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Unlimited Supply is your daily music tech and business TL/DR. It’s the industry’s only daily audio briefing. In five minutes you’ll know what should be paying attention to in the Business, Technology and Finance of Music. Music and Industry news are superabundant, and someone needs to sift though that unlimited supply of information for you every day. That’s where Unlimited Supply comes in. Presented by Nodisc and RoyFi.
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Episodes
Thursday Sep 12, 2024
Thursday Sep 12, 2024
Trigger Cities is a great concept.
Names in the Pod today:
Chappell Roan
Andreas Katsambas
Chaz Jenkins
Josh Rouse
Michael Rapino
Goldman Sachs
Mondo.nyc (Discount code in the Pod)
LINKS:
Trigger Warning
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/09/10/chartmetric-trigger-cities-report/
Chappell's Scourge of touts
https://www.billboard.com/pro/chappell-roan-ticket-scalpers-fight-strategy-help-fans/
Climate Change Matters
https://www.billboard.com/pro/hollywood-bowl-power-cancels-vance-joy-show-heat-related-power-outage/
Josh Rouse House Show
https://www.hamiltonparkhouseconcerts.com/events1/josh-rouse
Wednesday Sep 11, 2024
Wednesday Sep 11, 2024
Camus, Sartre, and TikTok...
Names in The Pod Today:
Mark Williams
Margi Cheske
Alexander Howard
Ashley Carman
Andrew Hutchinson
Viral Wednesday Links
Concord's New Label structure
https://www.billboard.com/pro/concord-records-fantasy-records-merge-co-presidents-named/
SOcial Media Existentialism
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/opinion/telegram-tiktok-x-social-media.html
https://www.billboard.com/pro/concord-records-fantasy-records-merge-co-presidents-named/
TikTok Congressional briefing
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/transcripts-reveal-notes-tiktoks-us-security-risk/726512/
TikTok Ban less Popular
https://musically.com/2024/09/09/research-claims-americans-support-for-a-tiktok-ban-is-waning/
New Mexico Sues Snapchat
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/snapchat-faces-lawsuit-new-mexico-over-failure-protect-young-users/726382/
Forms Get Longer Video
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/report-highlights-key-video-content-trends-2024/726127/
Forms Get Longer Audio
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-09-05/podcasters-ditch-short-episodes-for-four-hour-conversations?srnd=undefined
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug
Tuesday Sep 10, 2024
Tuesday Sep 10, 2024
Names in the Pod Today:
Roblox
Tracy Chan
Splash
Styngr
iPhone
RoyFi
Vistex
Last Night's Party
Anthropic
Concord Music
Virginie Berger
Paul Sweeting
Tech Tuesday Links
A bouncing baby charts
https://www.billboard.com/pro/roblox-gaming-platform-launch-music-charts-music-biz-wary/
Apple Middle Age
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/9/24237601/apple-iphone-16-event-announcements-products
RoyFi and Vistex: Together at Last
https://a2im.org/ams-royfi-vistex-partnership
The AI Open goes to five sets
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/universal-concord-and-abkco-slam-anthropics-motion-to-dismiss-say-ai-company-is-trying-to-stall-copyright-case/
Virginie Berger on the case...
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/legal-experts-challenge-ais-fair-use-claims-virginie-berger-p0e6c/
The Scary NY Times Deepfake quiz.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/09/09/technology/ai-video-deepfake-runway-kling-quiz.html
https://www.mondo.nyc/ (Discount code in the Pod)
Monday Sep 09, 2024
Monday Sep 09, 2024
So many names in the pod today!! Everybody...in the pod!
Names In Today's Pod:
Brady Brickner-Wood
Ben Sisario
Warner Bailey
Seth Dudowsky
Jim Turner
Gordon Murray
Rob Levine
Elias Leight
Silvio Pietrolongo
Boomy
Indiehitmaker
The MLC
Ben Sisario
Larry Miller
Sasha Weiss
Mondo.nyc (Discount code in the Pod)
LINKS:
Kendrick Spikes it
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kendrick-lamar-2025-super-bowl-halftime-show-headliner-1235769728/
Drake Not so Much
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/how-drake-lost-the-plot
How the Super Bowl Halftime show works
https://assistantsvsagents.beehiiv.com/p/industry-connection-85b4
Retail Spam debated
https://www.billboard.com/pro/how-digital-album-sales-affecting-charts/
AI streaming fraud news
https://www.billboard.com/pro/ai-music-streaming-fraud-case-boomy-ceo-listed-co-writer-songs/
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/09/05/music-streaming-fraud-case-co-conspirator-details/
The Music "Vibecession"
https://www.billboard.com/pro/music-vibecession-why-no-one-cheering-record-growth/
The Times on Oasis
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/06/arts/music/oasis-reunion-tour-tickets.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
The Prince Movie
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/08/magazine/prince-netflix-ezra-edelman-documentary.html
The Disney Succession Drama
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/08/business/media/disney-bob-iger-chapek.html
Friday Sep 06, 2024
Friday Sep 06, 2024
Names in the pod today:
Boomy
Ticketmaster
Jess Weatherbed
Adam Lowenberg
Glenn Peoples
Bob Lefsetz
Min Hee-Jin
English Teacher
Gang of Four
The Mekons
Leeds United
LINKS
Two Front War for TM
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/uk-competition-regulator-launches-investigation-into-ticketmaster-over-oasis-concert-sales12/
AI drinks your milkshake
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/uk-competition-regulator-launches-investigation-into-ticketmaster-over-oasis-concert-sales12/
WMG BBB
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/09/05/warner-music-group-fetches-a-decent-bbb-idr-rating/
Min Moves the share price
UP
https://www.billboard.com/pro/hybe-shares-rise-ador-ceo-replaced/
Down
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/min-hee-jin-rejects-newjeans-producer-role-after-hybe-ousts-her-as-ador-ceo/
Primary Wave X Ric Ocasek
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/primary-wave-strikes-multi-million-dollar-publishing-deal-with-estate-of-the-cars-frontman-ric-ocasek/
Yorkshire Mercury Pudding
https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/sep/05/english-teacher-are-worthy-mercury-winners-but-the-question-of-the-prizes-future-hangs-heavy
Thursday Sep 05, 2024
Thursday Sep 05, 2024
Heroes and Goats today...
Keir Starmer
Lisa Nandy
Jess Weatherfield
Richard Smirke
Rania Aniftos
Sigal Ratner Arias
Gideon Gottfried
Names in the Pod today:
LINKS:
Songs of the Summer
https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/sabrina-carpenter-espresso-number-one-global-song-of-the-summer-2024-1235766400/
https://www.billboard.com/lists/songs-of-summer-chart-history/
Hero of the week
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/09/04/chappell-roan-cancels-tickets-for-tennessee-concert/
Goats (Not GOATS) of the Week
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/2/24234149/oasis-reunion-tour-tickets-dynamic-pricing-probe-uk
https://www.billboard.com/pro/oasis-dynamic-ticket-pricing-backlash-reunion-tour-uk/
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/oasis-two-more-wembley-shows-reunion-1235767275/
UK Soft at the Roots
https://news.pollstar.com/2024/09/04/uk-biz-valued-at-8-billion-as-grassroots-sector-struggles/
Xmas in October
https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/maduro-moves-christmas-october-1-venezuela-1235765874/
Wednesday Sep 04, 2024
Wednesday Sep 04, 2024
Names in The Pod Today:
CT Jones
Larry Miller
Evan Bogart
Tatiana Cirisano
Lylette Pizzarro
Meta
Bytedance
Viral Wednesday Links
Meta digs into the Meta crates
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/instagrams-exploring-music-sharing-process-via-spotify/725445/
ByteDance Cozies up to US Banks
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-02/bytedance-eyes-9-5-billion-in-record-asia-dollar-corporate-loan?embedded-checkout=true
It's Christmas in September
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-publishes-guide-2024-holiday-marketing/725304/
Influencing is Hard
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/tiktok-become-a-creator-we-tried-it-1235077527/
Musonomics and the Next-Gen Publishers
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/musonomics/id985799104
Skinner and Pink Floyd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyepHQggmQk
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
You can learn a lot installing a router for you mother-in-law...
Names in the Pod Today:
Glenn Peoples
Joseph Perla
Fancircles
Hangout.fm
Anthropic
Concord Music
Tim Ingham
William Packer
Fan Circles
SM Entertainment
LG
Sonos
Ashley King
Tech Tuesday Links
I buried the lede Friday
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/this-analyst-has-watched-universal-music-group-closely-for-years-and-hasnt-always-been-mega-positive-he-just-upgraded-umgs-stock-for-the-second-time-in-a-year/
Anthropic Stiff Arm
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/27/anthropic-fires-back-against-music-publisher-injunction-demand/
LG/SM World Building
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sm-entertainment-and-lg-uplus-collaborate-on-ai-driven-content-for-virtual-artist-naevis/
Turntable FM Raises 8.2M
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/turntable-labs-raises-8-2m-to-launch-social-music-streaming-platform-hangout/
Sonos Borked Up
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/30/sonos-app-not-working-are-they-fixing-it/
Friday Aug 30, 2024
Friday Aug 30, 2024
Bundlegate is not over and a big week at BMG...
Names in the pod today:
Daniel Tencer
Dave Brooks
Thomas Coesfeld
Celine Joshua
David Schulhof
Bill Ackman
Rory McIlroy
Ed Christman
LINKS
Spotify More Bundlegate
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/28/spotify-bundles-mlc-lawsuit/
RIAA First Half
https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=342442&title=RIAA%253A-BIZ-GENERATED-%25248.7B-IN-FIRST-HALF-OF-%25E2%2580%259924
BMG Results and Celine Joshua
https://www.billboard.com/pro/bmg-earnings-h1-2024-revenue-up-ceo-changes-paying-off/
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/28/bmg-earnings-h1-2024/
https://www.billboard.com/pro/celine-joshua-bmg-evp-global-marketing/
Beggars and XL
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/29/beggars-group-2023-financials/
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/xl-recordings-posted-a-12-8m-profit-last-year-despite-only-releasing-8-new-albums/
MUSQ
https://www.billboard.com/pro/etf-fund-musq-invest-music-industry-how-its-doing/?curator=MusicREDEF
Ackman
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/bill-ackman-unworried-by-universal-music-group-subscription-revenue-blip1234/
Tickpick Rory McIlroy
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/xl-recordings-posted-a-12-8m-profit-last-year-despite-only-releasing-8-new-albums/
Thursday Aug 29, 2024
Thursday Aug 29, 2024
Are tour cancellations actually healthy?
Names in the Pod today:
Stephen Parker
#Oasis
Ticketmaster
Yelp
Ticket
NIVA
#The Struts
Ashley King
LINKS:
More Tour Cancellations
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/23/more-tour-cancellations-financial-problems-2024/
OASIS Ticket fun
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/28/ticketmaster-limits-oasis-reunion-shows/
Hits Moves toward Live
https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=342402
Global Citizen batteries
https://news.pollstar.com/2024/08/28/showpower-global-b-v-battery-powers-global-citizen-festival-2024/
Yelp Yikes
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/28/yelp-shuts-down-secondary-ticketing-platform/
The Struts Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-struts-life/id1752548164