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One million years of ChatGPT, Bizzys to the Deserving, more Who are you and why are you here?

LINKS
Bizzy awards
https://musicrow.com/2024/05/music-business-association-names-2024-bizzy-award-winners/
 
SONY AI
https://www.billboard.com/business/tech/sony-music-artificial-intelligence-training-opt-out-1235684192/
 
MLC v Spotify
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-sued-by-the-mlc-for-cutting-pay-rate-to-songwriters-via-premium-bundles/
 
Lucian and Red Lobster
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sir-lucian-grainge-2023-remuneration-approved-by-universal-music-group-shareholders-at-agm/
 
Downtown
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/downtown-music-launches-downtown-royalties-financial-services-division-led-by-curve-founder-tom-allen/
 
Tamp Impala sale
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tame-impalas-kevin-parker-sells-complete-song-catalog-to-sony-music-publishing/
 
Penske owns everything
https://trapital.co/pod/
 
Watter& Music Survey
https://surveys.waterandmusic.com/stateofdata2024
 

Salty Spicy Spotify, a sudden little cancellation, and The Who sells out.

LINKS
 
Spicy Spotify
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-fires-back-at-music-publishers-legal-threat-over-alleged-lyrics-infringement-calling-it-false-and-misleading/
 
TICKET act
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/05/15/house-reps-pass-ticket-act/
 
Sudden littel Cancellation
https://www.pghcitypaper.com/arts-entertainment/sudden-little-thrills-music-festival-abruptly-canceled-25970944
 
Billie Eilish Litaening
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/billie-eilishs-album-listening-parties-sold-out-so-shes-bringing-hit-me-hard-and-soft-to-theaters/ar-BB1lZ7g2

Ten billion reasons to be cheerful. Keep an eye on that, Tommy Richman. More who are you and why are you here?

Viral Wednesday Links
Ten Billion Reasons to be Cheerful
https://www.billboard.com/business/business-news/sony-music-revenue-fiscal-year-tops-guidance-1235682049/
 
SecondarySpotify Artist Profiles
https://www.billboard.com/business/streaming/artist-spotify-pages-sped-up-remixes-tiktok-1235681171/
 
Joost
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/may/14/disqualified-eurovision-contestant-joost-klein-likely-to-face-charges-say-swedish-police
 
TikTok 50
https://www.billboard.com/charts/tiktok-billboard-top-50/
 
Viral 50
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZEVXbKuaTI1Z1Afx?si=da74e964a7544c0b
 
Celines Barrington
https://www.linkedin.com/in/celines-barrington-financialguide/
 
Sebastian Manana
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastianmananalenzi/

Who are you and why are you here? More Proper mess; a TikTok fig leaf?

Utopias are fragile
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/with-another-ceo-set-to-exit-more-layoffs-and-shuttered-offices-whats-going-on-at-proper-the-company-formerly-known-as-utopia-music/
 
Songwriters v. Spotify
https://www.billboard.com/business/publishing/spotify-songwriter-royalty-cuts-music-industry-reactions-1235681499/
 
TikTok Fig Leaf?
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tiktok-to-start-automatically-labeling-ai-generated-content/
 
Water & Music Daily
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7195797783155535873?updateEntityUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_feedUpdate%3A%28V2%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7195797783155535873%29

Concord does an elephant walk; a Music Biz preview; are the Beatles and Stones bigger than God?

Concord Walks on The Elephant
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/concord-bows-out-of-hipgnosis-bidding-war-saying-its-1-51bn-offer-is-final-and-will-not-be-increased/
 
Beatles are Bigger Than the Stones
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=now%207-d&q=%2Fm%2F07c0j,%2Fm%2F07mvp&hl=en
 
Music Biz Kicks off 
https://musicbiz.org/music-biz-2024-agenda/
 
Lucian's Pay
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/05/07/lucian-grainge-pay-criticism/
 
 
 
 

Warner Earnings, RoyFi partnerings, Tencent and UMG Gleanings, Downtown Rod-ings, Podcast Recommendings

LINKS
 
Warner Earnings
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/warner-music-group-generated-1-49bn-in-q1-subscription-streaming-revenues-rose-13-5-yoy1/
 
RoyFi rises
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/05/09/royfi-royalty-advance-partnerships/
 
Tencent Takeaways
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tencent-musics-ai-powered-tech-can-predict-the-next-hit-song-and-5-other-things-we-learned-from-its-latest-annual-report/
 
UMG Takeaways
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/universal-music-group-sees-a-future-where-1-in-5-streamers-pays-for-a-super-premium-tier-and-3-other-things-we-learned-from-umgs-q1-earnings-call123
 
Musonomics on Eanrings, Beef and Bundling
https://musonomics.com/heres-the-beef-and-earnings-roundup
 
Trapital on Beefs
https://castbox.fm/app/castbox/player/id2187495?utm_source=website&utm_medium=dlink&utm_campaign=web_share&utm_content=How%20Hip-Hop%20Beef%20Evolved%20in%20the%20Streaming%20Era-CastBox_FM
 
Kendrick Won
https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/kendrick-lamars-catalog-up-streams-drake-down-beef-1235677562/
 
5 Rods for Downtown
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/downtown-secures-500m-credit-facility-from-bank-of-america-for-indie-artist-advances12345/
 
 

TikTok Battles back, ACL on sale, and Steve Albini changed everything

LINKS
 
Tiktok Fires back
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-05-07/tiktok-sues-u-s-government-says-ban-violates-first-amendment
 
ACL announce
https://news.pollstar.com/2024/05/07/dua-lipa-tyler-the-creator-chris-stapleton-blink-182-more-top-acl-lineup/
 
Olivia Rodrigo Asia Tour
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/olivia-rodrigo-announces-asia-australia-guts-world-tour-1235677430/
 
Steve Albini
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/arts/music/steve-albini-dead.html
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/steve-albini-dead-obit-1235017169/

Challenging Lucian's Rods, Monetisation with an S, Teokbokki is delicious

Lucian's Rods
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/05/07/lucian-grainge-pay-criticism/?mc_cid=1731b27ee9&mc_eid=e6e936dd58
 
Goldman Report
https://www.goldmansachs.com/intelligence/pages/music-in-the-air-focus-on-monetisation-emerging-markets-and-ai.html
 
Bootleg remixes
https://www.billboard.com/pro/bootleg-remixes-audiomack-spotify-remixing-tools/
 
Kim Jong Un goes viral
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/05/06/north-korea-propaganda-song-goes-viral-on-tiktok/

Buzzing Playlists, New traditional AI, and Our first guests?

LINKS
Soundcloud Buzzing Playlists
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/05/03/what-is-soundclouds-buzzing-playlists/
 
Randy Travis AI
https://m.hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=341137&title=
 
Water & Music Survey
https://surveys.waterandmusic.com/stateofdata2024
 
The Rights
https://www.therights.com

Beef, it’s what’s for dinner (and breakfast and lunch) -- Kendrick and Drake

LINKS:
Various Cuts of Beef
 
For Fans
https://www.vulture.com/article/drake-kendrick-lamar-feud-explained.html
 
Trapital Beef Evolution
https://trapital.co/how-hip-hop-beef-evolved-in-the-streaming-era/
 
Ranker of the rancor
https://www.billboard.com/lists/drake-kendrick-lamar-diss-tracks-ranked/7-drakes-taylor-made-freestyle/
 
By the numbers (Paywall)
https://variety.com/vip/streaming-big-three-rap-beef-data-1235989096/