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Stay Safe LA!
 
Names in the Pod today:
Ashley King
Taylor Mims
Mandy Dalugdug
TikTok
Lemon8
Relix
NIVA
Bonnnaroo
 
 
LINKS:
DOJ Pushback...
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/justice-department-pushes-back-on-trumps-tiktok-ban-extension-plea/
Whle ByteDance feints toward Lemon8
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-promotes-lemon8-ahead-of-us-ban/736722/
HARD: Bonnaroo 2025 is stacked
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/08/bonnaroo-2025-lineup-announced/
The New face of festivals?
https://www.billboard.com/pro/complexcon-20-million-sales-record-attendance-las-vegas-debut/
HARD: Vivid For Sale
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/online-ticket-reseller-vivid-seats-valued-at-over-1bn-considers-sale/
HARD: The Live Music Society wants to help
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/08/live-music-society-grant-applications-open-2025/
HARD: NIVA wants to help Survey
https://www.billboard.com/pro/niva-launches-survey-study-independent-live-music-sector/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout
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The TikTok Cliffhanger hangs on...hey Zuck, ghost that party! And Martin Scorsese.
 
 
Names in the pod today:
 
Mark Zuckerberg
Linda Yaccarino
Frank McCourt
Martin Scorsese
The LA Dodgers
Andrew Hutchinson
Greg Swan
 
 
Links:
McCourting
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/07/tiktok-sale-investor-group-january-2025/
Meta: Mo' Faster Mo' Breakier
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-removes-fact-checking-adds-community-notes/736700/
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-political-content-community-notes-threads/736704/
Ghost that Party, Zuck!
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/24338602/mark-meta-welcome-to-the-party
Meta Embottification In -depth
https://substack.com/@gregswan
Scorsese Baby Daddy
https://www.tiktok.com/music/Scorsese-Baby-Daddy-7450558029240305681
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug
 
 
Names in the pod today:
 
Mark Zuckerberg
Linda Yaccarino
Frank McCourt
Martin Scorsese
The LA Dodgers
Andrew Hutchinson
Greg Swan
 
 
Links:
McCourting
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/07/tiktok-sale-investor-group-january-2025/
Meta: Mo' Faster Mo' Breakier
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-removes-fact-checking-adds-community-notes/736700/
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-political-content-community-notes-threads/736704/
Ghost that Party, Zuck!
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/24338602/mark-meta-welcome-to-the-party
Meta Embottification In -depth
https://substack.com/@gregswan
Scorsese Baby Daddy
https://www.tiktok.com/music/Scorsese-Baby-Daddy-7450558029240305681
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug
 
 

Names in the Pod Today:
 
Nick Sciorra
Dylan Smith
John Deere
Nvidia
Lupe FIasco
MIT
 
LINKS:
Daily TikTik UPdate
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/06/tiktok-ban-supreme-court-update/
CES Gadget Update
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/4/24307731/ces-2025-tvs-gaming-smart-home-wearables-news/archives/2
Hello, AI PC
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/24337530/nvidia-ces-digits-super-computer-ai
Robot Tractors
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/24334357/john-deere-autonomous-tractor-truck-orchard-mow-ces
Google and Samsung Challenge Dolby Atmos
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/3/24335170/samsung-google-eclipsa-spatial-audio-format-2025-tvs
Good Morning Professor Fiasco
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/06/lupe-fiasco-ai-fm-radio-mit/
Nick Sciorra
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicksciorra/
 
RoyFi
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Franz Nicolay is pretty good at that other keyboard too.
 
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Brooke Gladstone
Micah Lowinger
Mark Henry Philips
Seth schachner
Julianna escobedo shepherd
Dan Solomon
Franz Nicolay
 
LINKS:
The Spotify Pie-on Continues
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/01/02/mood-machine-spotify-liz-pelly-review/
On the Media Covers Algorithms
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/articles/how-ai-and-algorithms-are-transforming-music
Country Music Broke in 2024 pt. 1
https://www.hearingthings.co/the-year-country-started-t/
Country Music Broke in 2024 pt. 2
https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/2024-year-country-music-broke/
A Unicorn lives another day
https://www.billboard.com/pro/waterloo-records-announces-new-ownership-and-relocation/
Never Mind Says Neil
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/03/scratch-that-neil-young-says-hes-playing-glastonbury-after-all/
Seth On TikTok
https://www.newsweek.com/let-supreme-court-decide-tiktok-please-opinion-2008848
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
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The first Finance Friday of 2025
 
 
 
Names in the pod today:
 
Ed Christman
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
Ashley King
Glenn Peoples
BPI
Irving Azoff
Bill Ackman
GMR
SESAC
Music Services
 
LINKS:
TikTok Refund offer
https://breakingthenews.net/Article/TikTok-allegedly-to-refund-ads-if-ban-takes-effect/63298183
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tiktok-promises-ban-refunds-to-keep-advertisers-spending
Pershing Square UMG moves
https://www.billboard.com/pro/bill-ackman-pershing-square-fund-de-list-amsterdam-stock-exchange
/
GMR Changes Hands
https://www.billboard.com/pro/global-music-rights-majority-ownership-changes-hands/
SESAC Tests the market
https://www.billboard.com/pro/sesac-sale-blackstone-private-equity-offers-pro/
K-Pop up/K-Pop Stocks down
https://www.billboard.com/pro/k-pop-stocks-fell-2024-labels-bts-blackpink/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.FM
Hangout.fm

Another Viral Wednesday on Thursday!
 
Happy New Year! What could go wrong?
 
Names in the pod today:
 
Mark Zuckerberg
Neil Young
Ashley King
Andrew Hutchinson
Anthropic
OpenAI
Meta
 
Links:
No Glasto for Neil Young
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/neil-young-pulls-out-glastonbury-2025-statement-1235867549/
Anthropic cedes some fair use grund
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/31/anthropic-copyright-guardrails/
OpenAI breaks a promise
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/01/openai-fails-to-deliver-opt-out-tool-it-promised-in-2024/
Meta Priotizes Bots
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/Meta-ai-bot-plan-boost-engagement-facebook-instagram/736242/
Bluesky crosses 25 Million
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/bluesky-adds-trending-topics-reaches-25-million-users/736250/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
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Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug

Last pod of 2024! Happy new year everyone!
 
Names in the Pod Today:
 
Virginie Berger
Hua Hsu
Glenn Peoples
Ted Gioia
Dylan Smith
 
LINKS:
The Great Spotify Freakout
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/12/30/mood-machine-liz-pelly-book-review
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-ugly-truth-about-spotify-is-finally
Year End Music Stocks
https://www.billboard.com/pro/music-stocks-continue-fall-last-week-2024/
Virginie's AI Forecast
https://www.forbes.com/sites/virginieberger/2024/12/30/ais-impact-on-music-in-2025-licensing-creativity-and-industry-survival/
Was Kingship ever Alive? No Matter, it's dead now...
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/27/kingship-quits-december-2024/
RoyFi
Https://www.royfi.com
Hangout.fm
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Mussolini would blush
 
Names In Today's Pod:
 
LiveNation
Amazon Music
Andy Cush
Dylan Smith
Adam Liptack
NIVA
Future of Music Coalition
 
 
LINKS:
Trump weighs on on TikTok
https://www.billboard.com/pro/donald-trump-asks-supreme-court-delay-tiktok-ban/
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/us/politics/tiktok-ban-supreme-court-trump.html
BLM and MAGA, together at Last
https://www.hearingthings.co/universal-loathing-of-live-nation-might-help-save-the-dojs-antitrust-lawsuit-under-trump/
Et Tu Amazon?
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/26/amazon-music-streaming-threshold/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
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The final Finance Friday of 2024
 
Names in the pod today:
 
Richard Smirke
Stephen King
Shamal Ranasinghe
J.D. Tuminski
Murray Stassen
Elias Leight
Walter McDonough
iHeart
Audius
ICE
PPL
 
 
 
LINKS:
TikTokalypse anticipation
https://www.billboard.com/pro/tiktok-ban-looms-record-labels-prepare/
iHeart avoids Kneecapping
https://www.billboard.com/pro/iheartmedia-reduces-debt-load-maturity-dates/
WZON stays out of the Dead Zone
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/26/stephen-king-radio-station-sold/
Kinda Petty
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/23/billionaire-daniel-ek-shuts-down-spotify-unwrapped-calculator/
Audius X ICE
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/audius-and-ice-ink-multi-territory-licensing-deal/
Because Thats where the money is
https://www.billboard.com/pro/ppl-embezzlement-investigation-fraudulent-artist-accounts-royalty-claims/
Walter McDonough memorial
https://www.currentobituary.com/member/obit/289591
Saturday, December 28, at 5:30pm at Eastern Standard, 775 Beacon Street, Boston MA 02215
 
 
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.FM
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Spotify Ghost artists and Helloooo, Ceechyna!
 
Names in the pod today:
Liz Pelly
Dan Efram
Spotify
CeeChyna
Richard Perry
 
Links:
LIz Pelly's Ghosts in The SPotify Machine
https://web.archive.org/web/20241225021218/https://harpers.org/archive/2025/01/the-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians/
"Get on your knees and Grease my feet"
https://www.tiktok.com/tag/ceechynaa
RIP Richard Perry
https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-richard-perry-productions-billboard-list/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug