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Tony Brooke has an Axegrinder challenge for you.
 
Names in the pod today:
Tony Brooke
Sound Credit
Names in the pod today:
Tony Brooke
Murray Stassen
Paul Resnikov
Suno
Dylan Smith
SZA
Diplo
Hagens Berman
Anthem Music
Influence Media
Vlado Spasov
Trimontium
Applied Real Intelligence
 
Links in Comments...
 
LINKS:
SZA uses her clout vs AI
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/23/sza-comments-on-artists-using-ai/
Hagens Berman has a different sort of clout
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sunos-latest-legal-opponent-fought-the-tobacco-industry-and-won-a-quarter-of-a-trillion-dollars/
Majors and a mini-major want to roll Back Vetter
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-majors-and-bmg-asked-the-us-supreme-court-to-overturn-a-ruling-that-lets-songwriters-reclaim-copyrights-worldwide-five-things-to-know-about-vetter-v-resnik/
Olympic Size Pool 1
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/influence-media-emerges-as-winning-bidder-for-anthems-music-assets-with-650m-offer-report/
Olympic Size Pool 2
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/ex-blackstone-exec-vlado-spasov-launches-1-5b-alternative-asset-manager-trimontium-music-rights-among-target-assets/
More Drizzy
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/22/drake-ovo-loan-payment-defaults-lawsuit/
 
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Song of the week:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=167dcf3362df45f8
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/cae8e2c2d2e941f184d856c31b86dba3sune?
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Every unrestrained corruption Bonanza is an opportunity.
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Michael Rapino
Live Nation
Mark Kratter
Spotify
NIVA
The Fan Alliance
Taylor Mims
Ashley King
Bad Bunny
Alan Jackson
 
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Mark Kratter keeps his receipts
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/23/spotify-lawsuit-filtering-practices/
Drake and Spotify get off
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-wins-dismissal-of-lawsuit-claiming-it-allowed-billions-of-fraudulent-drake-streams/
RapinoXTrump collabo
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/24/live-nation-ceo-met-with-trump-prior-to-doj-settlement/
But his emails...
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/12/live-nation-verified-fan-pretend-product/
Stubhub reparations in UK
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/23/stubhub-ordered-to-refund-buyers-uk/
Ghost Tickets suck
https://www.billboard.com/pro/world-cup-ticketing-issues-venues-ghost-ticket-ban/
Bad Bunny's Billion
https://www.billboard.com/pro/bad-bunny-first-latin-artist-billion-touring/
 
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Brand Destruction is all the rage!
 
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Names in the pod today:
Evan Spiegel
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta
Snap
Andrew
Threads
Aisha Malik
Katie Atkinson
Kyle Denis
Chris Eggertsen
Lyndsey Havens
Andrew Unterberger
Lizzo
Olivia Rodrigo
Velsheva
 
 
LINKS
Lizzo Brand Destruction
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/23/lizzo-latest-album-figures-2026/?mc_cid=f395c4a3c9&mc_eid=e6e936dd58
Interest Media is the news Leader
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/social-media-is-the-leading-source-of-news-per-reuters/823110/
Dorky Glasses 1
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/after-unveiling-ridiculously-expensive-ar-glasses-snaps-stock-takes-a-dive/
Dorky Glasses 2
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/snap-opens-pre-orders-for-specs-ar-glasses/823105/
Dorky Glasses 3
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/23/meta-debuts-new-cheaper-smart-glasses-under-its-own-brand/
Don't Sleep on Threads chapter XXIII
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/threads-reaches-500m-user-milestone/823099/
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos 
 
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There will never be another Clive...
 
Names in the pod Today
Clive Davis
Merck Mercuriadis
Chris Morris
Jem Aswad
Neha
Musicben
Neha Rani
Information is Beautiful
 
LINKS
RIP Clive
https://variety.com/2026/music/people-news/clive-davis-dead-producer-music-executive-1236787329/
Tracking Your music s Training data
https://www.theatlantic.com/category/ai-watchdog/
Why Music Supes don't love AI
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-music-supervisors-really-think-ai-aaron-davison-owclc?
Musicben's Five AI Tools
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/musicben-benjamin-james-52a245122_i-wrote-a-piece-for-musictech-lab-about-4-ugcPost-7474812216253427712-l3cP/
How to Use AI (for now)
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/neha-prajapati07_chatgpt-vs-grok-vs-gemini-vs-claude-vs-perplexity-share-7475069251570028545-oDiL/?
AI Lawsuits (for now)
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/notable-lawsuits-from-over-100-filed-against-share-7474837448049631232-_nfM/
 
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The Bose Label thing is neither rdiculous nor is it transformational.
 
Names in Today's Pod:
Bonnaroo
Bob Valentine
Bose
Concord
BMG
Penske Media
Vox Media
James Murdoch
Spotify
 
Birthdays this week:
Matt  Amoroso
Tyler Pittman
Dolphus Ramseur
Sean Maxson
 
Links in the comments...
 
LINKS:
O-Rod on Top
https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/olivia-rodrigo-you-seem-pretty-sad-number-one-billboard-200-1236277283/
Penske Sweeps up Vox Scraps
https://www.billboard.com/business/business-news/penske-media-corporation-vox-media-1236275941/
Spotify Reserved Launches
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/18/role-model-spotify-reserved-tickets/
Bonnaroo Weather still sucks
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/19/bonnaroo-2026-weather-reports/
 
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I'm not sure Spotify is a tank, measured against YouTube
 
Names In Today's Pod:
James Dolan
The Grammys
JR Lind
Stuart Dredge
Spotify
Youtube
Paul Grein
Rocky Horror
 
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Pistols on the Pasture
https://musically.com/2026/06/17/watch-out-youtube-spotify-is-launching-direct-full-length-video-uploads-for-artists/
Grammy Shuffles the deck
https://www.billboard.com/lists/2027-grammy-rule-changes-new-categories-best-new-artist/
July 4th Less planned out than my elopement
https://news.pollstar.com/2026/06/16/smashing-pumpkins-chris-stapleton-queen-latifah-to-perform-in-la-for-americas-block-party-july-4/
Will The fans bring Toast?
https://news.pollstar.com/2026/06/17/rocky-horror-picture-show-headed-to-sphere/
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Surveillance can be so stylish!
 
Names in the pod today:
Mark Mulligan
Dan Mackta
Qobuz
Tatiana Cirisano
Dhruv Mehrotra
Dell Cameron
Aisha Malik
Mark Zuckerberg
Edits
Andrew Hutchinson
 
LINKS
MIDIA market share nuggets
https://www.midiaresearch.com/blog/music-subscriber-market-shares-q4-2025-the-chess-board-is-set
A Qobuz Vicotry Lap
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2026-06-16/in-sea-of-ai-music-slop-can-streaming-service-qobuz-cut-through
New YouTube Artist Program
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/youtube-announces-new-live-concert-series/822866/
UK tells Australia, "Hold My Beer"
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/uk-outlines-plans-for-teen-social-media-ban/822973/
Surveilliators are the next hot frame style
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-rank-one-computing-face-recognition-smart-glasses/
Edits get better
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/edits-is-getting-a-desktop-version-and-an-ai-production-assistant/822864/
 
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos 
 
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Guy Barash has an Axe to grind...
 
Names in the pod Today
Guy Barash
Rupert Murdoch
Roku
Fox
Rufi Anan Ghazi
Lionel Richie
YouTube
 
LINKS
Another Platform for Murdoch to destroy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/business/fox-roku-acquisition-streaming-media.html
AI reinforces biases
https://www.billboard.com/pro/ai-scaling-music-industry-biases-guest-column/
Lionel Richie Leans In
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/lionel-richie-files-to-trademark-the-sound-of-his-voice-following-taylor-swift-amid-ai-deepfake-crackdown/
YouTube's Training landgrab
https://www.billboard.com/pro/google-youtube-terms-of-service-ai-music-training-lawsuit/
Our Axegrinder Guy Barash's Billboard Column
https://www.billboard.com/pro/how-music-publishers-should-approach-using-ai-guest-column/
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Bundlegate costs, Merck redemption, and don't ever count out the Knicks...or the majors.
 
Names in Today's Pod:
 
Merck Mercuriadis
Danielle Aguirre
Spotify
National Music Publishers Association
Tim Ingham
Blackstone
Ritwik Punjwani
Sony Music
Ashley King
Jalen Brunson
Wu-Tang Clan
 
Birthdays this week:
Jason Hradil
Veronica Hradil
Jalen Brunson
Scott Pappas
Inge Colsen
Steven Cervenka
 
LINKS:
 
Bundlegate costs 5 Rods
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/11/nmpa-spotify-amazon-music-bundling-publishers/
Merck Redemption arc continues
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/merck-mercuariadis-on-hipgnosis-vindication-and-his-next-big-move/
Sony Strategy revealed! (not really secret but all in one place)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sony-strategy-ritwik-punjwani--zw0ec?
Sony Strategy in action
https://www.billboard.com/lists/top-grossing-music-biopics-movies/   
Knick Make Fallon watchable
https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/new-york-knicks-take-over-tonight-show-wu-tang-clan-1236272782/
 
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Some takeaways from Indie Week...
 
Names in the pod today:
 
Lisa Hresko
A2IM
Dolphus Ramseur
Shira Perlmutter
Merlin
Curve Royalty systems
Virgin Music
Tim Horton's
Peter Wright
Bob Hoch
Mike Green
Olya Sonica
Stephanie Kurse
Cowboy Onisan
 
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Merlin Buys Curve
https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/business/umg-exploring-1b-bond-sale-2026-06-08
Donuts over Artists for now
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/04/canada-streaming-tax-walked-back/
UMG looking to raise a queener
https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/business/umg-exploring-1b-bond-sale-2026-06-08
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