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From how "will we live without TikTok?" to "how will we live WITH new Tiktok?"
 
Names in the pod today:
Michael Saponara
Ashley King
D4vd
Ray Donovan
AMC Cinema
Andrew Hutchinson
Paul Resnikoff
 
#musicindustry #podcast
 
Links: 
TayTay's Killing it
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/23/taylor-swift-album-party-amc/
D4vd hopefully not Killing anything
https://www.foxla.com/news/d4vd-subreddit-locked
Strip club home playlist
https://www.billboard.com/lists/strip-club-songs-chart-atlanta-august-2025/
TikTok changes
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/22/more-details-emerge-on-us-china-tiktok-deal/
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/23/us-based-tiktok-government-share/
How it looks from Oz
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/us-tiktok-deal-could-see-white-house-influence-tiktok-trends/760798/
Maybe moderation is good biz
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/x-formerly-twitter-saw-lower-ad-sales-q2-2025/760824/
 
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Anybody remember Delphi internet? Here's why it matters right now.
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Karyne Levy
Tim Ingham
Brian X. Chen
Eli Tan
Sarah Perez
Karyne Levy
Fox
Rupert Murdoch
Lachlan Murdoch
MySpace
Delphi Internet
Andrew Bosworth
Mark Zuckerberg
 
#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast
 
LINKS
Not freaked about FoxTok
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/21/white-house-offers-more-details-about-potential-tiktok-deal/
Fox is kinda Tech poison
https://www.nydailynews.com/1996/05/02/murdoch-dumps-delphi/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/jun/30/myspace-sold-35-million-news
Smartypants Glasses fail
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/technology/personaltech/meta-smart-glasses-mark-zuckerberg.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/19/meta-cto-explains-why-the-smart-glasses-demos-failed-at-meta-connect-and-it-wasnt-the-wi-fi/
Youtube's new exciting tools
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/20/updates-to-studio-youtube-live-new-gen-ai-tools-and-everything-else-announced-at-made-on-youtube/
The majors' AI Kudgel
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/inspired-by-anthropics-1-5b-book-piracy-payout-record-labels-accuse-suno-of-illegally-stream-ripping-music-from-youtube/
 
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A tad late today...
 
Names in Today's Pod:
Brendan Carr
Robert Levine
Ashley King
Chris Willman
Andrew Unterberger
Norman Lebrecht
Keith Caulfield
Muzyka
D4vd
21 Pilots
Cardi B
Miley Cyrus
Olivia Rodrigo
Jimmy Kimmel
 
 
LINKS:
Monday
Long Live Rock
https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/twenty-one-pilots-breach-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1236071465/
Cardi Goes Platinum in one day
https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/friday-music-guide-cardi-b-miley-cyrus-lola-young-1236070491/
How To Launch an Album
https://variety.com/2025/music/news/taylor-swift-film-theaters-october-showgirl-1236524158/
How NOT to Launch an Album
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/19/d4vd-us-tour-canceled/
Olivia calls out Censorship
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/olivia-rodrigo-jimmy-kimmel-show-suspension-reaction-1236071443/
Brendan Carr: a Boondocks fan?
https://boondocks.fandom.com/wiki/The_Booty_Warrior
Rob Levine extrpolates the Kimmel Effect
https://www.billboard.com/pro/jimmy-kimmel-suspension-fallout-music-industry/
Norman Lebrecht Extarpolates it even further.
https://slippedisc.com/2025/09/russia-seizes-major-music-publisher/
Clairo Cashes in
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/atlantic-records-signs-grammy-nominated-artist-clairo/
 
Pick of the week: https://www.momofuku.com/pages/noodle-bar
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An Unlimited Supply of Thieves and Pimps Running free.
 
Names in the pod today:
Michelle Jubelirer
Arjun Pulijal
Murray Stassen
Sony Music
Spotify
Airbuds
Coda
Ashley King
KKR
Soft Shock Music
HarbourView
Apollo Global Management
Marlon Funaki
 
#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast
 
LINKS:
Sony and Spotify reup
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/meet-the-new-music-streaming-service-thats-ditched-algorithmic-playlists-with-major-label-licensing-deals-secured/
Coming at Spotify Part 1
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/18/airbuds-raise-september-2025/
COming at spotify Part 2
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/meet-the-new-music-streaming-service-thats-ditched-algorithmic-playlists-with-major-label-licensing-deals-secured/
RIAA get a new Yardstick
https://www.billboard.com/pro/riaa-changes-revenue-metrics-retail-wholesale-what-to-know/
Thieves running free
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/15/calvin-harris-financial-advisor-accusations/
Soft Shock
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/michelle-jubelirer-and-arjun-pulijal-launch-new-venture-soft-shock-backed-by-harbourview/
 
Song Of the Week: Metaphor
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=Ar8kL246TIuQSd7Pod7iOw&pi=k9TQqSoqQiC4Z
 
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Stubhub's issues may reflect a larger problem
 
Names In Today's Pod:
 
Stubhub
Coachella
Ticketmaster
Ashley King
Griselda Flores
Tekendra Parmar
 
 
#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast
 
LINKS:
Desert Cooling
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/16/coachella-2026-headliners/
Visa issues are a self-own for the US economy
https://www.billboard.com/pro/work-visa-issues-threatening-artists-careers-latin-music/
Shifty bots have the drop on you
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/14/behind-the-ticket-resale-curtain-part-2/
Radiohead victimized by Shifty bots
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/15/radiohead-tickets-flood-secondary-markets/
The real Problem with Stubhub
https://www.inc.com/tekendra-parmar/stubhub-ipo-google-search-traffic-decline/91241359
 
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Looks like TikTok Is sticking around, but does it matter that much for the music industry?
 
Names in the pod today:
Tatiana Cirisano
Kristin Robinson
TikTok
Tom Briggs
Josh Deutsch
Premier Music Group
Ashley King
 
#musicindustry #podcast
 
Links: 
TikToking down for the final time...
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/us-government-says-tiktok-sell-off-deal-established-china/760167/
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/16/tiktok-deal-terms-leak-stake/
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/us-government-says-tiktok-sell-off-deal-established-china/760167/
But Does TikTok really help that much?
https://www.billboard.com/pro/tiktok-music-discovery-youtube-streaming-midia-study/
Get To Know Tom Briggs!
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/premier-music-group_were-thrilled-to-announce-the-addition-of-activity-7373760993765588992-8BZU?
 
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Why are we talking about Scott Baio on Tech Tuesday? Ask Chachi-PT!
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Ashley Belanger
Lyor Cohen
The Internet Archive
ChatGPT
Elliot Grainge
Atlantic Records
Taylor Mims
Terrence O'Brien
 
#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast
 
LINKS
Spot Open Up Free Features
https://www.billboard.com/pro/ai-wont-replace-music-artists-lyor-cohen-guest-column/
Spotify Lossless, Meh
https://www.theverge.com/hands-on/777691/spotify-lossless-flac-audio-inconvenient-improvement
The Internet Archive Survives
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/internet-archives-big-battle-with-music-publishers-ends-in-settlement/
Two Atlantic Views on AI
https://www.billboard.com/pro/elliot-grainge-ai-atlantic-ceo-interview/
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-scraps-shuffle-restriction-for-users-of-free-tier/
 
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Back from the Beach!
 
 
Names in Today's Pod:
TikTok
Glenn Peoples
Vickie Nauman
Russ Crupnick
Andrew Stess
Farm Aid
Teamsters Union
Sphere
Ashley King
Camille Hackney
Sam Sklover
Bart Saunt
Primary Wave
Rafaela Fornitani
Music Tectonics
Mark Mulligan
AIMP
 
LINKS:
From Zeitgeist domination to chart domination
https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/kpop-demon-hunters-soundtrack-number-one-billboard-200-1236066167/
TikTok Live Ed Sheeran
https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/streaming/tiktok-live-ed-sheeran-robert-kyncl-2025-09-14
Sphere rides the Tornado to Oz
https://www.billboard.com/pro/sphere-stock-wizard-of-oz-gains-up/
Superfan offers can't avoid meatspace.
https://www.billboard.com/pro/music-streaming-superfan-tiers-why-spotify-dont-have/
Farmers vs. Workers in Minny?
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/11/farm-aid-cancellation-worker-strike/
Primary Wave add Power to the lineup
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/primary-wave-music-expands-brand-division-with-promotions-and-new-hire/
Handy conference links
https://aimp.org/newyork/event/state-of-the-music-publishing-industry-with-david-israelite/
https://www.musictectonics.com/conference
 
pick of the week: https://stoneharbornj.org/general-info/95th-street-beach-cam/
 
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We interrupt Axegrinder week again! We couldn't stay away.
 
Names in the pod today:
STIM
Songfox
Sureel AI
Aileen Crowley
Benji Rogers
Tamay Orkut
Robert Levine
Ed Christman
Reservoir Media
Dylan Smith
Ashley King
Third Man Recordings
Temu
 
#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast
 
LINKS:
Has STIM solved AI Licensing?
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/09/stim-ai-music-license/
Well it's complicated.
https://www.billboard.com/pro/what-would-ai-music-license-look-like-complicated/
Lazy Music Supes update your speed DIal
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/reservoir-acquires-miles-davis-catalog/
Dad Rock on the block
https://www.billboard.com/pro/jack-white-catalog-worth-morrissey-music-asset-value/
What Happens in San Juan...
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/10/bad-bunny-puerto-rico-tour/
21 Pilots v. Temu
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/twenty-one-pilots-sue-temu-for-trademark-infringement-over-blatant-copies-of-merch/
Song Of the Week:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=Ar8kL246TIuQSd7Pod7iOw&pi=k9TQqSoqQiC4Z
 
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We interrupt Axegrinder week with mashup; the industry doesn't go on vacation when we do.
 
Names in the pod today:
Shira Perlmutter
Monica Corton
Barry Scannell
Spotify
Dylan Smith
Xander Zellner
Terrence O'Brien
MTV
The RIAA
WIlliam Alsup
Anthropic
 
#musicindustry #podcast
 
Links: 
Spotify cuts its loss
https://www.theverge.com/spotify/775189/spotify-lossless-streaming-flac-audio
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-is-finally-launching-lossless-but-its-not-part-of-a-super-premium-tier/
Tepid streaming growth in the USA
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/10/us-music-revenue-h1-2025/
Maybe Sabrina can help
https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/sabrina-carpenter-mans-best-friend-number-1-numbers-breakdown-1236062504/
VMAs up , but (shrug).
https://www.thewrap.com/2025-vmas-ratings-viewership-cbs-mtv-paramount-plus/
AI Good news for rightsholders
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7371133686420910081-j__N?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAAAC_y4Bj_55MYX2ryKaHuxhU84V4OgAAeM
More AI Good news for rightsholders
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/10/appeals-court-reinstates-shira-perlmutter/
 
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