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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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Wu-Tang and Three Cheerleaders save the Knicks.
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Madison Square Garden
Benji Rogers
Aileen Crowley
Tamay Aykut
Warner Music Group
Kristen Robinson
Gideon Gottfried
Ashley King
Sureel AI
David Israelite
The National Music Publishers Association
Udio
Audoo
The Music Venue Trust
Klay
Wu Tang Clan
Este Haim
Alanna Haim
Taylor Swift
The Knicks
 
Links in comments...
Enter the Wu
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/10/wu-tang-nba-finals-game-4/
Warner Does the right thing with Sureel AI
https://www.wmg.com/news/warner-music-group-acquires-sureel-ai
Publishing X AI
https://www.billboard.com/pro/nmpa-ai-licensing-deals-udio-klay/
Audoo does a partnership
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/09/mvt-audoo-partnership-prs-proxies/
UK Festivals still hurting
https://news.pollstar.com/2026/06/10/20-independent-uk-festivals-canceled-postponed-closed-in-2026/
Dromfest is sooo Cambridge-y
https://news.pollstar.com/2026/06/10/indie-rock-dromfest-26-returns-to-catskill-sept-4-6/
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Spinning and reeling at Indie Week!
 
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Names in the pod today:
Cindy James
Jacquelyn Saturn
Seeker Music
Evan Bogart
Virgin Music
Instagram
TikTok
Facebook
Larry Miller
Dan Mackta
Qobuz
The Sundance Institute
Ariel King
Ashley King
Charli XCX
Ariana Grande
Tyla
Future
MAF Teeski
 
LINKS
Seeker X Virgin
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/09/seeker-music-virgin-partnership/
Larry Miller X Evan Bogart
https://musonomics.com/songwriters-take-the-stage-two-rising-music-publishers/
Liberas (QoBuz!)
https://www.billboard.com/lists/2026-libera-awards-merlin-full-winners-list-geese-oklou/genre-specific-artist-awards-2/
ToolTime 1
https://www.billboard.com/pro/instagram-paid-features-how-artists-can-use-them/
ToolTime 2
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-launches-microdrama-development-program/822079/
ToolTime 3
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/instagram-introduces-teleprompter-tool/821564/
TooTime 4
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-launches-creator-assistant-chatbot/822077/
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos 
 
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Coming soon to a landfill near you, The Meta AI pendant!
 
Names in the pod Today:
 
Sharon Tapper
Rachael Stoewer
Kei Henderson
Benji Rogers
JA Westenberg
Justin De Marco
Michael Hausman
Mark Frieser
Mike Pelczynski
Danny Goldberg
Jem Aswad
Jason Feinberg
Tiara Guy
Jamie Dominguez
Pete Smolin
Apple
Meta
OpenAI
Sarah Perez
Scott Galloway
Craig Federighi
 
LINKS
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Does MMF stand for Management MOFOs?
https://www.mmfus.com/
The WW "Fixit" Conference
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/08/wwdc-2026-what-to-expect-from-siris-highly-anticipated-revamp-to-apple-intelligence-and-ios-27/
OpenAI Getting that IPO while the getting is good
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/08/following-anthropic-openai-files-confidentially-for-ipo/
Coming Soon to an East Asian Landfill
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-plans-to-introduce-a-wearable-ai-pendant/821562/
The state of AI June 2026
https://substack.com/@jawestenberg/note/c-259116299?r=lszz&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
The real effects of AI on Music
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-music-distraction-real-opportunity-everything-else-justin-de-marco-lkmwc/
 
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Copyright Alert!
 
Names in Today's Pod:
 
Sharon Tapper
Benji Rogers
American Federation of Musicians
Music Managers Forum
Karen Lieberman
Jason Feinberg
Rachel Scharf
Murray Stassen
Ariel King
Shira Perlmutter
A2IM
Suno
Udio
Warner Music Group
Universal Music Group
 
Birthdays this week:
Brian Wilkins
Kathy Russ
Marni Wandner
Shane Tobin
Zach Hochkeppel
 
LINKS
Madge Pops Up
https://www.billboard.com/pro/inside-new-york-secret-music-venue-madonna-times-square/
Is There Still Power In a Union?
https://www.billboard.com/pro/musicians-union-lawsuit-umg-wmg-ai-settlements/
A sneaky copyright move
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/a-bill-moving-through-congress-could-change-who-controls-the-us-copyright-office-heres-why-it-matters-for-the-music-business/
Congrats Karen Lieberman!
https://www.billboard.com/lists/executive-turntable-wcm-bet-board-disney-music-group/richard-busch-adams-reese/
 
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What could Bill Ackman do with his UMG money?
Names in the pod today:
Glenn Peoples
Paul Sinclair
Laurie Jakobsen
Virginie Berger
Mikey Shulman
Suno
James Turner
Bill Ackman
Katherine Sayre
Peter Rudegeair 
Garth Brooks
Melinda Newman 
Charlie D'Atri
Ritwik Punjwani
 
LINKS:
Why Jimmy Got It wrong
https://theneedledrop.substack.com/p/the-mutation-of-music-streaming-why
Ackman cashes out UMG Stake
https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/bill-ackmans-pershing-square-set-to-make-600-million-on-universal-stake-ed5c56ac
What is suno Using it new Round for?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sunomusic_the-next-chapter-for-suno-activity-7467950385148882944-r2Jl?
Suno Protest Left coast Style
https://www.humanartistrycampaign.com
Lawsuits as a line item
https://theneedledrop.substack.com/p/lawsuits-as-a-line-item
Garth Slaps a price tag on his catalogue
https://www.billboard.com/pro/garth-brooks-music-catalog-sale-fetch-2-billion/
Ritwik Punjwani Explains Catalogue dealmania
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ritwikpunjwani_musicsystem-musicip-musicrights-ugcPost-7467438391228350464-FTbn/?
 
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Phoebe Bridgers' MSG popup show is...genius.
 
Names In Today's Pod:
David McKay
Ella Kage
Andy Blair
Benji Rogers
Joel Gouveia
Bill Donahue
Phoebe Bridgers
Seated
 
Links in comments...
 
LINKS:
Ella is a good Follow
https://substack.com/@ellakage/note/c-258881161?r=lszz&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Bill Donahue explains it all
https://www.billboard.com/pro/will-live-nation-ticketmaster-really-get-broken-up/
Now you can tell them apart
https://news.pollstar.com/2026/06/03/snail-mail-soccer-mommy-announce-co-headline-tour/?
Phoebe Bridgers MSG popup show is Genius
https://news.pollstar.com/2026/06/01/phoebe-bridgers-to-play-msg-this-week-with-tickets-starting-at-1/
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Workplace trends and big changes at Reddist and Threads
 
 
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Names in the pod today:
Yannick Bollore
Andrew Hutchinson
Apple Music
Reddit
Virgin Music
Threads
TikTok
 
 
 
LINKS
Project Mersh (or Merche?)
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/havas-led-by-yannick-bollore-launches-label-via-umgs-virgin-music-group/
A free Apple Music Tier?
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/apple-music-code-spotted-in-android-app-beta-hints-at-new-subscription-tiers-with-spotify-style-skip-limits-report/
Reddit Adds video
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/reddit-launches-video-replies/821815/
Threads gets more sticker-y
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/threads-music-stickers-available-to-all-users/821563/
"TikTok is the new MTV" chapter XXIII
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-drops-second-season-of-in-the-mix-podcast/821310/
 
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Anthropic's IPO will 10X the entire Music industry...
 
Names in the pod Today
 
Anthropic
Ashley King
Dylan Smith
Paul Reid Smith
Fender
John Mayer
Kali Hays
Mitchell Labiak
Inner CIty Press
Suno
Juno
LastFM
 
LINKS
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Dorkocasters in Dispute
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/01/fender-prs-cease-and-desist-order/
Anthropic raises 65 Queeners...
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/29/anthropic-funding-after-legal-victory/
Ahead of its IPO
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k203kzp10o
YouTube does the right thing
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/youtube-will-now-automatically-detect-and-label-ai-videos-even-when-creators-dont-disclose-it/
Free at Last(FM)!
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/28/last-fm-independent-again/
Juno Reaches its dead end
https://musictech.com/news/industry/juno-download-shock-closure/
Park Slope Divorce Live
https://partiful.com/e/H2hUKh5rxK5CmoxApkBf?c=2xQQkr00
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If everybody is special nobody is special! We want the power list rankings!
 
Names in Today's Pod:
Penske Media
Ken Bunt
SXSW London
Lucian Grainge
Bill Ackman
Off Campus
Amazon
Pamela Bustios
Kyle Dennis
Andrew Unterberger
 
Birthdays this week:
Maria Egan
Brian Frank
Josh D'Amore
Oana Ruxandra
Mike Chuthakeio
 
 
LINKS
Power List 1 Everybody Wins!
https://www.billboard.com/pro/billboard-country-power-players-2026-list/
Power List 2 Everybody Wins!
https://www.billboard.com/pro/billboard-uk-power-players-2026-list/
RIAA Honors Garth and Ken
https://www.billboard.com/pro/garth-brooks-disney-music-head-2026-riaa-honors/
UMG Brushes off Ackamn and everybody wins!
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/29/universal-music-pershing-square-offer-rejection/
 
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