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Episodes
Tuesday May 13, 2025
Tuesday May 13, 2025
Day One in ATL..
Names In Today's Pod:
Bruno Guez
Revelator
Suno
Soundcloud
Ed Newton-Rex
Wes Davis
Kyle Wiggers
Jay Gilbert
Richard James Burgess
Lindsay Montgomery
Sam Pritikin
Steve Driss
Maulin Hermani
Craig Gonzalez
Joel Andrew
#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast
LINKS:
Revelator Doubles up
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/revelator-hits-15-billion-stream-landmark-looks-to-double-revenues-in-2025/
Suno keeps Rolling
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-upgrades-ai-music-generator-with-enhanced-vocal-capabilities-extended-track-length/
Soundcloud's mixed AI signals
https://www.theverge.com/news/664683/soundcloud-denies-training-ai-with-user-music
ChatGPTing your way through college
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/openai-chatgpt-ai-cheating-education-college-students-school.html
Music Services
Musicservices.com
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Monday May 12, 2025
Monday May 12, 2025
Alright Music Biz Let's do this thing...
Names In Today's Pod:
Robert Levine
Paul Resnikoff
Spotify
Glenn Peoples
Ted Gioia
Shira Perlmutter
Ghost
Sleep Token
Rob Dekker
Michael Del Donne
Ricardo Briceno
LINKS:
Past Peak Spotify?
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-spotify-subscriber-2025-decline/
Copy Cop Defenestrated
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/donald-trump-fires-top-us-copyright-official-sending-concerning-message-over-music-and-ai/
Private Equity is problematic but I doubt it's destroying frontline...
https://www.billboard.com/pro/private-equity-catalog-market-hurting-new-music/
Rob Levine tells a Ghost Story
https://www.billboard.com/pro/inside-alluring-concept-rock-ghost/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Friday May 09, 2025
Friday May 09, 2025
Don't leave out the good stuff!
Names in the pod today:
Robert Kyncl
Shazam
Ralph Tashjian
Sphere
Warner Music
SM entertainment
Glenn Peoples
Andrew Kahn
Daniel Tencer
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
LINKS:
A new CHART!
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/07/shazam-launches-viral-charts/
WMG Arrow Pointing down
https://www.billboard.com/pro/warner-music-group-earnings-fiscal-q2-2025-revenue-profits/
Yamaha Gets set to invest
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/yamaha-launches-50m-fund-to-power-music-and-media-startups/
SM earnings poinitng up
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sm-entertainment-revenues-up-5-to-166m-in-q1-2025-on-music-concert-growth/
Sphere Earnings pointing in all directions
https://www.billboard.com/pro/sphere-earnings-call-ceo-not-worried-tourism-downturn/
Oh Yeah, That Guy!
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/indie-music-platform-intercept-secures-50m-in-financing-for-catalog-acquisitions/
Andrew, Let's Talk
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/yamaha-launches-50m-fund-to-power-music-and-media-startups/
Music Services
Https://Musicservices.com
Hangout.FM
Hangout.fm
Thursday May 08, 2025
Thursday May 08, 2025
Sarah Landry is a real hero.
Names in the pod today:
Ted Gioia
Syd Schwartz
Ashley King
Rob Stringer
Clive Davis
Sarah Landry
Vinyl Me Please
The Mirage Brooklyn
Sphere
Beyonce
#musicindustry #podcast
LINKS:
Vinyl Me, Please goes Kaput
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/07/vinyl-me-please-bankruptcy-liquidation/
Heroes and Villains
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ted-gioia-338597_how-i-identify-heroes-villains-in-the-music-activity-7321613854092738563-Gw4i?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAAC_y4Bj_55MYX2ryKaHuxhU84V4OgAAeM
But don't underestimate the suits
https://jazzandcoffee.substack.com/p/rip-vinylmeplease
The Mirage is a cluster...
https://www.billboard.com/pro/brooklyn-mirage-opening-delayed-construction-permit/
Sarah Landry is a Hero
https://www.billboard.com/pro/sara-landry-new-york-concerts-moved-canceled-mirage-shows/
Beyonce does not say "It's Promotional!"
https://www.billboard.com/pro/beyonce-cowboy-carter-tour-sphere-footage-cease-desist/
The Streisand effect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout
Https://hangout.fm
Wednesday May 07, 2025
Wednesday May 07, 2025
Meta AI...I'm sitting this one out for now. Change my Mind.
Names in the pod today:
Andrew Hutchinson
Geoffrey Fowler
Mark Zuckerberg
Jesse Kanner
Meta AI
Snap Inc
Reddit
Xi Jinping
Connie Francis
Matt Berry
Addison Rae
Links
Meta AI
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-ai-chatbot-reawakens-concerns-personal-data-tracking/747189/
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/what-is-meta-ai-everything-to-know-about-the-tech-giants-ai-tools/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/05/meta-ai-privacy/
Threads Up
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/threads-reaches-350-million-monthly-active-users/746828/
Kicking the TikTok ban further down the road
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-us-sell-off-bill-china-extension/747202/
TikTok makes EU mad
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-eu-fine-data-transfers-china/747076/
Reddit UP
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/reddit-adds-users-revenue-q1-2025/746960/
Snapflat
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/snapchat-snap-q1-2025-performance-report/746685/
Budget Meals Trending
https://www.newsweek.com/budget-meal-recipes-take-off-tiktok-recession-fears-2068503
Addison Rae Trend
https://www.tiktok.com/music/Headphones-On-7488195157037370158?
Matt Berry Trend
https://www.tiktok.com/@thefashionguitar/video/7494347967562829102?
Viral for the olds: Connie Francis Trend
https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=connie%20frnacis&t=1746623331281
Music Services
Musicservices.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug
Tuesday May 06, 2025
Tuesday May 06, 2025
Adam Smith, or Roy Cohn?
Names In Today's Pod:
Howie SInger
Dylan Smith
Daniel Tencer
Steve Jobs
Adam Smith
Roy Cohn
Tim Cook
Apple
Spotify
Skype
#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast
LINKS:
iTunes turns 22
https://www.cultofmac.com/apple-history/itunes-music-store-opens
Apple's 30% Armor penetrated
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/02/spotify-ios-update
Steve Jobs Wasn't Perfect
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/key-changes-steve-jobs-his-missed-take-howie-singer-8tzre?
A UK AI Holding action
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/uk-record-industry-warns-against-celebrating-uk-governments-copyright-bill-amendments/
RIP Skype at 22
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/skype-is-shutting-down-today-these-are-the-best-alternatives/
Music Services
Musicservices.com
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Monday May 05, 2025
Monday May 05, 2025
Back in the Eastern time zone, for better or worse. Let's get Music Biz meetups on the books!
Names In Today's Pod:
Mark Mulligan
Tataina Cirisano
Laura Fisher
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
Glenn Peoples
Michael Rapino
David Israelite
Scott Walker
Hybe
SM
Livenation
MIDIA
LINKS:
Earnings insights
https://www.billboard.com/pro/2025-q1-earnings-every-music-company-report/
https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-live-nation-umg-economy-hurt-music-business/
https://www.billboard.com/pro/hybe-shares-up-earnings-music-stocks-rise/
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/01/live-nation-earnings-q1-2025/
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/01/siriusxm-q1-2025-earnings/
Bundlegate never gets old
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/nmpa-says-spotifys-q1-growth-due-to-undercutting-of-songwriters-via-audiobook-bundling1/
Peak Frag?
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7324046575297597441/
Peak Fan?
https://www.midiaresearch.com/blog/are-we-reaching-peak-fandom
Algos shape the artistic Process
https://www.midiaresearch.com/blog/just-because-a-song-is-viral-doesnt-mean-its-good-and-thats-a-real-problem-for-artists
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Friday May 02, 2025
Friday May 02, 2025
Two things have never gone away, have never gone bankrupt, have never decided to shut down, taking all of your data with them, have never been abandoned by their user base, and have been actively employed by almost the entire online universe on a daily basis for all of those years...
Names in the pod today:
The Wants
Bandcamp
Cousines Like Shit
Ed Rivadavia
Openstage
Fancircles
LINKS:
The Wants need a real website
Https://Thewants.xyz
Cousines Like Shit Have a good website
https://www.cousines-like-sh.it/
Openstage
https://openstage.live/
Fancircles
https://www.fancircles.com/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.FM
Hangout.fm
Thursday May 01, 2025
Thursday May 01, 2025
Kneecap Kneecapped. Happy Meals and shared reality.
Names in the pod today:
Jason Feinberg
Ticketmaster
Ashley King
Wiz Khalifa
Pandora
Beyonce
Ice Cube
Travis Scott
Kneecap
LINKS:
TICKET Act Passes
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/29/ticket-act-passes-house-now-headed-to-senate/
Beyonce ticket sales/Happy Meal
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/29/beyonce-sofi-stadium-tickets/
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/beyonce-cowboy-carter-tour-blue-ivy-rumi-night-1-1235957800/
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/29/beyonce-tickets-happy-meal-really/
Wiz Khalifa bigger than B?
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/29/wiz-khalifa-sean-paul-good-vibes-only-tour/
Ice Cube Truth to Power?
https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/ice-cube-2025-tour-dates-north-america-1235947075/
Kneecap Truth To Power
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/29/kneecap-fallout-us-visa-german-festival/
Travis Scott
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/28/coachella-fined-20000-over-travis-scott-performance/
Wiz Khalifa always bigger than B
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/29/wiz-khalifa-sean-paul-good-vibes-only-tour/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout
Https://hangout.fm
Wednesday Apr 30, 2025
Wednesday Apr 30, 2025
STILL Waiting for Spotify SuperPremium
Names in the pod today:
Ole Obermann
Daniel Ek
Tracy Newman
Spotify
Hybe
Universal Music Group
Deezer
Glenn Peoples
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
Ashley King
Dylan Smith
Murray Stassen
Daniel Tencer
Beach Bunny
Links
Spotify Q1
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/29/spotify-ceo-word-salad-super-premium-plan/
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/29/spotify-earnings-q1-2025/
UMG Q1
https://www.billboard.com/pro/universal-music-q1-earnings-revenue-streaming-subscriptions/
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/29/universal-music-group-earnings-q1-2025/
Hybe Q1
https://www.billboard.com/pro/hybe-earnings-q1-2025-revenue-up-new-boy-band-details/
Deezer Q1
https://www.billboard.com/pro/deezer-earnings-q1-2025-revenue-up-subscriber-growth-france/
Congrats Ole
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/ole-obermann-and-rachel-newman-named-co-heads-apple-music/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug