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Golf? Yes, golf, UMG breaking stuff, and Diddy's financial freak off.

Dookie Demastered is a Digital OG's wet dream. How Golf informs the music industry and AI...
 
Names in the pod today:
Eriq Gardner
Jack Nicklaus
Ed Christman
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
Tik Tok
Warner Music Group
Meta
Jesse Ervin
Dan Kruchcow
Murray Stassen
Jason Lekberg
Steve Knopper
 
 
LINKS
WHo Owns your Digital ID
https://puck.news/the-sad-case-of-jack-nicklaus-vs-jack-nicklaus/
TikTok V Indies
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/10/10/tiktok-merlin-deal-indie-negotiations
MetsX WMG
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/warner-music-group-and-meta-strike-multi-year-licensing-deal/
https://musically.com/2024/10/07/warner-music-group-has-renewed-its-licensing-deal-with-meta/
Just One of those Days
https://variety.com/2024/music/news/limp-bizkit-sues-universal-music-group-200-million-unpaid-royalties-1236171704/
Metal gets it done
https://www.billboard.com/pro/heavy-metal-music-genre-report-brand-deals-merch-sales-tiktok/
Diddy's Finances
https://www.billboard.com/pro/diddy-music-assets-whats-left-businesses-financial-picture/
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We dabble in true crime, festivals on the ropes, the TikTok hits keep coming.

The Podcast Industry demands True Crime, and we deliver.
 
Names in the Pod today:
TikTok
Chartmetric
RealCount
Greg Rosalvsky
Wailin Wong
Jeff Shuman
Ashley King
Dave Brooks
Remy Tumin
Michael Levenson
 
LINKS:
Now It's the EU After TikTok (and Snap, and YouTube)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-requests-information-youtube-snapchat-tiktok-about-recommendations-2024-10-02
Chartmetric and Realcount
https://realcount.pro/blog/real-count-announces-strategic-investment-from-chartmetric-to-revolutionize-live-music-data
The Year the Festival Died? Pt. 1
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/08/1210938258/music-festivals-recession-desert-daze-wu-tang-tame-impala-coachella
The Year the Festival Died? Pt. 2
https://www.billboard.com/pro/live-nation-jeff-shuman-pioneer-mini-festival-strategy-leaves/
The Year the Festival Died? Pt.3
https://www.nme.com/news/music/rihanna-and-kendrick-lamar-reportedly-decline-coachella-2025-headline-slots-3800135
True Crime: People Suck
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/10/08/thieves-steal-everything-from-indie-band-in-seattle-while-on-tour/
True Crime: Special K
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/us/brooklyn-deaths-avant-gardner-newtown-creek.html
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
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Knives out for TikTok, TikTok, Tail or Dog, and more, TikTok.

TikTok, TikTok and More TikTok
 
Names in the pod
Virginie Berger
MusicMatch
metallica
Renee Richardson
TikTok
Kristin Robinson
 
Links
AI vs. AI
https://musically.com/2024/10/08/ai-vs-audio-pirates-catching-sophisticated-copyright-evasion-with-ai/
Western NC relief
https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/metallica-foundation-donates-100k-hurricane-helene-relief-efforts-1235795778/
https://www.billboard.com/pro/what-is-value-of-music-tiktok/
Knives out for TikTok
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/10/08/tiktok-lawsuits-states-october-2024/
https://www.billboard.com/pro/tiktok-sued-states-addictive-kids-mental-health-new-lawsuits/
https://musically.com/2024/10/09/tiktok-and-roblox-taken-to-task-again-over-childrens-welfare/
Robinson on What Music Means to Tik Tok
https://www.billboard.com/pro/what-is-value-of-music-tiktok/
Apple Integrates TikTok Links
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/10/08/apple-music-will-get-new-sharing-functionality-with-tiktok/
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug
RoyFi
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Posting up under the social media basket, flat management in two places, and virtual warm oatmeal.

Heads up creators! Changes in the algos...
 
Names in the Pod Today:
Robert Kyncl
Eric Wong
Jessica Keeling Carter
Warner Music Group
Sean Stevenson
MNRK
Chris Moncada
Musi
Setch Schachner
Murray Stassen
 
 
LINKS
Warner's Flat structure/Congrats Eric Wong
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/eric-wong-upped-to-head-of-global-a-jessica-keeley-carter-promoted-to-chief-marketing-officer/
MNRK Flatter Structure
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/chris-moncada-appointed-chief-operating-officer-of-mnrk-music-group/
FaceBook Algo Shift
https://fortune.com/2024/10/04/facebook-update-meta-ai-dating-local-explore/
Youtube Shorts less short
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/10/04/youtube-shorts-increased-to-three-minutes-length/
Seth on TikToik
ttps://www.newsweek.com/meet-new-boss-same-old-bosswhy-tiktok-might-stick-around-after-all-opinion-1962819
Virtual warm oatmeal
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/10/03/coldplay-heads-to-roblox-takeover/
Musi vs. Thundering Hordes
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/free-streaming-app-musi-sues-apple-over-removal-from-app-store/
Spotify's Blast from the past
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/3/24261098/spotify-music-offline-backup

Is it a dead, dead elephant? Grammy ruminations, quick hits, and old friends.

Grammys, Mindshare and cyclical layoffs...
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Hipgnosis
Tim Ingham
Thania Garcia
Stephen Horowitz
Chris Willman
Glenn Peoples
Bob Morelli
David Macias
Leslie Fram
Darby Moeller
Niamh Byrne
 
LINKS:
A Dead Dead Elephant
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-elephant-is-leaving-the-building-hipgnosis-name-and-branding-set-to-change-to-reflect-new-structure-under-blackstone/
Variety Floods the Grammy Zone
https://variety.com/2024/music/news/grammy-burning-questions-chappell-roan-beyonce-kendrick-lamar-sabrina-carpenter-1236168720/
https://variety.com/2024/music/news/beyonce-post-malone-grammys-nominations-country-album-ballot-1236168743/
https://variety.com/2024/music/news/zach-bryan-grammys-ballot-absent-1236168511/
Travis and ComplexCon
https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/travis-scott-cactuscon-complexcon-las-vegas-1235793404/
Industry Layoffs then and Now
https://www.billboard.com/pro/how-music-industry-layoffs-2024-compare-post-napster-era/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/asheville-floods-effects-on-music-venues-artists-1235121003/
Congrats Niamh
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/niamh-byrne-and-jill-hollywood-named-as-chair-and-vice-chair-of-the-uks-mmf1/
 
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CEO Cash and Prizes, Spotify's Canadian Donuts, and Hyperpop is Dead and Alive.

Don't let the Velvet Rope be forgot...
 
Names in the pod today:
Stuart DredgeImpalaJulie GordonJem AswadJamie KrentsDawn OlejarChris RichardsPitchforkJulie GordonGlenn PeoplesEduardo RivadaviaGolnar KhosrowshahiRobert KynclJennifer WitzLucian Grainge
 
LINKS
Impala Weighs in on Merlin v. TikTok
https://musically.com/2024/10/03/impala-comes-out-against-tiktoks-attempt-to-boycott-merlin/
Hyperpop FTW
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2024/10/03/charli-xcx-brat-impact/
Hyperpop is dead
https://pitchfork.com/features/article/the-lost-promises-of-hyperpoptimism/
RIP JGFlash
https://variety.com/2024/music/news/julie-gordon-velvet-rope-founder-dead-1236166859/
Congrats Jamie and Dawn
https://www.billboard.com/pro/verve-label-group-jamie-krents-ceo-president-dawn-olejar-coo-umg/
Irenic v Reservoir
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/reservoir-media-faces-activist-investor-call-for-strategic-review-to-maximize-shareholder-value/
Spotfiy and Tim Horton
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-raises-prices-in-canada-amid-debate-over-proposed-streaming-tax/
CEO Cash and Prizes
https://www.billboard.com/pro/highest-paid-music-executives-publicly-traded-companies-2023/
 
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
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Boffo Bot Box Office, a Spotify change, and concert tickets shouldn't be lottery tickets.

We're sorry we called you Bloodsuckers
 
Names in the Pod today:
Jeremy Erlich
Ole Obermann
TikTok
Merlin
Chappell Roan
Lauryn Hill
Pras Michel
Breymer
Lyte
 
 
 
LINKS:
Jermey Erlich moving on form Spotify
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/10/01/spotifys-head-of-global-music-exits-after-5-years/
New TokTok Merlin
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tiktok-we-shut-down-merlin-negotiation-because-of-fears-over-streaming-fraud/
Ticketmaster Transfer Fraud
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/10/01/fans-find-tickets-stolen-from-ticketmaster-accounts-multiple-incidents-reported/
Abba's Boffo Bots
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/10/01/abba-voyage-revenue-2023/
Oasis Learn A Lesson
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/oasis-confirm-they-will-opt-out-of-ticketmasters-dynamic-pricing-for-north-american-tour1/
A Lyte Correction
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/09/27/lyte-lost-lands-meltdown-continued/
Chappell Is Back
https://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/acl-chappell-roan-19803807.php
Pras. v. Lauryn
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/lauryn-hill-sued-for-alleged-fraud-breach-of-contract-by-the-fugees-pras-michel-over-cancelled-tour2/
Song of the Day: Breymer -- "Wrong Path"
https://bio.to/breymer?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaY-6jQGSIrEwqOYCaTrwtIZs-myfpL5ttMMbdH_BKL0ySwbBDGh7GWEqKA_aem_KgPRQu5t3mBzrsgqc-9ddg
 
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TikTok rolls on, the data paradox, and four Rods for Pink Floyd.

Pink Floyd and TikTok. Unrelated but on the move...
 
Names in The Pod Today:
Cherie Hu
Murray Stassen
Pink Floyd
Sony Music
TikTok
Kristin Robinson
Mark Mulligan
 
 
Viral Wednesday Links
Water and Music State of Data
https://www.waterandmusic.com/state-of-data-music-webinar-recap
Floyd's four Rods
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/10/01/pink-floyd-catalog-sale/
 
TikTok's Three Moves
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tiktok-music-is-over-but-elsewhere-tiktok-is-making-some-interesting-music-related-moves/
 
And A Fourth Move Vs. Merlin
https://www.billboard.com/pro/merlin-says-tiktok-walked-away-licensing-negotiations/
 
North Carolina Relief
https://cfwnc.org/

A wormhole to the 90s. An AI Rashomon Veto, and Karen was right again about gaming.

Information may not want to be free, but it sure doesn't want to be erased.
 
Names in the Pod Today:
Gavin Newsom
Cade Metz
Tripp Mickle
Simon Wheeler
Karen Allen
Brewster Kahle
Jon Blistein
Suno
Udio
 
LINKS
 
Newsom's Veto
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/29/24232172/california-ai-safety-bill-1047-vetoed-gavin-newsom
 
OpenAIX4 New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/technology/mira-murati-openai.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/technology/openai-raise-money.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/business/openai-plan-electricity.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/technology/openai-chatgpt-investors-funding.html
 
Karen Was right and so is Simon
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/beggars-group-partners-with-reactional-to-bring-personalized-music-to-video-games/
 
A Wormhole to the 90s
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/internet-archive-major-label-music-lawsuit-1235105273/
 
RoyFi
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Korean HR is different. RIP to a renaissance man, Jordan Kurland has another axe to grind.

Monday Monday wake up calls...
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Jordan Kurland
Min-Hee Jin
Ador
Jeff Benjamin
Glenn Peoples
Hangout.fm
Sofi Tukker
Proper Music
Austin City Limits Festival
Kris Kristofferson RIP
 
 
LINKS:
More on TikTok Music
https://www.billboard.com/pro/why-tiktok-music-failure-isnt-surprising-streaming-business/
Turntable.fm
 
Korean HR
www.billboard.com/pro/hybe-investigation-alleged-sexual-harassment-coverup-newjeans- producer-min-hee-jin/
 
More Proper Mess
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/swiss-court-launches-bankruptcy-proceedings-against-proper-group-formerly-utopia-music/
 
ACL
https://www.aclfestival.com/lineup
 
RIP Kristoffer Kristofferson
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/obituaries/kris-kristofferson-dead.html
 
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