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Railroads, Oil AT&T and now Google.
 
Names in the Pod Today:
Google
David McCabe
Virginie Berger
Mandy Dalugdug
Elias Leight
Lio Kanine
Dick Huey
Jon Vlassopulos
 
Tech Tuesday Links:
 
Google Is a Monoppoly
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/05/technology/google-antitrust-ruling.html
 
SUno and Udio Fair Use
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/suno-udios-controversial-defense-fair-use-debate-virginie-berger-luvdc/
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/as-suno-and-udio-admit-training-ai-with-unlicensed-music-record-industry-says-theres-nothing-fair-about-stealing-an-artists-lifes-work/
 
Roblox Up
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/roblox-revenue-up-31-in-q2-to-893m-as-daily-active-users-hit-record-79-5m-cfo-exits/
 
AI Adoption not matching Hype?
https://www.billboard.com/pro/ai-adoption-slow-hype-music-creators-use/
 
Helios
https://helios.party/

So much news Thursday Friday I totally missed the SXM earnings report.
 
Names In Today's Pod:
 
Ice Spice
Elliot Grainge
HYBE
TikTok
SiriusXM
Glenn Peoples
Aerosmith
Sturgill Simpson
Outside Lands
 
LINKS:
Ice Spice
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/01/g-s1-13590/ice-spice-y2k-fame-cycle-review
 
MORE WMG Spiciness (and some shade)
https://hitsdailydouble.com/near_truths_item&id=342171&title=NEAR-TRUTHS%253A-KYNCLS-NEW-ERA
 
TikTok, Meet COPPA
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/02/tiktok-ftc-lawsuit/
Layoffs and their effect
https://www.billboard.com/c/business/business-news/
 
SXM Less Smart
https://www.billboard.com/pro/siriusxm-loses-173000-subscribers-stock-falls-6-percent/
 

Holy Moly we packed a lot in today. Is this really August?
 
Names in the Pod today:
Max Lousada
Robert Kyncl
Elliot Grainge
Hybe
Scooter Braun
Joseph Perla
Kyle Chayka
Daniel Tencer
Dylan Smith
Golnar Khosrowshahi
Ross Hammond
Centtrip
RoyFi
Andrew Schiffman
Perry Turcotte
Lisa Deluca
 
 
 
LINKS
 
Warner Reorg
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/01/warner-music-group-restructuring/
https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=342173&title=WARNER-MUSIC-GROUP-ANNOUNCES-REORGANIZATION
 
Hybe Reorg
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/hybe-the-home-of-bts-restructures-global-business-as-part-of-new-strategy-called-hybe-2-0/
 
Why I Quit Spotify
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/why-i-finally-quit-spotify
 
Believe Earnings
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/01/believe-earnings-h1-2024/
 
Reservoir Earnings
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/reservoir-posts-8-jump-in-revenue-to-34-3m-in-latest-quarter/
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotifys-audiobook-bundling-move-will-pinch-1-of-reservoirs-2025-annual-revenue-estimates-company/
 
Centtrip X RoyFi
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ross-hammond-cfa-93990389_royalties-royaltyadvance-musicbusiness-activity-7221804829898129408-m3R2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
 
MTV Podcast
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/perry-turcotte-3730a61_ep-1-he-had-a-rollercoaster-on-the-stage-activity-7224803673229398017-XZjt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

August is always slow, but there'd still stuff to talk bout.
 
Names in the Pod today:
 
Live Nation
Zach Bryan
Stubhub
Dorian Lynskey
Ashley King
Patrick Bateman
Peter Harvey
 
 
LINKS:
 
House Bans Bytedance Apps
https://rollcall.com/2024/07/30/house-to-start-removing-bytedance-apps-from-official-devices/
 
Zach Bryan June Top Grosser
https://www.billboard.com/pro/zach-bryan-number-1-june-touring-report-69-million/
 
More Live Nation Earnings
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/07/30/live-nation-earnings-q2-2024/
 
DC v Stubhub
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/07/31/d-c-attorney-general-sues-stubhub-alleging-deceptive-pricing/
 
Don't Start a Festival
https://amp.theguardian.com/culture/article/2024/jul/20/festival-organiser-parklife-green-man-krankenhaus-sea-power-live-nation

Anyone know why Meryl Streep went viral this week?
 
Names in The Pod Today:
LiveNation
Deezer
Bob Bruderman
TikTok
Kamala Harris
CapCut
Blood Orange
Clairo
Harumankind
2KE and 808iuli
 
Viral Wednesday Links
 
LIveNation Earnings
https://news.pollstar.com/2024/07/30/no-signs-of-concert-slowdown-live-nations-6b-q2-revenues-point-to-another-record-year/
 
Deezer Earnings
https://www.billboard.com/business/streaming/deezer-earnings-revenue-up-subscription-price-increases-1235668933/https://www.billboard.com/business/streaming/deezer-earnings-revenue-up-subscription-price-increases-1235668933/
 
Kamala
https://www.newsweek.com/tiktok-flooded-positive-kamala-harris-content-1931569
https://www.upi.com/amp/Top_News/US/2024/07/30/house-tiktok-ban/1351722393035/
 
TikTok Food Poisoning
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/31/tiktok-owner-bytedances-singapore-office-suffers-mass-food-poisoning-.html
 
Capcut Surges
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-29/adobe-canva-losing-users-to-bytedance-s-capcut-especially-on-tiktok?embedded-checkout=true
 
Blood Orange Viral
https://www.tiktok.com/music/Champagne-Coast-6769747177070659585
 
Clairo Viral
https://www.tiktok.com/@fallontonight/video/7392836715364338974?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7317743953888003630
 
Hanumankind Viral
https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=big%20dawgs&t=1722434117310
 
2KE and 808iuli Viral
https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=2ke%20and%20808%20slowed&t=1722433988359

Names in the Pod Today:
 
John Josephson
Billy Mann
Steve Masur
Karen Allen
Stuart Dredge
Patrick Spence
Joe Tauke
Musi
TikTok
 
 
 
Tech Tuesday Links:
 
DOJ cV TikTok
https://musically.com/2024/07/29/department-of-justice-raises-alarm-about-tiktok-data-collection/
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/justice-department-responds-to-tiktoks-lawsuit-against-us-divest-or-ban-law-calls-platform-a-national-security-risk/
 
SESAC
 
IFPI v Musi
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/07/29/major-labels-turn-sights-to-musi-app/
 
Job Markets vs AI
https://www.salon.com/2024/07/28/everlasting-jobstoppers-how-an-ai-bot-destroyed-the-online-job-market/?curator=TechREDEF
 
SONOS woes
https://musically.com/2024/07/26/sonos-ceo-apologises-for-new-app-and-promises-more-fixes-ahead/
 
Panels
 
Karen Allen
https://www.digitalhollywood.com/tuesday-seventeen---summer-2024-ai-festival
 
Steve Masur
https://www.digitalhollywood.com/tuesday-four---summer-2024-ai-festival

Apollo's Sony investment looks like a win win win (win). And K-Pop tops the Charts
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Apollo
Sony Music
Spotify
Alexis Lanternier
Deezer
Kamala Harris
Stray Kids
Jimin
Billy Joel
Lollapalooza
 
 
LINKS:
Billy Joel's Epic MSG Run
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/26/arts/music/billy-joel-msg-residency-final-show.html
 
Spotify 1.39 Rods of Insider Stock sales
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/07/26/spotify-stock-selloff-july-2024/
 
Apollo 7 Rods to Sony
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/07/28/apollo-delivers-700m-capital-solution-to-sony-music-group/
 
K-pop Dominates the 200 this week
https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/stray-kids-jimin-debut-billboard-200-chart-k-pop-top-two-albums-first-time-1235741972/
 
Deezer new CEO
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/deezer-appoints-alexis-lanternier-as-its-new-ceo/
 
Kamala Balling out in the Social Game
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/07/26/beyonces-freedom-jumps-1300-following-harris-campaign/
 
Lolla
Https://Lollapalooza.com

Names in the Pod today:
Ezra Sandzer-Bell
Glenn Peoples
Dylan Smith
Proper Music
Riffusion
Hybe
SM
 
 
LINKS
 
AI Developments
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ezra-sandzer-bell_two-big-feature-announcements-from-ai-song-activity-7222224116580282369-aObK?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
 
More K-Pop Soap Opera
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/07/24/hybe-ceo-lee-jae-sang/
 
Half Year Music Stock Report
https://www.billboard.com/pro/music-stocks-midyear-2024-spotify-streamers-up-radio-down/#recipient_hashed=d95b8c0d6ff32fe7a0a24c1cb253f8002951a0f083501b7692d0235e77636a4a&recipient_salt=f2423b9f3d9167e940fed7569125d3529a1527dcfbdd1c61ca0059b3a13b8824
 
More Proper Mess
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/us-court-orders-utopia-music-to-pay-1-9m-to-former-owners-of-lyric-financial/
 
Canadian Strreaming Tax Kerfuffle
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/07/24/music-canada-ceo-streaming-platform-tax-statement/
 
RIP John Mayall
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/23/arts/music/john-mayall-dead.html

Names in the Pod today:
 
Murray Stassen
Glenn Peoples
Blaze James
Cherie Hu
Redd Kross
Michael Nash
 
 
 
LINKS:
 
UMG Earnings
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/universal-music-generated-3-15bn-in-q2-driven-by-top-sellers-taylor-swift-billie-eilish-seventeen-and-more12/
https://www.billboard.com/pro/universal-music-q2-earnings-analysis-uneven-streaming-growth-more/
 
An Innovation Manifesto
https://www.waterandmusic.com/proactive-innovation-in-the-music-business
 
Live Nation venue change request
https://news.pollstar.com/2024/07/24/live-nation-wants-antitrust-case-moved-to-dc-asks-judge-to-ax-amp-charges/
 
Kiev-chella!
https://news.pollstar.com/2024/07/23/ukraines-largest-music-festival-returns-with-a-break-from-the-inescapable-reality-of-war/

Names in The Pod Today:
 
Spotify
Megan Thee Stallion
Charlie XCX
Roy Ayers
Kamala Harris
Childish Gambino
 
 
Viral Wednesday Links
 
Spotify Earnings
https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=341994&title=SPOTIFYS-Q2-PROFIT-SETS-RECORD
https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-bundling-ultra-premium-tier-record-payouts-q2-earnings-call/
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/daniel-ek-talks-new-spotify-deluxe-tier-price-hikes-the-companys-relationship-with-the-music-industry-and-more-on-q2-earnings-call12/
 
Kamala Viral
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/22/arts/music/kamala-harris-charli-xcx-taylor-swift-endorsements.html
 
Kamala Vinyl
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/vice-president-kamala-harris-vinyl-records-haul-1235325660/
 
Mamushi Supernova
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/how-megan-thee-stallion-s-mamushi-is-going-viral-on-tiktok/
 
Sevdaliza Alibi
https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/sevdaliza-enlists-pabllo-vitar-and-yseult-for-her-new-single-alibi
 
Lithonia
https://www.tiktok.com/@childishstanbino/video/7394531091777965342?q=lithonia&t=1721828475930