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Change at UMG Nashville, upward distribution coffee, and Sonos, or the federal government?

Congrats Mike Harris!
 
Names in the pod today:
Mike Harris
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
Tom Conrad
Sonos
Chris Welch
Tim Ingham
Spotify
Warner Music Group
Robert Kyncl
Golnar Khosrowshahi
Reservoir Media
Matt Adell
Stuart Dredge
Wing Fai Ng
Triller
Musical AI
Cindy Mabe
 
 
 
LINKS:
Sonos - Fix the App!
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/04/sonos-video-streaming-box/
https://www.theverge.com/news/607022/sonos-february-layoffs-app-problems
Upward Coffee
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-major-record-companies-lost-market-share-again-on-spotify-last-year-but-bmg-and-artist-centric-royalties-make-this-a-more-complicated-picture-than-it-first-appears/
Reservoir Good News
https://www.billboard.com/pro/reservoir-media-revenue-2025-increases-full-year-guidance/
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-major-record-companies-lost-market-share-again-on-spotify-last-year-but-bmg-and-artist-centric-royalties-make-this-a-more-complicated-picture-than-it-first-appears/
50M for Triller
https://musically.com/2025/02/04/triller-raises-50m-funding-in-effort-to-outlast-tiktok/
Sovereign wealth again
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/04/trump-creates-sovereign-wealth-fund-ahead-of-tiktok-deal/
Congrats Mike Harris!
https://www.billboard.com/pro/cindy-mabe-exits-universal-music-group-nashville-ceo/
Alice Chater Hangout RSVP
https://partiful.com/e/K99GrvCbdKXsCPvRumAY
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.FM
Hangout.fm
 
LA fire resources
Ian Cunningham
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/iancunn_feels-odd-to-share-this-on-linkedin-but-trying-activity-7284674854086156289-xTFw
Running list
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/09/los-angeles-fire-relief-musicares/
https://musicares.org/donations
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jyJ-NM2qP-iRk1LJ8l3dc7e0M3IhHlo3E7Agvo9JOAQ/htmlview?at&fbclid=IwY2xjawHt_6hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXN3-Q2mmAkiflQ9P2fOUWx0AVBTyFa9FBbWvp7YmSfy9Zv1Uy5eT4XKCA_aem_XkNGZvPvtrq02-bMe6Y9LA
Stream these folks to help them
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tLN23Ens9S8wxl4A7fbN5ojQ_xCMRXfbxQw1JRGfYac/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Max Bernstein might be able to find you a place to stay
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mberns01_musicindustry-airtable-activity-7285062707056181248-x1Wn?

The Ticket Act Resurrection, Roan Rage, and Fire Aid Raises a Rod.

Roan Rage?
 
 
Names in the Pod today:
 
Katie Bain
Dave Brooks
Jeff Rabhan
Robert Kyncl
Warner Music Group
Allison Moore
Tracy Chan
Jason Jordan
Joel T. Jordan
Bruce Houghton
 
 
LINKS:
Warner X Spotify
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/warner-music-group-and-spotify-ink-new-deal-overriding-controversial-crb-bundling-payment-structure-in-the-us/
Jeff's Roan Rage
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/chappell-roan-grammys-speech-misguided-1236128051/
FireAid raises a Rod
https://news.pollstar.com/2025/02/04/fireaid-raises-estimated-100m/
The Ticket Act is Back
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/04/ticket-act-senateq-support-organizations/
https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2025/02/ticket-act-would-legalize-ghost-tickets.html
AnymaXSphere
tps://www.billboard.com/pro/anyma-sphere-residency-how-vegas-concerts-came-together/
A new rehearsal space in St. Lou
https://www.billboard.com/pro/touring-rehearsal-space-st-louis-open-may-2025/
Congrats Allison Moore
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/allisonbmoore_exciting-news-ive-officially-joined-the-activity-7292927462345232385-muAY
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout
Https://hangout.fm
 
LA fire resources
Ian Cunningham
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/iancunn_feels-odd-to-share-this-on-linkedin-but-trying-activity-7284674854086156289-xTFw
Running list
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/09/los-angeles-fire-relief-musicares/
https://musicares.org/donations
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jyJ-NM2qP-iRk1LJ8l3dc7e0M3IhHlo3E7Agvo9JOAQ/htmlview?at&fbclid=IwY2xjawHt_6hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXN3-Q2mmAkiflQ9P2fOUWx0AVBTyFa9FBbWvp7YmSfy9Zv1Uy5eT4XKCA_aem_XkNGZvPvtrq02-bMe6Y9LA
Stream these folks to help them
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tLN23Ens9S8wxl4A7fbN5ojQ_xCMRXfbxQw1JRGfYac/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Max Bernstein might be able to find you a place to stay
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mberns01_musicindustry-airtable-activity-7285062707056181248-x1Wn?

Spotify's goal celebration, UMG's goal celebration, and all quiet on the TikTok front.

It's a power play goal! x2 (Thanks, Sam Rosen!)
 
Names in the pod today:
Spotify
Lucian Grainge
Universal Music Group
Sam Rosen
National Music Publishers Association
Kristin Robinson
Oracle
TikTok
Justin Eshak
Imran Majid
Murray Stassen
Alice Whitaker
 
Links:
Spotify Goal Celly
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-posts-1-5bn-annual-operating-profit-for-2024-as-subscriber-base-grows-to-263m-in-q41/
https://www.billboard.com/pro/nmpa-podcast-takedown-actions-spotify-infringement-songs/
Another Bundlegate skirmish
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/04/nmpa-spotify-infringement-notices/
UMG Goal Celly
https://www.billboard.com/pro/lucian-grainge-umg-new-years-2025-staff-message-read-memo/
Schrödinger in effect
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/04/who-is-wanting-to-buy-tiktok-2025/
Reminder: we don't have a Sovereign -- yet
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/04/trump-creates-sovereign-wealth-fund-ahead-of-tiktok-deal/
Biz as youzh at TikTok
https://musically.com/2025/01/30/tiktok-kicks-off-behind-the-breakthrough-series-with-gigi-perez/
 
 
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug

The 120 hour work week, the copyright office speaks out on AI, and some things I'm okay with.

Some Bureaucracies actually work...
 
Names in the Pod Today:
Lucas Shaw
Tom Corson
Aaron Bay-Schuck
Hangout.fm
Tom Gray
Elon Musk
The US Copyright Office
The Beatles
Kakao
SM entertainment
Caitlin Dewey
MySpace Tom
 
LINKS:
Interview with Tom Corson and the son of Sergeant Enright
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-02-02/how-two-strangers-turned-around-the-home-of-fleetwood-mac-and-madonna?
Hangout gets some love
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/03/hangout-brings-tracks-to-discord/
Congrats to A Gomez Guy
https://ivorsacademy.com/news/tom-gray-re-elected-as-chair-of-the-ivors-academy-there-is-unfinished-business/
The Copyright office weighs in on AI
https://www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Part-2-Copyrightability-Report.pdf
Bealtle AI wins A Grammy
The 120-hour work week. Tim Ferrriss would not approve
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-doge-work-silicon-vallery-grind-culture-2025-2
MySpace Tom is just fine
https://linksiwouldgchatyou.substack.com/p/ground-control-to-myspace-tom
 
 
LA fire resources
Ian Cunningham
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/iancunn_feels-odd-to-share-this-on-linkedin-but-trying-activity-7284674854086156289-xTFw
Running list
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/09/los-angeles-fire-relief-musicares/
https://musicares.org/donations
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jyJ-NM2qP-iRk1LJ8l3dc7e0M3IhHlo3E7Agvo9JOAQ/htmlview?at&fbclid=IwY2xjawHt_6hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXN3-Q2mmAkiflQ9P2fOUWx0AVBTyFa9FBbWvp7YmSfy9Zv1Uy5eT4XKCA_aem_XkNGZvPvtrq02-bMe6Y9LA
Stream these folks to help them
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tLN23Ens9S8wxl4A7fbN5ojQ_xCMRXfbxQw1JRGfYac/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Max Bernstein might be able to find you a place to stay
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mberns01_musicindustry-airtable-activity-7285062707056181248-x1Wn?
 
RoyFi
Https://www.royfi.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm

Grammy cognitive diss-onance, you'd think we could all get along, and, we called it!

Kendrick put the diss in Cognitive Dissonance.
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Tim Ingham
Glenn Peoples
Liz Pelly
Daniel Ek
Steve albini
Keatly Haldeman
Tres Williams
Liz Pelly
 
LINKS:
DMN Grammy Recap
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/02/grammy-awards-winners-losers-snubs/
Young republican deja Vu
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/inauguration-trump-supporters-conservative-movement-post-maga.html
Congrats to The Rights
https://musically.com/2025/01/23/soundstripe-deepens-its-sync-focus-with-the-rights-acquisition/
Artists angry about Spotify
https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-led-music-business-growth-why-artists-angry/
The MLC is not done
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/31/the-mlc-might-appeal-spotify-court-victory/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
 
LA fire resources
 
Running list
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/09/los-angeles-fire-relief-musicares/
https://musicares.org/donations
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jyJ-NM2qP-iRk1LJ8l3dc7e0M3IhHlo3E7Agvo9JOAQ/htmlview?at&fbclid=IwY2xjawHt_6hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXN3-Q2mmAkiflQ9P2fOUWx0AVBTyFa9FBbWvp7YmSfy9Zv1Uy5eT4XKCA_aem_XkNGZvPvtrq02-bMe6Y9LA
Stream these folks to help them
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tLN23Ens9S8wxl4A7fbN5ojQ_xCMRXfbxQw1JRGfYac/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Max Bernstein might be able to find you a place to stay
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mberns01_musicindustry-airtable-activity-7285062707056181248-x1Wn?
Ian Cunningham
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/iancunn_feels-odd-to-share-this-on-linkedin-but-trying-activity-7284674854086156289-xTFw
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.FM
Hangout.fm

ChatGPT turns on its creator. A Sirius decline and Spotify pays out 10 Queeners.

Dr. Altmanstein, I do believe your creation has turned on you...
 
 
Names in the pod today:
Sam Altman
OpenAI
ChatGPT
Deepseek Ai
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
SIriusXM
Dr. Tamay Aykut
Alex Gramatzki
Murray Stassen
Andrew Hampp
Lylette Pizzarro
Larry Miller
 
 
LINKS:
Deepseek has OPenAI in shambles
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/business/openai-deepseek-nightcap/index.html
ChatGPT turns on its creator
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/larsmurray22_ai-trainingdata-music-activity-7290830701237583872-Skxs
Dr. Aykut on Synthetic Data, Part 2
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/synthetic-data-north-star-generative-ai-part-ii-dr-tamay-aykut-mqitc/
SXM's Managed decline. (Sigh)
https://www.billboard.com/pro/siriusxm-2024-earnings-subscriber-revenue-streaming-car-business/
Spotify's Payout Victory Dance
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-paid-out-10-billion-to-the-music-industry-in-2024-a-full-1bn-more-than-in-2023/
What If Netflix built its own Spotify?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alexvongramatzki_netflix-spotify-streaming-activity-7290780313016844289-9T5K?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
$360 Mil for Influence
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/influence-media-partners-raises-360m-in-debt-financing-led-by-goldman-sachs/
Lylette on Musonomics
https://musonomics.com/songwriters-take-the-stage-two-rising-music-publishers/
Congrats Andrew Hampp!
https://variety.com/2025/biz/news/andrew-hampp-managing-director-music-consumer-partnerships-1236288890/
LA fire resources
Ian Cunningham
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/iancunn_feels-odd-to-share-this-on-linkedin-but-trying-activity-7284674854086156289-xTFw
Running list
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/09/los-angeles-fire-relief-musicares/
https://musicares.org/donations
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jyJ-NM2qP-iRk1LJ8l3dc7e0M3IhHlo3E7Agvo9JOAQ/htmlview?at&fbclid=IwY2xjawHt_6hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXN3-Q2mmAkiflQ9P2fOUWx0AVBTyFa9FBbWvp7YmSfy9Zv1Uy5eT4XKCA_aem_XkNGZvPvtrq02-bMe6Y9LA
Stream these folks to help them
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tLN23Ens9S8wxl4A7fbN5ojQ_xCMRXfbxQw1JRGfYac/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Max Bernstein might be able to find you a place to stay
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mberns01_musicindustry-airtable-activity-7285062707056181248-x1Wn?
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.FM
Hangout.fm

A Bundlegate judge judging, nobility noble-ing, and hoovers getting hoovered.

A bundle IS a bundle after all. and big AI gets a taste of its own training medicine
 
Names in the Pod today:
 
Glenn Peoples
Spotify
Amazon Music
Ed Newton-Rex
Baroness Kidron
Ashley King
Dylan Smith
Sam Altman
OpenAI
Deepseek
Paul Resnikoff
Erig Gardner
Vince Amoroso
 
LINKS:
Spotify's Bundlegate win
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/29/mechanical-licensing-collective-spotify-lawsuit-dismissed/
Flat growth at Spotify
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-spotify-individual-flatline-q4
AMazon hikes Music Prices
https://www.billboard.com/pro/amazon-music-raises-prices-unlimited-subscribers-us-uk-canada/
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/amazon-hikes-prices-for-music-unlimited-streaming-service-in-the-us-uk-and-canada/
Lords come in handy
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ed-newton-rex_baroness-kidron-has-done-the-uks-creative-activity-7290363194898796544-Uv04
Hoovers hoovered
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/29/deepseek-ai-model-openai-sam-altman/
https://www.ticketnews.com/2025/01/ticketmaster-argues-that-competition-would-cost-fans-more-money-in-antitrust-suit/
Livenation Headlines
https://www.tipranks.com/news/live-nation-entertainment-makes-absurd-arguments-in-doj-lawsuit
https://www.investing.com/news/company-news/live-nation-stock-hits-alltime-high-of-14129-amid-robust-growth-93CH-3834722
Where to watch FireAId
https://news.pollstar.com/2025/01/28/where-to-watch-fireaid-appletv-amc-theatre-iheartradio-meta-siriusxm-regal-cinema-more/
Congrats Vince!
https://news.pollstar.com/2025/01/29/wasserman-music-announces-5-new-exec-hires/
 
LA fire resources
Ian Cunningham
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/iancunn_feels-odd-to-share-this-on-linkedin-but-trying-activity-7284674854086156289-xTFw
Running list
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/09/los-angeles-fire-relief-musicares/
https://musicares.org/donations
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jyJ-NM2qP-iRk1LJ8l3dc7e0M3IhHlo3E7Agvo9JOAQ/htmlview?at&fbclid=IwY2xjawHt_6hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXN3-Q2mmAkiflQ9P2fOUWx0AVBTyFa9FBbWvp7YmSfy9Zv1Uy5eT4XKCA_aem_XkNGZvPvtrq02-bMe6Y9LA
Stream these folks to help them
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tLN23Ens9S8wxl4A7fbN5ojQ_xCMRXfbxQw1JRGfYac/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Max Bernstein might be able to find you a place to stay
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mberns01_musicindustry-airtable-activity-7285062707056181248-x1Wn?
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout
Https://hangout.fm

A Deepseek-ret, deals on Reels, and inaugurations have consequences.

Influgee Options and AI in Chaos
 
Names in the pod today:
Ashley King
Ivan Mehta
DeepSeek
TikTok
Perplexity
3LAU
Snoop
Andrew Hutchinson
 
Links:
Deepseek disrupts AI
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/business/us-stock-market-deepseek-ai-sp500-nvidia.html
Deals on Reels
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/28/meta-tiktok-influencers-contracts/
X Adds Vertical video
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/24/x-expands-its-vertical-video-feed-to-global-users/
Inaugurations have consequneces
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/27/snoop-dogg-loses-followers-trump-inauguration/
Bluesky adds video
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/bluesky-adds-video-feed-decentralized-tiktok-alternative/737897/
 
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug

Raw power cooked, Cherie Hu has a framework, and Howie Singer grinds his axe.

AI and More AI
 
 
Names in the Pod Today:
Cherie Hu
Water & Music
Howie SInger
Paul McCartney
Ed Newton-Rex
Imran Majid
Justin Eshak
Michael Rapino
 
 
LINKS:
Billboard Power 100
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cheriehu_musicbusiness-musictech-artificialintelligence-activity-7289673512833671168-K8lx?
Cherie Hu's AI Ethics Framework
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/paul-mccartney-addresses-ai-copyright-law-proposal-1235883567/
Sir Paul on AI
https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/dont-let-ai-rip-off-artists-beatles-star-mccartney-warns-uk-government-2025-01-26/
 
LA fire resources
Ian Cunningham
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/iancunn_feels-odd-to-share-this-on-linkedin-but-trying-activity-7284674854086156289-xTFw
Running list
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/09/los-angeles-fire-relief-musicares/
https://musicares.org/donations
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jyJ-NM2qP-iRk1LJ8l3dc7e0M3IhHlo3E7Agvo9JOAQ/htmlview?at&fbclid=IwY2xjawHt_6hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXN3-Q2mmAkiflQ9P2fOUWx0AVBTyFa9FBbWvp7YmSfy9Zv1Uy5eT4XKCA_aem_XkNGZvPvtrq02-bMe6Y9LA
Stream these folks to help them
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tLN23Ens9S8wxl4A7fbN5ojQ_xCMRXfbxQw1JRGfYac/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Max Bernstein might be able to find you a place to stay
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mberns01_musicindustry-airtable-activity-7285062707056181248-x1Wn?
 
RoyFi
Https://www.royfi.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm

Grammy week kumbaya, Bundlegate affirmed, and a turn for pop?

We are moving the music industry culture, one catchphrase at a time.
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Tim Ingham
Robert Levine
Wes Davis
Lucian Grainge
Universal Music
Universal Music Publishing
Daniel Ek
Glenn Peoples
Spotify
TikiTok
Oracle
Larry Ellison
Microsoft
MIDEM
Raine Group
SiriusXM
Jennifer Witz
 
LINKS:
 
Hey Tim, there's no Hyphen in Bundlegate!
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/universal-music-group-spotify-royalty-discount-bundle-audiobooks/
TikTok Takeover?
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/25/24351973/oracle-microsoft-tiktok-takeover-deal
Spotify All time high
https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-share-price-new-high-music-stocks-2025-strong/
Pop turning right?
https://www.billboard.com/pro/trump-inauguration-politics-pulling-pop-music-right/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
 
LA fire resources
 
Running list
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/09/los-angeles-fire-relief-musicares/
https://musicares.org/donations
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jyJ-NM2qP-iRk1LJ8l3dc7e0M3IhHlo3E7Agvo9JOAQ/htmlview?at&fbclid=IwY2xjawHt_6hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXN3-Q2mmAkiflQ9P2fOUWx0AVBTyFa9FBbWvp7YmSfy9Zv1Uy5eT4XKCA_aem_XkNGZvPvtrq02-bMe6Y9LA
Stream these folks to help them
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tLN23Ens9S8wxl4A7fbN5ojQ_xCMRXfbxQw1JRGfYac/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Max Bernstein might be able to find you a place to stay
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mberns01_musicindustry-airtable-activity-7285062707056181248-x1Wn?
Ian Cunningham
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/iancunn_feels-odd-to-share-this-on-linkedin-but-trying-activity-7284674854086156289-xTFw