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More C-suite action, Don't Sleep On Gaming: Chapter Infinity, and All Hands is on deck.

Finance Friday, The Song of the Week, and a new collective.
 
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Names in the pod today:
All Hands
John Butler
Thomas Coesfeld
Howie Singer
Jennifer Campbell
Steven Phillips
Roblox
Karen Allen
Irving Azoff
YouTube
Glenn Peoples
Shane Tobin
Luminate
Lauren Blitzer
Drew Thurlow
 
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LINKS:
Coesfeld on the rise
https://www.billboard.com/pro/thomas-coesfeld-bertelsmann-ceo-bmg/
Steven Phillips lays out the Roblox Opportunity
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stephen-phillips-5ab7866_roblox-is-the-biggest-opportunity-in-music-activity-7393992148049674240-Qvvw?
Glenn Peoples rounds up the earnings calls
https://www.billboard.com/pro/music-company-earnings-reports-q3-2025-umg-spotify-made/
Irving enters the Youtube Chat
https://www.billboard.com/pro/youtube-disney-dispute-irving-azoff-guest-column/
Ashley King does the Youtube-Disney math
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/11/disney-youtube-tv-blackout/
Luminate sums up the Queeners and Rods
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/luminatedata_download-now-our-new-special-report-from-activity-7394435299281412096-OEpt?
Howei SInger does the OpenAI Math
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/check-those-couch-cushions-howie-singer-k00le/?
Sam Fender does a menschy hting
https://www.billboard.com/pro/sam-fender-mercury-prize-donation/
All Hands Info
https://www.linkedin.com/company/109817545
Song Of the Week:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=e8eed96d94f646e0
 
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Loyal service rewarded, music is better than sex, and AI vampires from actual Transylvania.

AI taking over gradually...and then all at once?
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Names In Today's Pod:
Charlie Lexton
Merlin
GEMA
OpenAI
Gregg Nadel
Warner Bros Records
Cris Lacy
Chris Blackwell
Mango Records
Imran Majid
Justin Eshak
SXSW
Audoo
Livenation
Murray Stassen
Dan Rys
Ashley King
Jaelani Turner-Williams
NewJeans
Hybe
Audoo
 
LINKS:
Loyal service rewarded 1: Promoting from Within at Merlin
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/charlie-lexton-appointed-ceo-of-merlin/
Loyal service rewarded2: Warner Personnel Rubik's Cube
https://www.billboard.com/pro/gregg-nadel-president-ar-warner-records-group/
OpenAI has Euro-headache
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/gema-wins-landmark-ruling-against-openai-over-chatgpts-use-of-song-lyrics/
NewJeans Surrenders
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/newjeans-members-returning-ador-court-case-loss-1236111103/
SXSW (Sigh)
https://news.pollstar.com/2025/11/11/sxsw-announces-initial-2026-showcasing-artists/
UK Clubs need better detection
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/12/uk-club-royalties-study-2025/
 
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Ty-LA Ty-LER, the lowest form of human life, and maybe content IS king.

It's good to be Sony right now.
 
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Names in the pod today:
Jamie Sampson
Roland Kluger
Sony Music
TikTok
Ashley King
David Bell
Ross Walthall
Hunter Vainik
Cleveland Research
Dylan Smith
iHeart
Hybe
Henry Luzzato
 
 
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Links:
Sony results
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sony-generated-2-89b-from-recorded-music-and-publishing-in-calendar-q3-2025-up-13-3-yoy/
Sony Vs Uni
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rolandkluger/
iHeartXTiktok
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/10/iheartmedia-tiktok-partnership/
The Lowest form
https://slate.com/life/2025/11/tiktok-subway-public-transit-out-loud-noise-pollution.html
Gordinho Bolado Trend
https://www.tiktok.com/music/som-original-7554425143339289355
Tyla Trend
tiktok.com/@hernametyla?lang=en
 
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Foundational pieces, old friends in new gigs, and a quick victory lap.

New gigs for old friends!
 
 
Names in Today's Pod:
Jeff Price
Word Collections
Ed Christman
Metallica
Rolling Stone
Dan Weiner
Dylan Smith
Warner Music
Leda Chang
Island Records
Imran Majid
Justin Eshak
Spotify
Meta
Happy Birthdays:
Mike Spinella
Alisha Outridge
Scott Greer
Mauro DeCeglie
Robin Frank
 
LINKS
 
Jeff Price is important
https://www.billboard.com/pro/metallica-exec-fight-band-songwriter-royalties/
How management and Labels get along these day
https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/near-truths/near-truths-zach-bryan-reup-taylor-swift-beyonce-justin-bieber-olivia-rodrigo-dua-lipa-uk-2025-11-03
Meta Engineers trained their AI replacements
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/technology/meta-plans-to-cut-600-jobs-at-ai-superintelligence-labs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Sonia Chien explains indie, sorta
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/07/what-does-indie-music-even-mean-in-2025/
RRHOF If you care
https://www.billboard.com/lists/rock-roll-hall-fame-induction-2025-ceremony-recap-moments/
Grammy Noms in general...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/arts/music/grammy-awards-nominations.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
And by Label...
https://www.billboard.com/pro/2026-grammy-nominations-by-label-interscope-island-lead/
We were right about Spotify Price Targets
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/07/spotify-stock-targets-ease/
Congrats to old friends in new gigs
https://www.billboard.com/lists/warner-music-orchard-boosey-hawkes-rolling-stone-music-jobs/janis-susskind-steven-lankenau-boosey-hawkes/
Job Of the Week
https://www.zrgpartners.com/jobboard/1130
 
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Honey Crullers, CISAC's 2024 report, and startups are hard.

Delicious Donuts and great philosophers encountered in the wild.
 
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Names in the pod today:
CISAC Daniel Tencer
Dylan Smith
Plates
Cipher
Orphiq
Kristen Bender
Bryan Stone
Shane Tobin
Luminate
Tim Hortons
Paul Troiano
Sun Jen Yung
Spencer Klein
David Tauber
Connor Healy
Aadit Parikh
Lucas Cantor Santiago
Maurice Pam
Bryan Stone
 
 
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LINKS:
Luminate Opens up China
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/shanetobin_big-news-luminate-and-tencent-music-activity-7391978781474791425-5vvZ?
CISAC's 2024 Report 1
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/global-songwriter-royalty-collections-reached-13-6bn-in-2024-up-7-2-cisac-reports/
CISAC's 2024 Report 2
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/06/cisac-music-collections-2024-report/
 
Song Of the Week: The Nude Party: Sweetheart of the Radio
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=e8eed96d94f646e0
 
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The times are a changin', but publishing is forever. What is a Jambot? and, payola again?

Running a little long today but it's worth it.
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Names In Today's Pod:
Elliot Grainge
Zohran Mamdani
10K Projects
Internet Money
Rachel Scharf
Genevieve Capolongo
Spotify
Dave Brooks
Bill Donahue
Sphere
Teddy Kartzman
Jambase
JR Lind
AJ Lindenbaum
Grace Hong
Brayden
Dan Aufhauser
Braden Pierce
David Owczarek
 
LINKS:
The Times May Change But Pub is forever
https://www.billboard.com/pro/zohran-mamdani-bob-dylan-ad-removed-x-umpg-song-denial/
Net Deal? Whoops?
https://www.billboard.com/pro/elliot-grainge-10k-projects-lawsuit-internet-money-jv/
Payola is forever
https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-lawsuit-discovery-mode-modern-payola/
https://www.billboard.com/pro/artificial-intelligence-concerts-impact-analysis/
https://news.pollstar.com/2025/11/04/sphere-revenues-surge-in-q3/
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Layoff porn, Spotify's Q3 Meh, and "who are you and why are you here?"

Recorded today on the beach in Santa Monica!
 
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Names in the pod today:
Spotify
Glenn Peoples
Live Nation
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
Kerry Justich
Bluesky
Rakai
Threads
TikTok
Vuk Muyot
Michael Weiss-Malik
Hugo Kalfon
Anthony Glaze
#musicindustry #podcast
 
Links:
Spotify Earnings
https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-q3-earnings-call-highlights/
LiveNation Earnings (the good)
https://www.billboard.com/pro/live-nation-q3-earnings-highlights-stadium-shows-doj-case/
LiveNation Earnings (the not so good)
https://seekingalpha.com/news/4515656-live-nation-shares-slide-after-wide-miss-for-profit-revenue-in-q3
Layoff Porn
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/article/get-laid-off-with-me-inside-the-tiktok-trend-of-people-turning-job-loss-into-content-103031655.html?
TikTok Jazz Hands
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/03/tiktok-us-creator-awards-launch-2025/
Bluesky on the march
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/bluesky-reaches-40-million-users/804467/
Don't Sleep on Threads (again!)
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/threads-reaches-150-million-daily-users-more-ad-options/804213/
Tego Calderon Viral
https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-ttentretenimiento0-7549013999275215638
Rakai Beat viral
https://www.tiktok.com/music/rakai-beat-7561033122922482487
Labi Siffre Viral
https://www.tiktok.com/music/bless-the-telephone-7564023335840598816
 
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The AI floodgates open; to product or not to product? and Xania's pronouns.

Get your "Who are you and why are you here?" answers ready!
 
Names In Today's Pod:
Jonathan Dworkin
Universal Music Group
Stability AI
Udio
Meta
Bruce Houghton
Edison Research
Spotify
Russell Brandom
Ashley King
Bemyfriends
Dreamus
HYBE
 
#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast
 
LINKS
UMG opens the AI floodgates
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/umg-strikes-strategic-alliance-with-stability-ai-to-develop-next-generation-ai-music-making-tools/
Paid Streaming is now #1
https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2025/10/paid-streaming-dominates-music-listening-for-first-time.html
Bemmy Friends lives the Dreamus
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/k-pop-superfan-platform-bemyfriends-a-rival-to-weverse-acquires-controlling-stake-in-sk-groups-music-streaming-operator-dreamus-for-38-5m/
To Product or Not To Product
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/02/meta-has-an-ai-product-problem/
Virtual artist for an increasingly virtual medium
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/02/ai-artist-xania-monet-getting-spins-on-us-radio-stations/
 
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Tossing up three pointers, LA is the place to be and introducing the job of the week.

The job of the week, Birthday wishes and more!
 
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Names in Today's Pod:
Udio
Universal Music Group
Andrew Sanchez
Irving Azoff
Suno
Barclays
Glen Peoples
Rachel Scharf
Music Artists Coalition
HYBE
ADOR
New Jeans
Tom Truitt
Tyler Bacon
Mark Chipello
Position Music
Dmitri Vietze
Music Tectonics
Happy Birthdays
Jessica Messier
Larry Mattera
Dave Bell
John O'Toole
Eric Molk
Spotify
Live Nation
 
LINKS:
UDIO Hits A Pothole
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/31/udio-umg-deal-downloads-resumed-48-hours/
Irving enters the Chat
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/31/irving-azoff-mac-udio-umg-deal/
NewJeans Needs an Irving
https://www.billboard.com/pro/newjeans-loses-ador-lawsuit-stay-hybe/
https://www.billboard.com/pro/hybe-newjeans-court-win-k-pop-stock-up/
Will AI Help or Hurt
https://www.billboard.com/pro/ai-music-hurt-or-help-record-label-business/
Job Of the Week
https://www.zrgpartners.com/jobboard/1130
 
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Trick or treat, AI's neat, but the artists gotta eat.

What did UMG and SXM get in their earnings trick or treat bags?
 
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Names in the pod today:
 
Michael Nash
Lucian Grainge
Glenn Peoples
Ashley King
Ed Newton-Rex
JP Olsen
SXM
Ed Newton-Rex
Aaron Lee Tasjan
Mark Stepro
 
#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast
 
LINKS:
TikTok Edging
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/us/politics/trump-xi-tiktok-deal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
UMG Earnings
https://www.billboard.com/pro/universal-music-q3-2025-earnings-highlights-youtube-ai/
UMG X Youtube
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/umg-has-a-new-youtube-deal-that-includes-guardrails-around-ai-and-3-other-things-sir-lucian-grainge-said-on-umgs-q3-earnings-call/
SXM is managing its decline
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/sirius-xm-raises-2025-guidance-by-25m-with-focus-on-free-cash-flow-and-spectrum-value/ar-AA1Pvg4N
Ed Newton-Rex on UMG Udio
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-settlement-between-universal-and-udio-is-a-win-for-musicians-everywhere/
Udio User Revolt
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/31/udio-downloads-disabled-umg-deal/
 
Song Of the Week: JP Olsen-- The Barge of Sorrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzJBkNN6n0M
https://jpolsen1.bandcamp.com/
 
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