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Mighty winds; No Pablo, no Cruise, and Howie Singer has an axe to grind.

Howie Singer has a theory about Sora 2's Opt-in Pivot.
 
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Names In Today's Pod:
Howie Singer
Live Nation
J.R. Lind
Dave Brooks
NIVA
The Kingston Trio
The Greek Theater
Pablo Cruise
Cristopher Cross
OpenAI
 
LINKS:
Nice try Live Nation.
https://news.pollstar.com/2025/10/07/supreme-court-rejects-live-nation-appeal-in-ticketing-antitrust-case/
NIVA's Cool Map
https://www.nivassoc.org/stateoflive/state-reports
Don't Mess With The Kingston Trio
https://www.billboard.com/pro/kingston-trio-promoter-lawsuit-ticketmaster-city-la-corrupt/
Yacht Rock sinks in Cabo
https://sunsetfestcabo.com/
Howie Singer: Author Professor, Digital OG
https://www.linkedin.com/in/howiesinger/
 
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Sora opts out of opt-out, tweaks of the week, and olds rule the viral verse.

Sora 2 Opts out of Opt Out and is Zach Bryan the new Kimmel?
 
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Names in the pod today:
OpenAI
Sora 2
Kristin Robinson
Andrew Hutchinson
Youtube
Snap
Threads
Zach Bryan
Concetta Kirschner (Princess Superstar)
 
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Links:
Kristin Robinson Got Sora 2 and we are Jelly
https://www.billboard.com/pro/sora-2-music-industry-pay-attention-ai-social-app/
TikTok Cements its creator base
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-expands-creator-subscription-payouts-us-canada/801996/
Threads comes at Snap
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/threads-tests-ghost-posts-that-auto-delete-24-hours/802289/
Youtube Media Kit seems worth a look
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/youtube-adds-media-kit-public-to-member-live-streams-extend-with-ai/802277/
Europe deals with Political ads
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-cuts-off-political-ads-europe-new-regulations/802154/
Zach Bryan Angers MAGA
https://variety.com/2025/music/news/zach-bryan-responds-song-nonpartisan-neither-radical-sides-1236542711/
Princess Superstar Is our Viral Old
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/opinion/princess-superstar-rock-aging-perfect.html
 
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https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos 
 
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AI's detachable penis issue, Spotify's Dip, and Music for Pandorans.

How King Missile foretold AI Training data issues
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Virginie Berger
Sora 2
Glenn Peoples
Steve Knopper
Alex Norstrom
Gustav Soderstrom
Rebecca Bellan
King Missile
Murray Stassentem Min
Adam Frelon
Sutem Min
#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast
 
LINKS
Spotify New Leadership and stock dip
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/alex-norstrom-has-a-long-to-do-list-as-spotifys-new-co-ceo-heres-whats-on-it/
https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-lost-billions-value-daniel-ek-ceo-succession-news/
Good Luck, Claimy!
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/ai-music-tech-startup-claimy-raises-1-8m-to-tackle-missing-royalty-payments/
Virginie on Sora 2
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/virginieberger_openai-sora-generativeai-activity-7380313906616987648-U_8v?
Detachable Penis
https://youtu.be/byDiILrNbM4?si=Ia67Aryd_afruc5L
AI regulation is not bad
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/05/californias-new-ai-safety-law-shows-regulation-and-innovation-dont-have-to-clash/
Sutem Min is music for Pandorans
https://open.spotify.com/artist/13AIHFM0Zx4Z9bK4pS4yy2?si=2KkjdreFR5Crm0XjWxT6ug
 
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Where is Taylor's mind? 100 voices against UMG-Downtown and Diddy, just this once.

Where is Taylor's Mind?
 
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Names in Today's Pod:
Murray Stassen
Annie Shapiro
Chritopher Gonda
Jason Lipshutz
Keith Caulfield
Ashley King
Taylor Swift
Michael Majster
The Pixies
Diddy
Real Madrid
JDog
AIM
Martin Mills
Charles Caldas
 
LINKS:
TayTay blocks out the sun
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/05/taylor-showgirl-weekend-totals/
https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-the-life-of-a-showgirl-songs-ranked/
https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-life-of-a-showgirl-first-day-sales-debut-week-1236082178/
100 Voices Vs UMG-Downtown...
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/03/universal-music-downtown-100-voices/
...and one for it
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/top-european-music-lawyer-dismisses-umg-downtown-data-concerns-as-fantasy-or-paranoia/
Annie Shapiro says "Be Nice"
https://youtu.be/Rl5Wv9Y3cAM?si=lhhwcrtfSVQDLBAx
 
Pick of the week: JDog does good work.
https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-life-of-a-showgirl-first-day-sales-debut-week-1236082178/
 
 
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Wonky tech makes it rain, new rev streams, and Abba's bull case

New rev streams on the march!
 
Names in the pod today:
Fortnite
Netflix
Spotify
Charlie Hellman
David Kaefer
Stuart Dredge
Audioshake
Abba
Ashley King
Pleasrdao
Jason M. Bradford
Andrew Vail
Wu Tang
Howie Singer
Devo
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LINKS:
FortniteXDemon Hunters
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/netflixs-kpop-demon-hunters-joins-fortnite-with-month-long-gaming-event/
More Spotify Changes
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/01/spotify-exec-david-kaefer-out/
AI deals are nigh and I'm here for it.
https://musically.com/2025/10/02/report-umg-and-wmg-could-sign-landmark-ai-deals-within-weeks/
Wu Tang Innovates again
https://www.jenner.com/en/news-insights/publications/client-alert-once-upon-a-time-in-trade-secret-law-federal-judge-expands-trade-secret-protection-to-wu-tang-clan-album-opening-new-strategies-for-exclusive-assets
Abba Voyage generates 1.13 Rods
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/abba-voyage-generated-113m-in-2024-as-demand-for-virtual-concert-series-stayed-strong-in-third-year/
Audioshake's series A
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/01/audioshake-series-a/
 
Song Of the Week: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=41e03f8e6a094863
 
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Bunny Bashers, update your references! Sora 2's thundering hordes; Jack McCarthy has an axe to grind

Jack McCarthy has an axe to grind about money left on the table.
 
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Names In Today's Pod:
OpenAI
Dylan Smith
Leila Cobo
Bad Bunny
Katie Bain
Rob Della Bovie
Jack McCarthy
IndieX
 
LINKS:
OpenAI's Video Land Grab
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/30/sora-2-opt-out-option/
Bud Bunny is American AF
https://www.billboard.com/pro/bad-bunny-puerto-rico-residency-behind-the-scenes/
Private Jets can be useful
https://www.billboard.com/pro/private-jets-music-artist-tours-costs-impact/
Jack McCarthy has an Axe to Grind
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackmccarthy1991/
 
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Thirsty robot hype beasts in a shark infested bathhouse.

Social Media is a big pool with big predators.
#thirsty #robot #hypebeasts
 
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Names in the pod today:
OpenAI
Daniel Ek
Gustav Soderstrom
Alex Nordstrom
Andrew Hutchinson
Murray Stassen
Rebecca Bellan
Adobe
Meta
Threads
 
 
#musicindustry #podcast
 
Links: 
Ek Steps Up
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/daniel-ek-to-step-away-from-ceo-role-at-spotify-will-become-executive-chairman-effective-january-1-2026/
OpenAI Comes at Shopping
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/29/openai-takes-on-google-amazon-with-new-agentic-shopping-system/
...and vies to be the biggest shark in the bathhouse.
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/openai-readies-tiktok-style-app-but-is-exclusive-for-ai-generated-content-report/
But the biggest Shark is Insta
ttps://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/instagram-reaches-3-billion-users-ui-update/761038/
Threads Catches X
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/data-suggests-threads-will-soon-overtake-x-formerly-twitter-in-active-users/761326/
Premiere is late to the mobile party.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/adobes-video-editing-app-premiere-arrives-on-iphones/
Easykid is Viral
https://www.tiktok.com/music/Shiny-7523407498310355717
So is Her Words Kill
https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-dissociatedfilth-7486799940300475166
And the Magnetic Fields
https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7240629734898879275
 
 
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AI, A2IM and Rick Morales has an Axe to Grind.

Thanks to the very Viral Rick Morales for grinding his sharp axe.
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Rick Morales
Virgines Berger
Richard James Burgess
Nabil Ayers
Ian Harrsion
Sound Patrol
A2IM
Daft Punk
Fortnite
Suno
Robert Levine
 
#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast
 
LINKS
A2IM's New CEO
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7378460656297017345/
Daft Fortnite
https://www.fortnite.com/@epic/daft-punk-experience?lang=en-US
Virginie Berger on Sound Patrol
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/virginieberger_big-move-today-soundpatrol-with-umg-and-activity-7377368997530550272-rQ_5?
Suno Product Updates
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-launches-its-own-daw-after-introducing-most-powerful-model-yet/
Rob Levine on GEMA's OpenAI Suit
https://www.billboard.com/pro/ai-music-trial-openai-lyrics-case-germany-explained/
Rick Morales is our Axegrinder
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7368655194957488131/
 
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Roman numerals, orders of magnitude, and sweet deals.

Its a very Math-y Monday.
 
Names in Today's Pod:
Dan Rys
Bad Bunny
Zach Bryan
Ashley King
TikTok
Bytedance
The MLC
Ticketmaster
Murray Stassen
Spotify
Lauren Forristal
Devo
Joe Lynch
Gerald V. Casale
ACL
IEBA
 
 
 
LINKS:
Bad Bunny Is as American as Morgan Wallen
https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-2026-headliner-1236077527/
Jack Antonoff Isn't having it on Ticket Prices
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/26/jack-antonoff-michael-rapino-comments/
TikTok USA is a sweet deal
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/26/heres-whats-happening-right-now-with-the-us-tiktok-deal/
Bundlegate resurfaces
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/mlc-can-file-amended-complaint-in-bundling-lawsuit-against-spotify-court-says/
 
ACL
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IEBA
https://www.ieba.org/
 
Pick of the week:
Devo is relevant and excellent.
https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/devo-tour-netflix-documentary-interview-1236074057/
 
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