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Sony earnings. Doing the right thing. And honey, warm up the defibrillator.

Last Day in ATL and my voice is shot!
 
Names in the pod today:
 
Sony Music
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
Lone Wolves Community
Soundcloud
Eliah Seton
CBGB Fest
Michael Delle Donne
Rob Dekker
Ricardo Briceno
Portia Sabin
Ticketmaster
Katie Bain
 
#musicindustry #podcast
 
LINKS:
Sony done Good in Q1
https://www.billboard.com/pro/sony-music-fiscal-earnings-revenue-profits-streaming/
Doing the right thing 1
https://www.billboard.com/pro/soundcloud-artificial-intelligence-open-letter-terms-ceo/
Doing the right thing 1
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/12/ticketmasters-all-in-pricing-arrives-nationwide/
Canada Festival soft?
https://www.billboard.com/pro/canada-music-festival-market-declining-report/
CBGB Fest Returns
https://news.pollstar.com/2025/05/12/cbgb-festival-heads-to-under-the-k-bridge-with-iggy-pop-jack-white-sex-pistols-more/

Too debased, too frightening and too disturbing, and a viral for the olds, for the win.

Some things are too debased, too frightening and too disturbing to be shared with the public.
 
Names in the pod today:
Dick Wingate
Universal Music Group
Drake
Fiona Bloom
Jamie Marconette
Dylan Smith
Bill Rosenblatt
Eric West
iHeart Media
Ashley King
Tencent Entertainment
Adam Jacobsen
Jeremy Sirota
Elias Leight
Quanisha Madison
Connie Francis
David Pellum II
 
 
Links
iHeart Earnings
https://rbr.com/a-good-start-to-2025-comes-for-iheartmedia/
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/13/iheartmedia-us-radio-advertising-spend-percentage/
Drake suit Too debased, too frightening and too disturbing.
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/12/drake-umg-lawsuit-protective-order/
AI strip mining in the dark of night
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/12/house-republicans-ban-on-ai-regulation/
Tencent Earnings
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tencent-musics-super-vip-tier-drives-quarterly-revenues-to-1bn-mark-as-income-from-streaming-subscriptions-jumps-16-6/
Jeremy Sirota Leaving Merlin
https://www.billboard.com/pro/jeremy-sirota-leaving-merlin/
 
Music Services
Musicservices.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug

Filling a FUGA-shaped hole? Our weekly AI fear and loathing Who are you and why are you here?

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

An apocalypse hoagie, defenestrating the copy cop, and has Spotify peaked?

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

Everybody loves a chart, arrows pointing in all directions, and don't leave out the good stuff!

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

Suits versus geeks, spotting the pimps and thieves, and the Streisand effect move of the week.

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

Just picture Zuckerberg watching. I want my AI underfed, and your grandpa from Bensonhurst.

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

Nobody's perfect, A pair of 22 year-olds, and a couple of wins...for now.

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

Earnings Insights MIDIA's Twin Peaks +1 and May the fifth be with you.

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

Today I grind my own damn axe.

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