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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
https://www.RoyFI.com
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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
 
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
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Paint a Vulgar Picture...
 
Names in the pod today:
Robert Kyncl
Warner Music
Level
Corey Sheridan
Tunecore
Andrew Batey
Ed Christman
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
Paramount
MTV
Kristin Robinson
GMR
Water & Music
Beatdapp
Side Door
 
LINKS
 
Corey Sheridan In
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/corey-sheridan-exits-global-music-strategy-role-at-tiktok-joins-warners-ada-as-global-head-of-commerce-revenue12/
Level Out
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/warner-music-group-to-shut-tunecore-rival-level-music1/
Paramount layoffs
https://deadline.com/2024/09/paramount-global-layoffs-2-1236097329/comment-page-4/#comments
GMR gets Richer
https://www.billboard.com/pro/global-music-rights-majority-owner-reaches-understanding-sell-private-equity-firm/
Charli's 3.8 Million crullers
https://www.billboard.com/pro/charli-xcx-brat-summer-earnings/
A UMG stat
https://www.instagram.com/p/DARABHJvO8W/?img_index=1
Andrew Batey Interview
https://www.billboard.com/pro/beatdapp-andrew-batey-side-door-ventures-vc-interview/
Billboard 100 Songs about the industry
https://www.billboard.com/lists/songs-music-industry-best/
Paint a Vulgar Picture Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/50p2h0rn1Ny3UD5SoiR2Qz?si=d070UKHpRmipC0kzPhl4LA&pi=u-VuC99w_VQAqu

McHale's Atlantic Navy...
 
Names in the Pod today:
Elias Leight
Paul Sinclair
Lyte
Dave Brooks
Sphere
Artville
Samatha Saturn
Adam Weiner
LowCut Connie
 
LINKS:
More Atlantic Waves
https://www.billboard.com/pro/atlantic-music-group-layoffs-regime-change/
Lyte Shrapnel
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/09/24/lost-lands-lyte-lawsuit/
https://www.billboard.com/pro/lyte-sued-festivals-ticketing-scalping/
Eagles at the sphere
https://news.pollstar.com/2024/09/23/eagles-begin-sphere-residency/
Artville Nashville
https://artville.org/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
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More Musical Chairs and thoughts on the TikTok Music shutdown
 
Names in The Pod Today:
Gregg Nadel
Ben Kline
Dickon Stainer
TikTok
X
Elon Musk
Tripp Mickle
Jim Covello
 
Viral Wednesday Links:
 
Nadel's New Saddle
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/all-change-again-in-nashville-as-gregg-nadel-joins-cris-lacy-as-co-chair-co-president-of-warner-music-nashville-ben-kline-to-step-down-after-a-decade-with-the-company/
Stainer Ascends
https://www.musicweek.com/labels/read/dickon-stainer-appointed-ceo-chairman-of-universal-music-uk/090532
TikTok Music Escape pod
https://www.engadget.com/apps/tiktok-music-is-on-its-way-out-143058957.html
On the other Hand...
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-expands-subscriptions-non-live-creators/727826/
X Falling out of the sky
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/x-formerly-twitter-losing-users-in-the-us-and-uk/727842/
Covello Spots a Bubble
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/technology/ai-jim-covello-goldman-sachs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cbSss
Opt Out of AI Training
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13882729/LinkedIn-Snapchat-Facebook-training-artificial-intelligence.html
 
 
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
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TikTok gets out of the DSP biz.
 
Names in the Pod Today:
 
Ole Obermann
TikTok
Midia Research
David Joseph
Craig Kallman
Gregg Nadel
Matthew Beloni
Puck News
The Town
Soundexhange
Remarkable Alexa
Virginie Berger
Matchtune
 
TikTok Music Shutdown
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tiktok-to-shutter-music-subscription-service-tiktok-music-in-november/
 
Executive Turntable
https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=342730&title=UNIVERSAL-U.K.-CEO-DAVID-JOSEPH-EXITING-COMPANY
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/09/23/warner-music-atlantic-music-group-leadership-shakeup/
 
The Town on the Prince movie
https://www.theringer.com/2024/9/20/24250382/the-war-over-the-secret-nine-hour-prince-documentary
 
You had one Job, Alexa...
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/23/24252346/apparently-remarkable-alexa-cant-reliably-turn-on-the-lights
 
Protect those AI copyrights!
https://musically.com/2024/09/23/soundexchange-signals-plans-for-ai-registry-for-music-creators/
https://musically.com/2024/09/23/matchtune-says-it-has-cracked-sunos-ai-music-generation-model/
 
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
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News Flash: Layoffs don't hurt WMG's market cap
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Mark Mulligan
Tatiana Cirisano
Atlantic Records
10K Projects
Glenn Peoples
Dario Drostrada
Wincom
Mellomanic
 
 
LINKS:
 
 
MIDIA Q2 Data
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pete-downton-16474_q2-2024-music-market-metrics-bifurcation-activity-7242583885220388864-C5Dr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
WMG's Pixie Dust
https://www.billboard.com/pro/warner-music-group-financial-impact-atlantic-layoffs-headcount-sec-filing/
https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-warner-music-live-nation-music-stocks-new-high/
Bail for the Milkshake man
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/musician-accused-of-10m-ai-streaming-fraud-scam-pleads-not-guilty-report/
Superfan Hypetrain Rolls On
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/superfan-platform-mellomanic-formerly-we-are-giant-closes-6m-funding-round/
Balkan Fomo
https://winformusic.org/wincon/
 
RoyFi
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Gonna be some good people on the market...
 
Names in the pod today:
Atlantic Music Group
Elliot Grainge
Robert Kyncl
Elias Leight
Daniel Rowland
Kristin Robinson
Charlie D'Atri
Hipgnosis
Barry Manilow
Juana Summers
Luxxury
APM
The AHL
 
 
LINKS
Atlantic Layoffs
https://www.billboard.com/pro/atlantic-music-group-layoffs-restructure-robert-kyncl-memo/
LinkedIN AI Training
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rowlanddaniel?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app
AI Resources From Kristin Robinson
https://www.billboard.com/pro/ai-music-honeymoon-phase-over/
Barry v. the Elephant
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/charliedatri_how-much-did-barry-manilow-sell-his-music-activity-7241197044986433536-xijb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
UMG Bullish on streaming
https://musically.com/2024/09/18/umg-boss-on-music-subscribers-how-long-could-it-take-us-to-get-to-2bn/
UMG drops the Gloves
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/american-hockey-league-teams-sued-by-sony-and-universal-owned-production-music-firm-apm-for-using-music-in-social-posts-without-permission/

More movement at the majors.
 
Names in the Pod today:
Angela Abbott
Randy Goodman
Kevn Liles
Kevin Lyman
UFC
Oteil Burridge
Sturgill SImpson
Bob Weir
Anti! Records
 
 
 
LINKS:
Randy Goodman Retires
https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=342667&title=GOODMAN-TO-RETIRE-AS-SONY-NASHVILLE-BOSS
Kevin Liles Exits
https://www.billboard.com/pro/kevin-liles-300-entertainment-ceo-warner-music/
Re-Warped
https://news.pollstar.com/2024/09/17/kevin-lyman-confirms-return-of-warped-tour-in-2025/
Kevn Liles
The Dead Don't die
https://news.pollstar.com/2024/09/17/bobby-weir-curated-dead-ahead-festival-announces-2025-lineup/
Ticketing is hard
https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2024/09/lyte-is-still-offline-is-it-out-of-business.html
The Sphere is hard
https://www.billboard.com/pro/ufc-sphere-fight-challenge-one-off-events-vegas-venue/
Congrats Angela Abbott
https://www.linkedin.com/company/soundstripe/posts/?feedView=all

Lots to keep up on today, folks...
 
Names in The Pod Today:
Syd Schwartz
Instagram/Meta
Kyle Chayka
Shaad D’Souza
Gigi Perez
Imran Majid
Justin Ehak
Karen Allen
 
 
 
Viral Wednesday Links
Jazz and Coffee and Streaming Moral Clarity.
https://jazzandcoffee.substack.com/p/fake-streams-real-loss-and-bad-actors?r=1twfl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
 
Insta Teen Changes
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/technology/instagram-teens-safety-privacy-changes.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
 
Thirsty Dumps
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/the-desperation-of-the-instagram-photo-dump?
 
Barbie energy, AI and cocaine
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/14/arts/music/girly-girl-10-drunk-cigarettes-tiktok.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDx2_P_H5Fc
https://www.tiktok.com/@girlygirlproductions
 
Gigi Perez Viral and Signed
https://www.tiktok.com/@gigi4perez
https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=342638&title=SAILOR-GIGI-LANDS-AT-ISLAND
Karen's right about gaming again: It's Going Down Now
https://www.tiktok.com/music/It's-Going-Down-Now-7337605319164217345
Alicia Keys Viral
https://www.tiktok.com/music/Un-thinkable-I'm-Ready-6696417102581991426
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug