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Biden Bites Bytedance
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tiktok-ceo-says-we-arent-going-anywhere-after-president-biden-signs-divest-or-ban-bill-into-law2/
 
Madison Square Garden
https://www.billboard.com/business/touring/madison-square-garden-headlining-acts-2024-1235662382/
 
VMAS on Long Island
https://news.pollstar.com/2024/04/24/ubs-arena-tapped-to-host-2024-mtv-vmas/
 
Resnikoff on Festivals
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-music-festivals/?mc_cid=d0bd10dc75&mc_eid=e6e936dd58
 
Drew Carey Come on Down
https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/drew-carey-first-phish-show-sphere-met-god-after-midnight-1235665947/
 
 

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Spotify
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-subscribers-grew-by-3m-to-239m-in-q1-as-company-posts-biggest-ever-quarterly-profit/
 
Senate/TikTok
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/senate-passes-bill-that-forces-tiktok-owner-to-sell-app-or-face-ban-in-u-s/ar-AA1nzN3J
 
Billboard TikTok 50
https://www.billboard.com/charts/tiktok-billboard-top-50/
 
Spotify Viral 50 USA
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZEVXbKuaTI1Z1Afx?si=cd614cf435034aae
 
 

Elephants Trading Blows
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/hipgnosis-song-bares-its-teeth-over-call-option-with-hipgnosis-songs-fund/
 
AI Training
http://copyright.nova.edu/openai/
https://www.billboard.com/pro/ai-music-companies-license-works-train-guest-column/
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-pathway-to-a-robust-framework-for-the-safe-development-of-ai-is-not-an-aspiration-it-is-a-necessity
 
Alphabeats
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jorritdevries_alphabeats-partners-with-feedfm-to-soundtrack-activity-7187117781857759232--9ioutm_source=share&utm_medium=member_iosQ
 
Triller?
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tiktok-rival-triller-to-merge-with-hong-kongs-agba-creating-4-billion-social-media-and-financial-services-company12/
 
NFTS
https://musically.com/2024/04/19/sound-of-fractures-wants-tokens-to-re-imagine-our-relationship-with-music/
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture-council/articles/how-artists-can-navigate-the-cult-crypto-and-nfts-1235006125/
 
Solar Vinyl
https://www.billboard.com/business/business-news/solar-powered-vinyl-factory-audiodrome-open-1235662402/

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Taylor Smashes Records:
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/04/21/taylor-swift-ttpd-spotify-most-streamed-album-one-day/?mc_cid=0adb85f2d6&mc_eid=e6e936dd58
 
BillBoard TikTok Politics
https://www.billboard.com/pro/tiktok-universal-talking-congress-decide-fate/
 
The Three Body Problem explained
https://www.vox.com/culture/24108638/3-body-problem-science-physics-theory-explained-how-real-is-it
 
Tik Tok Taylor
https://www.billboard.com/business/tech/taylor-swift-tiktok-promo-campaign-1235661359/
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/taylor-swifts-return-to-tiktok-includes-an-in-app-experience-for-the-tortured-poets-department-with-first-of-its-kind-features/
 
NMPA-Spotify
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/nmpa-accuses-spotify-of-attacking-songwriters-as-it-changes-how-it-pays-mechanical-royalties-in-the-us/

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Hipgnosis Drama
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/04/18/hipgnosis-songs-fund-stock-price-jump/?mc_cid=8b15b06c9f&mc_eid=e6e936dd58
 
Cutting Edge Raises 5 Rods
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/cutting-edge-secures-500m-to-fund-music-rights-acquisitions/
 
UMG's Books Explained
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/universal-music-group-generated-51-of-2023-recorded-music-annual-report/
 
Believe Deal Going through
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/believes-board-backs-takeover-bid-from-ladegaillerie-led-consortium1/
 
Bootleg Merch is Killing the Record Industry
https://www.billboard.com/pro/bootleg-music-merch-ripping-off-artists-taylor-swift-kiss/
 

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Coachella and Festivals
https://news.pollstar.com/2024/04/12/is-the-festival-market-soft-are-genre-fests-the-future/
 
StubHub IPO
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/stubhub-eyeing-ipo-aiming-for-165b-valuation-report/ar-BB1lFZva
 
Justice Dept/Live Nation
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/04/16/justice-department-live-nation-antitrust-lawsuit/
 
AXS/TikTok
https://news.pollstar.com/2024/04/16/tiktok-axs-announce-global-ticketing-partnership/
 

Belloni on Taylor
Article in his email (paywalled)
https://puck.news/newsletters/what-im-hearing/?_cio_id=f6c60601cbc201fcac03
 
Mnuchin
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/04/16/steve-mnuchin-tiktok-takeover/?mc_cid=7b30c4ef46&mc_eid=e6e936dd58
 
Billboard TikTok 50
https://www.billboard.com/charts/tiktok-billboard-top-50/
 
Spotify Viral 50
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZEVXbLiRSasKsNU9
 
Cindy James
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/cindy-james-promoted-to-general-manager-of-virgin-music-group-north-america/
 

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Anne Steel on Taylor TikTok
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/taylor-swift-songs-return-tiktok-9febcf85?
 
Berger On Udio
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/udio-llms-fair-use-push-ai-laws-virginie-berger-r07oc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&utm_campaign=share_via
 
Rolling Stone on Udio
 
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/udio-ai-music-chatgpt-suno-1235001675/
 
Kevin Roose on AI Standards
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/technology/ai-models-measurement.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
 
Billboard on The ELVIS Act
 
https://www.billboard.com/pro/elvis-act-legal-experts-opinion-tennessee-ai-law-conseqences/
 
The Verge Spotify Hack
 
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128584/spotify-music-pro-lossless-audio
 

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Taylor TikTok
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/taylor-swift-has-a-laudable-history-of-standing-up-to-big-tech-tiktok/
 
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/04/11/taylor-swift-back-on-tiktok-universal-music-group/
 
Label Market Share
https://www.billboard.com/business/record-labels/record-label-market-share-q1-2024-universal-warner-1235655068/
 
ByteDance Earnings
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/04/11/bytedances-2023-profits-surge-60-to-40-billion-report-shows
 
Beyond Yandel
https://www.billboard.com/business/business-news/yandel-sells-catalog-beyond-music-first-latin-deal-1235654221/
 
Superfans Again
https://www.billboard.com/pro/secret-selling-superfans-ask-grateful-dead-k-pop/
 
CAA Tea Leaves
https://www.billboard.com/business/business-news/caa-new-managing-directors-agency-board-1235654494/
 
Old School Managers
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/04/08/scooter-braun-and-the-twilight-of-the-music-manager
 
 
 
No Doubt Coachella
https://www.musictimes.com/articles/102385/20240414/coachella-2024-no-doubt-gwen-stefani-reunion-triumph.htm
 
 
 
 

Finance Friday LINKS:
Trillions Podcast: David Schulhof https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trillions/id1318276878?i=1000652118932
Spotify
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-plans-to-let-subscribers-speed-up-songs-and-pay-rightsholders-when-those-modified-tracks-are-streamed-report/
Udio
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/new-ai-powered-instant-music-making-app-udio-raises-10m-launches-with-backing-from-will-i-am-common-unitedmasters-a16z/
EVEN
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/superfan-app-even-launches-with-10000-artists-onboarded-in-app-sales-to-count-towards-billboard-charts/
Superfan Challenges
https://www.billboard.com/pro/reaching-music-superfans-wont-be-easy/
VEVO Africa:
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/amapiano-and-afrobeats-videos-saw-nearly-4-billion-global-views-on-vevo-in-2023/
Khruangbin
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/magazine/khruangbin-mood-music.html
Dan WIlson
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/im-not-going-to-get-embarrassed-or-feel-awkward-if-someone-begins-weeping-when-they-start-talking-about-a-story-that-becomes-a-song-if-they-start-to-cry-i-dont-try-to-stop-that/