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Virtual ABBA and now Virtual KISS complete the 1977 Junior High Perfecta
 
 
Names in the pod today:
Alain Jourgenson
Metallica
Steve Driss
PopHouse
Per Sundin
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
Josh Wyatt
Avant Gardener
Gary Richards
Ryan Borba
#musicindustry #podcast
 
LINKS:
KISS Joins Abba In 1977 JHS Holo-fame
https://www.billboard.com/pro/pophouse-kiss-avatars-vegas-show-new-avicii-music/
Brooklyn Mirage makes a change
https://www.billboard.com/pro/brooklyn-mirage-opening-josh-wyatt-out-avant-gardner-ceo/
RIP to some cool Folks
https://news.pollstar.com/2025/05/24/update-sound-talent-group-families-share-additional-information-on-those-who-perished-in-san-diego-crash/
Ministry's Revenge
https://open.spotify.com/album/6Wkf21TuFg0tEVFkCyMQp7?si=Doj3w8t3SvGYalndydFF0g
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Music Services
Https://Musicservices.com

Global Power, ChatGPT Power, and Messy Memes
 
Names in the pod today:
Andrew Hutchinson
ChatGPT
Discord
Sarah Perez
Amanda Silberling
Sarah Moses
Monica Kulkarni
Jacob Geskin
 
Links:
Billboard Global POWER
https://www.billboard.com/pro/billboard-global-power-players-2025-list/
ChatGPT on The March in April
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/chatgpt-traffic-rising-versus-other-top-visited-websites-infographic/749090/
Surf Provides custom feeds
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/open-social-web-browser-surf-makes-it-easier-for-anyone-to-build-custom-feeds/
Score two for the rightsholders
https://www.billboard.com/pro/beastie-boys-social-media-lawsuit-diddy-trial-recap-lil-wayne-case/
How Brands can avoid getting Schooled by the rightsholders
https://www.billboard.com/pro/how-brands-avoid-lawsuits-music-social-posts-op-ed/
Discord Is aware of its issues
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/23/discord-seeks-to-solve-a-problem-that-it-created/
Music Services
Musicservices.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug
 

Reasonable AI expectations for rightsholders?
 
Names in Today's Pod
Nick Clegg
Rob Levine
Youtube
Spotify
Gabe Newell
Valve
Shira Perlmutter
Reservoir Music
Roots Picnic
 
 
LINKS:
AMAs
https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/amas-winners-2025-list-1235980888/
Spotify Songs of the Summer Nominees
NIck Clegg Simps for Big AI
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/26/former-meta-exec-its-not-reasonable-for-artists-to-opt-out-of-ai/
Content ID is possible
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/23/youtube-content-id-payouts/
Copyright office in Chaos
https://www.billboard.com/pro/what-going-on-chaos-copyright-office-trump/
I'm Keeping my Brain Airgapped
https://www.theverge.com/news/673938/gabe-newell-valve-founder-brain-computer-interface-first-chip-starfish
 
RoyFi
Https://www.royfi.com
Hangout.FM
Hangout.fm

Music City Reps throw copyright under the bus. Just Sayin'...
 
Names in the pod today:
Shira Perlmutter
Martin Lorentzon
Marsha Blackburn
Scott Desjarlais
Andy Ogles
John Rose
Mark E. Green
Klaus-Peter Schulenberg
Udio
CTS Eventim
Spotify
 
LINKS:
Perlmutter claps back
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/donald-trump-sued-by-us-copyright-office-director-over-blatantly-unlawful-firing/
A Big Beautiful Copyright sellout
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/22/ai-safe-harbor-provision-big-beautiful-bill-act/
NOFAKES in the Senate
https://www.billboard.com/pro/martina-mcbride-speaks-out-ai-deepfakes-senate-hearing/
CTS has a Big Quarter
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/cts-eventim-revenues-soared-19-1-to-3bn-in-2024/
Remove a Tariff, watch biz boom
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-says-ios-payment-rule-change-boosted-premium-subscription/
UDIO hits the App store
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/udios-mobile-app-launches-on-ios-priced-at-up-to-30-per-month/
 
Music Services
Https://Musicservices.com
Hangout.FM
Hangout.fm

A dizzying arrat of Livenation litigation
 
Names in the pod today:
 
Richard Smirke
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
Eriq Gardner
Live Nation
Dave Brooks
Richard Grenell
The Josephine Network
 
LINKS:
 
An extra dose of AI-nxiety
https://www.billboard.com/pro/eu-ai-act-code-europe-music-industry-tech-concerns/
The powers that be Live nation
https://puck.news/podcast_episode/taylors-swifties-v-live-nation/
COVID Collusion Kerfuffle
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/live-nation-and-aeg-face-probe-over-pandemic-refund-policies-report/
https://news.pollstar.com/2025/05/19/feds-probe-live-nation-aeg-for-alleged-covid-era-collusion-report/
The Kid is catching on
https://www.billboard.com/pro/live-nation-donald-trump-appointee-richard-grenell-board/
The Tickets are too damn high!
https://www.billboard.com/pro/concert-ticket-prices-studies-spending-debt-consumer-trends/
Handy Dandy cheap tickets resources
https://www.billboard.com/culture/product-recommendations/best-cheap-tickets-sites-1235380283/
The Josephine Network
https://josephinenetwork.bandcamp.com/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Music Services
Https://Musicservices.com
 
#musicindustry #podcast

"Without You" is this week's viral for the olds.
 
Names in the pod today:
Fred Goldring
Josh Gruss
Universal Music
Ashley King
Emma Roth
Mike Spinella
Ryan Redington
Amazon Music
Soundcloud
Spotify
TikTok
 
 
Links
UMG Goes Back to Bricks and Mortar
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/umg-to-relocate-new-york-offices-to-penn-2-building-in-manhattan-with-future-premium-retail-experience-dedicated-to-serving-music-superfans/
https://www.billboard.com/business/business-news/bookstores-comeback-record-stores-follow-op-ed-1235966827/
Amazon AI Playlisting > Spotify AI Playlisting
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/20/amazon-music-ai-powered-search/
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/entertainment/amazon-music-ai-music-discovery
Spotify Leans harder into Audiobooks
https://www.theverge.com/news/669933/spotify-iphone-app-audiobooks-purchase-apple-ruling
Past Peak TikTok?
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/20/tiktok-loses-most-downloaded-app-crown/
A SoundCloud-y Promo
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mikespinella_1000bpmremix-1000bpmremix-soundcloud-activity-7329967290274172928-ON0l?
 
Music Services
Musicservices.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug

Drummer Layoffs Problematic artists and supercomputers in Space
 
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Jem Aswad
Tressie Macmillan Cottom
Ashley King
Chriss WIllman
Steven J. Horowitz
Ted Suh
Snap
Blue Origin
Kyle Orland
Shira Gans
New York Music Month
 
#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast
 
LINKS:
Drummer Layoffs
https://variety.com/2025/music/news/foo-fighters-fire-josh-freese-drummer-shocked-disappointed-1236400951/
https://variety.com/2025/music/news/the-who-fires-zak-starkey-again-advance-farewell-tour-1236402638/
Cottom on Wallen
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/opinion/country-music-beyonce-lana.html
Aswad on Wallen
https://variety.com/2025/music/opinion/morgan-wallen-fans-maga-trump-1236400045/
Discord Hacks Kanye
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/19/kanye-west-album-leaked-discord/
https://variety.com/2025/music/opinion/morgan-wallen-fans-maga-trump-1236400045/
Epic Games fights for all of us.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/05/epic-goes-to-court-to-force-fortnite-back-on-us-ios/
Bachelorettes of Supercomputer in space
https://www.theverge.com/news/669157/china-begins-assembling-its-supercomputer-in-space
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/musically_weve-just-dropped-the-first-round-of-panels-activity-7330176624056745984-65gX?
Ted Suh Exits Snap
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7323052122990641152-KVWJ/?
New York Music Month Schedule
https://variety.com/2025/music/news/new-york-music-month-2025-full-schedule-1236403359/
 
Music Services
Https://Musicservices.com
Hangout.FM
Hangout.fm

If you are sleeping on Shorts, wake up!
 
Names in Today’s Pod:
Glenn Peoples
Rob Stevenson
Matt Signore
YouTube
Resorts World
Peter Bjorn and John
Lone Wolves
Jack Hedges
 
LINKS:
Moragan Wallen is everywhere https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/morgan-wallen-im-the-problem-breaks-sreaming-records-1235974784/
Katy Perry OOF
https://nypost.com/2025/05/17/entertainment/katy-perry-not-invited-back-to-vegas-after-residency/
Under 21's are coming. https://www.billboard.com/lists/21-under-21-music-2025-list/
And they are doing it on YouTube Shorts
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/15/youtube-shorts-revenue-now-equals-regular-videos/
Earnings Learnings https://www.billboard.com/pro/music-earnings-report-q1-trends-cost-cutting-subscriptions/
RoyFi
Hangout.fm

Back from MusicBiz!
 
Names in the pod today:
Jonathan Vlassopoulous
Byron Coley
Portia Sabin
Mandy Dalugdug
Daniel Tencer
Bill Ackman
Concord Music
 
 
LINKS:
AI Roundup
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/tech-bros-weekly/
Nine toes in court
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/did-anthropics-own-ai-generate-a-hallucination-in-legal-defense-against-song-lyrics-copyright-case/
ALbini Drops
stevealbiniscloset.com.
Concord On Broadway
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/09/broadway-licensing-global-concord-acquisition/
Aurocorrect Hates this...
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/producer-poo-bear-launches-ttikr-app-allowing-creators-to-monetize-content-without-ads/
Spotify payouts up in UK
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/uk-artists-generated-more-than-1bn-on-spotify-in-2024-up-8-from-a-year-earlier/
Ackman bows out
https://www.billboard.com/pro/bill-ackman-resigns-universal-music-group-board-umg/
Next year in Atlanta
https://www.billboard.com/pro/music-biz-conference-return-atlanta-2026/
 
Music Services
Https://Musicservices.com
Hangout.FM
Hangout.fm

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/