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Big Dogs, the Taylor Tax, and no one's forcing you to drink.

Are UMG earnings the harbinger of a sea change?
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
Ross Walthall
Universal Music
Spotify
Andy Gensler
JR Lind
Live Nation
NIVA
NITO
 
LINKS:
Spotify Q1 is...OK
https://www.billboard.com/pro/universal-music-reports-2026-q1-earnings/
The Taylor Tax
https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-umg-deal-artists-spotify-share-sale-payout/
Live NAtion Now What?
https://news.pollstar.com/2026/04/29/after-the-verdict-now-what/?
No ticket price relief?
https://news.pollstar.com/2026/04/29/why-concert-ticket-prices-wont-drop-if-live-nation-and-ticketmaster-are-split-up/
Ontario says maybe yes...
https://www.billboard.com/pro/ticketmaster-caps-ticket-resale-ontario-canada-music-news/
Live Nation throws crumbs to the other 98%
https://www.billboard.com/music/concerts/live-nation-30-all-in-tickets-4000-summer-shows-list-1236229927/
 
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A bouncing baby major, a Spotify disappointment, competitive birdsong, and dancing cats.

Have a cigar, BMG and Concord!
 
Names in the pod today:
 
Bob Valentine
Thomas Coesfeld
BMG
Concord
Spotify
TikTok
Tracy Gardner
Ross Walthall
Instagram
Cleveland Research
 
 
LINKS
A baby major is born
https://www.billboard.com/pro/bmg-to-buy-concord-in-indie-music-merger/
Spotify beats Guidance and still slumps
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/28/spotify-stock-spot-earnings-beat-guidance.html
Thanks Ross!
https://www.clevelandresearch.com/about-us/
AI for the worker bees
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/instagram-brings-simplified-ai-video-to-edits/818505/
TikTok Flexes
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tiktoks-add-to-music-app-tool-surpasses-6b-track-saves-in-the-past-year
 
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos 
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Are labels obsolete? Taylor AI (TM), and the post-app future.

Brace yourself for the post-app future.
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Joel Gouveia
Dick Huey
Jim McDermott
Russ Crupnick
Bill Donahue
Sam Altman
OpenAI
Ashley King
Ivan Mehta
 
LINKS
Joel Gouveia can pick a topic.
https://open.substack.com/pub/joelgouveia/p/the-death-of-the-record-deal?
Sony and UMG itching to see that Warner-Suno deal
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/24/suno-universal-music-lawsuit/
TaylorTM
https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-files-to-trademark-her-voice-and-image/
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/27/taylor-swift-trademark-voice-likeness/
Pants on Fire again!
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/26/sam-altman-bruno-mars-partnership-fake/
Spotify occasionally does the right thing, sort of.
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-to-show-ai-tags-in-song-credits-where-artists-have-chosen-to-disclose-through-their-label-or-distributor/
Our Post-app Future
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/27/openai-could-be-making-a-phone-with-ai-agents-replacing-apps/?
Russ Crupnick say pay attention to the used vinyl market
https://www.billboard.com/pro/used-vinyl-record-market-shouldnt-overlooked-guest-column/
And Vinyl Bootlegs are back!
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/27/the-vinyl-comeback-counterfeit-vinyl-operation-shut-down/
 
 
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How much is a Michael? Intersectional drops, and the radio Borg?

Is there a computer that can put a valuation on the MJ catalogue?
 
Names in Today's Pod:
Larry Miller
Jessica Lynch
SiriusXM
iHeart
Bill Donahue
Mark Kates
Lucas Shaw
Ashley Carman
Irving Azoff
 
Birthdays this week:
Alex Gonzalez
Eduardo Rivadavia
Cameo Calrson
Brian Zisk
Scott Perry
 
LINKS
 
Michael movie Opens Boffo
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/26/michael-us-opening-weekend/?
Prince Movie still Hasn't Opened at all
https://www.billboard.com/pro/prince-death-anniversary-history-legal-fights-estate/
The Radio Borg?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-24/iheartmedia-holds-merger-talks-with-sirius-xm-as-radio-struggles?
Stagecoach Blown Off
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/stagecoach-evacuation-high-winds-resume-1236231566/
 
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Bang on the run. Safe and boring is the way and a big job of the week.

Ryan Tedder and Morgan Wallen are safe and boring...investments
 
Names in the pod today:
Links in comments.
LINKS:
Ed Christman
Portia Sabin
Spotify
Kristin Robinson
Oliver Schusser
Jon Bahr
Bandlab
Chord
Altice
Verizon
 
Spotify top songs of all time
https://variety.com/2026/music/news/spotify-lists-all-time-most-streamed-artists-albums-songs-taylor-swift-bad-bunny-weeknd-1236728433/
Music Biz Preview
https://www.billboard.com/pro/music-biz-associations-2026-conference-what-to-expect/
Apple is safe and Boring
https://www.billboard.com/pro/apple-music-exec-talks-ai-billboard-on-the-record/
And the Webby goes to Bandlab
https://bandlabtechnologies.com/news/bandlab-wins-peoples-voice-webby-award-best-user-experience-2026/
Cascade of dropped cases
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/23/verizon-copyright-lawsuit-major-labels/
Bang on the Run
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/east-asia/bts-fraud-bang-si-hyuk-seoul-b2964267.html
Safe and Boring Catalogue investments
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/chord-music-linked-abs-vehicle-plans-500m-deal-backed-by-830m-catalog-led-by-suicideboys-morgan-wallen-and-ryan-tedder-rights/
 
Job of The Week: https://www.zrgpartners.com/jobboard/academy-of-country-music-chief-executive-officer
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Sustainability, FML and all of our traditions are dying.

All, (well maybe not all) of our traditions are dying...
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Dylan Smith
Anthropic
Sarah Pittman
D4Vd
Ashley King
Ye
Amazon
Bandsintown
Fabrice Sergeant
 
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Come on, Claude, be human...
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/22/anthropic-music-publishers-lawsuit-summary-judgment-motion/
D4vd Erasure
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/after-apple-music-amazon-music-taps-bandsintown-to-surface-concert-listings-and-ticket-links-on-artist-profiles/
Sustainable touring resources
https://news.pollstar.com/2026/04/22/sustainable-touring-resource-guide-2026/
Unsustainable touring
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/20/kanye-european-tour-in-trouble/
Streaming sell tickets Who Knew?
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/after-apple-music-amazon-music-taps-bandsintown-to-surface-concert-listings-and-ticket-links-on-artist-profiles/
Whither the humble tour merch person?
https://news.pollstar.com/2026/04/21/bts-to-bring-immersive-experiences-to-las-vegas-busan-tour-utilizing-amazons-just-walk-out-technology/
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A teenage update for the olds, 6-7 won't die, and the piper demands his pay.

Dylan is forever, unfortunately so is 6-7
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Names in the pod today:
Andrew Hutchinson
Meta
Snapchat
Nick Maiale
Andrew Batey
Brandon Bosler
Universal Music
Concord Music
Quince
 
LINKS
Meta to replace more humans with bots
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-plans-large-scale-job-cuts-beginning-in-may-says-reuters/818022/
Quince is where the lawsuit money is
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/20/umg-concord-quince-social-media-infringement/
Pew! Pew! Pew!
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/social-media-has-positive-benefits-for-teens-report/817638/
Laufey Joins the Fortnite Pantheon
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/16/laufey-fortnite-festival-headliner-season-14/
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The biggest myth in streaming, UK tax dollars at work, And who are you and why are you here?

Out and about in Nashville at Hits Home.
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Hits Home
Andrew Batey
Morgan Hayduk
Matt Maisonette
Sharon Tapper
Monika Tashman
Lisa Resner
Angela Abbott
Mike Pelczynski
Darryl Ballantyne
Dominique
 
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Beatdapp dudes explain streaming fraud
https://beatdapp.com/blog
Deezer overwhelmed with slop submissions
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/75000-ai-generated-tracks-now-flood-deezer-daily-representing-44-of-all-new-music-uploaded-to-the-platform-says-streamer/
UK Tax dollars at work on Unlicensed AI
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ed-newton-rex_the-uks-sovereign-ai-fund-launched-yesterday-share-7450805558670114817-LwpU?
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The Swedish Music Tech Mafia, apple App Store WTF, and introducing our supporter of the week!

I'll be prowling the Hits Home conference iasking "who are you and why are you here?"
 
Names in Today's Pod:
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
Justin Bieber
Coachella
G-Love
Ashley King
Apple
Apple
Daniel Ek
Chapter Two
Tony Price
Hits Home
Tom Briggs
 
Birthdays this week
Larry Marcus
Michelle Harrison Sackheim
Lizzie Brockhausen
Scotty Reich
 
Links in comments...
 
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Bieber didn't diss his early catalogue for financial reasons
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Baltazar Is Bloomberg for Music
https://www.billboard.com/pro/ai-music-valuation-platform-baltazar-inside-new-system/
Industry plant rant
https://substack.com/@maximumexposureinc/note/c-239079565?r=lszz&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Hits Home (see ya there!)
https://hitshome.jump.global/
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The streaming paradox, Ackman's Heart and the Drakes get richer.

Music is a good marketing tool. Who Knew?
 
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Names in the pod today:
Bill Ackman
Universal Music Group
Gavin Newsome
Coachella
Hunter Giles
Infinite Catalogue
 Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
 
LINKS:
4-D Chess
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/16/pershing-square-usa-ipo/
Music Is good marketing
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/16/coachella-stagecoach-ca-benefit/?
The streaming Paradox
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/14/music-streaming-royalties-paradox-study/
Hunter Giles Breaks it Down
https://infinitecatalog.substack.com/p/louder-and-clearer-part-2-the-bigges
India is a mixed streaming bag
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/india-added-nearly-4m-paid-music-streaming-subscriptions-in-2025-taking-its-total-to-14-4m-according-to-new-report/
 
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Song of the week: Angine de Poitrine -- Fabienk
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