesky-reaches-40-million-users/804467/
Don't Sleep on Threads (again!)
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/threads-reaches-150-million-daily-users-more-ad-options/804213/
Tego Calderon Viral
https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-ttentretenimiento0-7549013999275215638
Rakai Beat viral
https://www.tiktok.com/music/rakai-beat-7561033122922482487
Labi Siffre Viral
https://www.tiktok.com/music/bless-the-telephone-7564023335840598816
 
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Get your "Who are you and why are you here?" answers ready!
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Jonathan Dworkin
Universal Music Group
Stability AI
Udio
Meta
Bruce Houghton
Edison Research
Spotify
Russell Brandom
Ashley King
Bemyfriends
Dreamus
HYBE
 
#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast
 
LINKS
UMG opens the AI floodgates
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/umg-strikes-strategic-alliance-with-stability-ai-to-develop-next-generation-ai-music-making-tools/
Paid Streaming is now #1
https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2025/10/paid-streaming-dominates-music-listening-for-first-time.html
Bemmy Friends lives the Dreamus
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/k-pop-superfan-platform-bemyfriends-a-rival-to-weverse-acquires-controlling-stake-in-sk-groups-music-streaming-operator-dreamus-for-38-5m/
To Product or Not To Product
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/02/meta-has-an-ai-product-problem/
Virtual artist for an increasingly virtual medium
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/02/ai-artist-xania-monet-getting-spins-on-us-radio-stations/
 
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The job of the week, Birthday wishes and more!
 
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Names in Today's Pod:
Udio
Universal Music Group
Andrew Sanchez
Irving Azoff
Suno
Barclays
Glen Peoples
Rachel Scharf
Music Artists Coalition
HYBE
ADOR
New Jeans
Tom Truitt
Tyler Bacon
Mark Chipello
Position Music
Dmitri Vietze
Music Tectonics
Happy Birthdays
Jessica Messier
Larry Mattera
Dave Bell
John O'Toole
Eric Molk
Spotify
Live Nation
 
LINKS:
UDIO Hits A Pothole
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/31/udio-umg-deal-downloads-resumed-48-hours/
Irving enters the Chat
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/31/irving-azoff-mac-udio-umg-deal/
NewJeans Needs an Irving
https://www.billboard.com/pro/newjeans-loses-ador-lawsuit-stay-hybe/
https://www.billboard.com/pro/hybe-newjeans-court-win-k-pop-stock-up/
Will AI Help or Hurt
https://www.billboard.com/pro/ai-music-hurt-or-help-record-label-business/
Job Of the Week
https://www.zrgpartners.com/jobboard/1130
 
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What did UMG and SXM get in their earnings trick or treat bags?
 
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Names in the pod today:
 
Michael Nash
Lucian Grainge
Glenn Peoples
Ashley King
Ed Newton-Rex
JP Olsen
SXM
Ed Newton-Rex
Aaron Lee Tasjan
Mark Stepro
 
#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast
 
LINKS:
TikTok Edging
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/us/politics/trump-xi-tiktok-deal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
UMG Earnings
https://www.billboard.com/pro/universal-music-q3-2025-earnings-highlights-youtube-ai/
UMG X Youtube
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/umg-has-a-new-youtube-deal-that-includes-guardrails-around-ai-and-3-other-things-sir-lucian-grainge-said-on-umgs-q3-earnings-call/
SXM is managing its decline
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/sirius-xm-raises-2025-guidance-by-25m-with-focus-on-free-cash-flow-and-spectrum-value/ar-AA1Pvg4N
Ed Newton-Rex on UMG Udio
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-settlement-between-universal-and-udio-is-a-win-for-musicians-everywhere/
Udio User Revolt
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/31/udio-downloads-disabled-umg-deal/
 
Song Of the Week: JP Olsen-- The Barge of Sorrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzJBkNN6n0M
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Happy Mischief Day! Though TBF it's always Mischief day in the Music Industry...
 
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Names In Today's Pod:
Udio
Universal Music Group
Kristin Robinson
Andrew Unterberger
Benji Rogers
Createbase
Tiktok
Andrew Liszewski
Arthur Fogel
Bon Jovi
Ashley King
Devo
Ariel King
 
LINKS:
Udio and UMG pact up
https://www.billboard.com/pro/ai-music-udio-settles-lawsuit-universal-music-group/
Is Rap the new Rock?
https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/no-rap-songs-hot-100-top-40-first-time-since-1990-1236100625/
Arthur Fogel is the touring Player of the Year
https://www.billboard.com/p/touring-power-players-2025-list/
JBJ Adds a sixth date for the B&T's
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/28/bon-jovi-adds-sixth-date-msg/
Devo Live stream
https://news.pollstar.com/2025/10/29/devo-announces-livestream-event-featuring-performance-at-denvers-mission-ballroom/
Createbase Story to Splits Seminar at 1PM TODAY!
https://a2im.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bGWF0DKGTRymysPTVMqYzg#/
 
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Maybe we are not doomed...
 
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Names in the pod today:
 
Larry Miller
Emilien Moyon
Alexandre Perrin
Bryan Calhoun
David Herlihy
Ed Christman
Cathy Applefeld Olson
Thom Duffy
Paul SInclair
Andrew Hutchinson
Roisin Murphy
 
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Links:
Congrats to the pedagogues
https://www.billboard.com/pro/top-music-business-schools-2025-list/
Ed Christman Explains it all (Taylor's version)
https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-life-of-a-showgirl-how-much-money-make-week-1/
News you can use 1
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/adobe-adds-youtube-shorts-creation-elements-premiere-app/804038/
News you can use 2
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/threads-launches-ghost-posts-temporary-updates/803892/
Maybe we aren't doomed
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/09/17/from-political-speeches-to-songs-how-would-americans-react-if-they-found-out-ai-was-involved/
Finally the TikTok deal?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/us/politics/trump-xi-tiktok-deal-bessent.html
Roisin Murphy Oh My...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kDK9mr4ZP8
Roisin Murphy Viral
https://www.tiktok.com/music/Ramalama-Bang-Bang-6919100601457215489
Die Antwoord Viral
https://www.tiktok.com/music/son-original-7536330198938159878
NickiX2 Non-Blondes Viral
https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7537176505709808415
 
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Is OpenAI about to Take on Suno and Udio?
 
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Names In Today's Pod:
Anthony Ha
justin bieber
Twitch
Dylan Smith
Karim
Suno
Udio
OpenAi
Tiktok
sarah perez
Eric Yuan
Zoom
Olivier Chastan
Jon Burr
Amazon
Karen Weise
Beth Galetti
Benji Rogers
 
 
 
 
#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast
 
LINKS
 
Bieber Twitch
https://www.barstoolsports.com/bio/64372283/karim
OpenAI coming forSunosudio?
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/27/openai-music-tool/
Three Day Workweek says Zoom CEO?
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/zoom-ceo-eric-yuan-says-ai-will-shorten-our-workweek/
Zero day workweek says Amazon
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/technology/amazon-layoffs.html
Virtual Tony Bennett is coming.
https://www.billboard.com/lists/tony-bennett-estate-ai-licensing-platform-deals/
 
 
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Finally watched Higher 2 Lower; its Music Industry take borders on the comical.
 
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Names in Today's Pod:
Steve Knopper
Monica Cornia
Spike Lee
Paul Resnikoff
Ashley King
Rebecca Rubin
Ben Woods
Mark Qi
MIDIA
Spotify
Youtube Music
TikTok
 
 
LINKS:
Springsteen Biopic marketing Logic
https://www.billboard.com/pro/bruce-springsteen-movie-music-catalog-value-streaming-boost/
Springsteen Biopic Yikes
https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/box-office-chainsaw-man-surprises-springsteen-disappoints-1236561362/
Spotify Squeezes the pennies Pt. 1
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/24/spotify-uk-price-increase/
Spotify Squeezes the pennies Pt. 2
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/24/mlc-spotify-lawsuit-amended-answer/
Youtube Music still lags in US Subs
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/23/youtube-music-struggle-against-spotify-apple-music-amazon-music/
TikTok Layoffs
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/24/tiktok-music-layoffs-2025/
1 Billion Creators?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/benwoodsanalyst_the-road-to-one-billion-creators-alongside-activity-7386694247195815936-TFmH?
 
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Benji Rogers does not want rightsholders to screw up this moment.
 
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Names in the pod today:
Benji Rogers
Glenn Peoples
Lyor Cohen
Hannah Karp
Dylan Smith
Mike Morris
Flexpoint Ford
Spotify
Omdia
 
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LINKS:
8 Queeners from Lyor
https://www.billboard.com/pro/flexpoint-ford-indie-investment-ai-artists-interview/
OMDIA is Bullish on Publishing
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/21/music-publishing-revenue-forecast/
Your Spotify Bill is going up...
https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-raise-us-subscription-prices-early-2026-analysts/
And Mike Morris is OK with that
https://www.billboard.com/pro/flexpoint-ford-indie-investment-ai-artists-interview/
Benji Rogers has an Axe to Grind about AI licensing
https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjirogers/
Song Of the Week: Bar Italia -- Rooster
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=8bf12038fd874316
 
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Lots of old friends today in the pod.
 
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Names In Today's Pod:
Spotify
Qobuz
NITO
J.R. Lind
Dan Mackta
Syd Schwartz
Barney Wragg
Andre Paine
Ticketmaster
Ari Emanuel
TodayTix
Caitlyn Huston
Unit1
Ari Emanuel
MARI
Beatport
Tito's Handmade Vodka
 
LINKS:
AI Slop inundates Spotify
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/22/spotifys-discover-weekly-lists-hit-with-a-deluge-of-ai-slop/
NITO Declares a ticketing crisis
https://news.pollstar.com/2025/10/22/finding-a-crisis-nito-calls-for-ny-to-cap-ticket-fees/ JR Lind
Ari Emanuel Pokes the Hornets Nest
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/ari-emanuels-mari-acquires-broadway-ticketing-company-todaytix-1236405251/
Beatport does too...
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/beatport-launches-ticketing-platform-exclusively-for-dance-music-events/
We are on Team Unit1
https://www.musicweek.com/labels/read/avatar-concerts-producer-unit1-studio-launches-to-realise-immense-potential-for-virtual-events/092920
And Team Tito's too
https://news.pollstar.com/2025/10/20/titos-handmade-vodka-launches-music-program-to-support-indie-artists/
 
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