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Inflation adjusted hype, two weeks in one, and the internet is for porn.

The Wisdom of Avenue Q is eternal...
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Ted Gioia
Daniel Ek
Ashley Carman
Kyle Barr
Mandy Dalugdug
Winter Music Conference
Miami Music Week
Ultra Music Festival
BillBoard Women In Music
 
LINKS:
Inflation Adjusted Hype
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ted-gioia-338597_question-what-happens-when-you-adjust-music-activity-7308904561858031617-dxP4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAAAC_y4Bj_55MYX2ryKaHuxhU84V4OgAAeM
Spotify Is for Porn
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-20/porn-on-spotify-is-infiltrating-the-streaming-service-s-top-podcast-charts?srnd=undefined
https://gizmodo.com/spotify-is-blocking-porn-that-rises-to-top-of-podcasts-2000579307
A Creator Friendly AI decision
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/21/ai-generated-works-cannot-be-copyrighted-in-the-us-court-of-appeals-rules/     
The Great Spotify Cash Out Continues
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/20/nmpa-spotify-criticism-stock-sales/
Miami Music Week
 
RoyFi
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Open kimonos, queeners and rods for newbies, and Mexico conquers Australia.

Welcome to all the new listeners this week! We explain some of our shorthand.
 
Names in the pod today:
IFPI
Dylan Smith
Jamie Marconette
Isabela Raygoza
QoBuz
Dan Mackta
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
STEM
Paul Resnikoff
Primary Wave
Tencent
Deezer
 
 
 
LINKS:
DMN on IFPI
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/19/global-music-industry-revenue-2024
The IFPI full preort
https://globalmusicreport.ifpi.org/
Mexico Conquers Australia https://www.billboard.com/pro/mexico-top-10-global-music-market-ifpi-report/
Qobuz opens the kimono
https://www.billboard.com/pro/qobuz-releases-per-stream-royalty-rate-streaming-platform/
Song value now vs 1999
https://www.billboard.com/pro/how-much-hit-song-worth-today-1999-analysis/
One Rod for Stem
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/20/concord-stem-acquisition-price/
Two Rods for Biggie
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/20/primary-wave-notorious-big-catalog-2/
TenCent Earnings
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/18/tencent-music-earnings-q4-2024
Deezer Earnings
https://www.billboard.com/pro/deezer-2024-earnings-revenue/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.FM
Hangout.fm
Park Slope Divorce Show
https://partiful.com/e/usAXNMM80wQ8MVcYBDqt

Trained chimps, Neil, Beyonce, and a thin line.

"No conflict, no interest" means I can shill my actual own indie rock show Saturday Night.
 
Names in the Pod today:
Dave Brooks
Nicole Halimpoor
Bob Allen
Pollstar
LiveNation
Nancy Nicholson
 
LINKS:
Neil Rejects Platinum Tickets
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/17/neil-young-abandons-platinum-tickets-calls-it-fan-exploitation/
Bey Sells a Wagonload of Tickets
https://www.billboard.com/pro/beyonce-cowboy-carter-tour-ticket-sales-prices/
PollStar Q1 Report
https://news.pollstar.com/2025/03/18/q1-analysis-data-points-to-another-mixed-year-following-post-pandemic-golden-age/
DOJ v LiveNation rolls on
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/16/live-nation-doj-antitrust-battle-trump/
Anyma at The Sphere
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/19/anyma-the-end-of-genesys-stage-production-sphere-las-vegas/
 
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
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The craft beer strategy, swarming TikTok bees and dunking on Drake.

Music May not be so recession-proof this time.
 
Names in the pod today:
Mark Mulligan
Emma Roth
Andrew Hutchinson
RIAA
@privden2
 
Links:
US Recording music barely beats Inflation
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/recorded-music-streaming-revenues-grew-by-just-3-6-yoy-in-the-united-states-in-2024-dragged-down-by-a-decline-in-advertising-payouts/
Mark Mulligan has the solution
https://www.midiaresearch.com/blog/a-model-for-a-new-music-streaming-industry
Dunking On Drake
https://www.theverge.com/news/631902/drake-umg-not-like-us-lawsuit-response
TikTok Tea leaves
https://www.theverge.com/news/631999/oracle-tiktok-ban-deal-project-texa
TikToks Getting longer
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/research-tiktok-longer-videos-get-more-reach/742754/
TikTok creators prepare to Swarm to Youtube
https://www.dailydot.com/culture/the-youtube-shorts-colonization-tiktok-march-25/
Community Notes on Mets, What could got wrong?
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-launches-first-stage-community-notes-fact-checking/742387/
 
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
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Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug

The A. I. Super Bowl, Thieves and Pimps 2. 0, and WTF is WAF?

A concept of an AI training data licensing plan.
 
Names In Today's Pod:
 
Jensen Haung
Invidia
Trip Mickel
Skye Jacobs
Ashley King
Wes Davis
Virginie Berger
Songwriters Guild of America
Society of Composers and Lyricists
Music Creators of North America
Sonos
 
LINKS:
The Super Bowl ofAI
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/technology/nvidia-gtc-conference-ai.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Thieves and Pimps 2.0
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/14/google-weighs-in-on-us-ai-action-plan/
https://www.techspot.com/news/107158-openai-seeks-trump-administration-help-ai-fair-use.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/virginieberger/2025/03/15/the-ai-copyright-battle-why-openai-and-google-are-pushing-for-fair-use/
The Copyright guys fight back
https://www.forbes.com/sites/virginieberger/2025/03/15/the-ai-copyright-battle-why-openai-and-google-are-pushing-for-fair-use/
Sonos
https://www.theverge.com/news/630883/sonos-update-new-features-future-updates   
 
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
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South by So Long, a Bundlegate Double Down, and Finance Friday Leftovers.

A true crime procedural set in the music industry...
 
Names In Today's Pod:
 
Ana Gutierrez
Brendan Gilmartin
Dennis Scheyer
Ashley King
Kristin Robinson
Dylan Smith
Glenn Peoples
Murray Stassen
Believe Music
Mark Mulligan
 
LINKS:
SXSW Music Retrench
https://www.statesman.com/story/entertainment/2025/03/16/sxsw-2026-schedule-half-price-badges-early-bird-available-now/82470583007/?
Not Really the TikTok News
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/14/is-oracle-the-frontrunner-to-run-tiktok/
Ambient Under Siege?
https://www.billboard.com/pro/can-ambient-music-boom-withstand-ai-genre-report/
UMG Tracks the US Market
https://www.billboard.com/pro/universal-music-group-shares-fall-pershing-stock-sale/
Believe Crosses $1B
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/believe-generated-over-1-billion-in-2024-as-annual-revenues-grow-11-5-yoy/
Bundlegate is working out for Spotify
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-dsp-bundling-rates-2024/
Spotify Shortform AudioBooks
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/14/spotify-audiobooks-indie-publishing-program/
Midia Pips IFPI
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/global-recorded-music-revenues-rose-6-5-to-36-2bn-in-2024-says-midia-research/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
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The elephant is a memory, Spotify's short tail, and who are you and why are you here?

 You may be scoundrels, rascals, and grifters, but you're my scoundrels, rascals, and grifters.
 
Names in the pod today:
 
Daniel Tencer
Dylan Smith
Drew Thurlow
John Mlynczak
Kristen Robinson
Billie Jean Sarullo
Mike Odabashian
AIMS
Heidi Hartsclub
Thomas Athey
Alan Benedict
Bria
Chris Eggertson
Steve Zapf
Thomas Athey
Alan Benedict
 
 
LINKS:
Dead Elephant Dead
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/12/recognition-music-group-launch/
Spotify's short Tail
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/12m-artists-uploaded-music-to-spotify-last-year-less-than-0-6-generated-10000-or-more-in-royalties1/
Some Good AI news
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/bria-raises-40m-to-expand-patented-attribution-engine-to-ai-generated-music-content/
Roan gives back
https://www.billboard.com/pro/chappell-roan-support-mental-health-charity-backline/
That Mexican Telecaster's price is about to go up.
https://www.billboard.com/pro/how-trump-tariffs-hurt-musical-instrument-manufacturers/
 
RoyFi
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Fogerty Shreds. Get thee to Kraftwerk, and the UK does the right thing.

SXSW is still a grind but if you aren't here...
 
 
Names in the Pod today:
 
John Fogerty
Isabela Raygoza
Mark Sutherland
Kraftwerk
SXSW
 
LINKS:
The UK does the Right things
https://variety.com/2025/music/global/indie-venues-levy-arena-concert-tickets-1236327834/
Bad Bunny Gooses the Puerto Rican Economy
https://www.billboard.com/pro/bad-bunny-puerto-rico-residency-help-local-economy/
 
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Does TikTok still matter? Short fingered jazz hands and another jiggy viral.

Alexis Ohanian is everywhere.
 
Names in the pod today:
TikTok
Alexis Ohanian
Paul Resnikoff
Chartmetric
Ashley King
Mandy Dalugdug
Digg
Kevin Rose
Stumbleupon
Civ
 
 
Links:
Chartmetric's new Tool
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/24/chartmetric-talent-search-tool/
TikTok Sale Jazz Hands
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/07/tiktok-sale-negotiations-march-2025/
Alexis Ohanian is Everywhere 1
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/reddit-co-founder-alexis-ohanian-joins-frank-mccourts-peoples-bid-to-buy-tiktok/
Alexis Ohanian is Everywhere 2
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/06/alexis-ohanian-kevin-rose-team-up-to-buy-back-digg/
 
RoyFi
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Hangout.fm
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Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug

A licensing history lesson, Sony bar the door, and Drew Thurlow has an axe to grind.

A nod to my mentors and a rare show of unity Re: AI.
 
Names In Today's Pod:
 
Paul Resnikoff
Audoo
Elias Leight
Don Rose
Rob Simonds
Arthur Mann
Doug Lexa
Mandy Dalugdug
Drew Thurlow
 
LINKS:
 
Audoo is better than a Baseball Bat
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/07/audoo-song-tracking-data-denver-pro/
A Licensing History Lesson
https://www.billboard.com/pro/major-label-licensing-deals/
Sony Bar the Door!
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sony-music-reveals-75000-ai-deepfake-takedowns-criticizes-uks-rushed-copyright-reform1/
Drew Thurlow
https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewthurlow/
 
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
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