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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 Jan 09, 2025
Thursday Jan 09, 2025
Stay Safe LA!
Names in the Pod today:
Ashley King
Taylor Mims
Mandy Dalugdug
TikTok
Lemon8
Relix
NIVA
Bonnnaroo
LINKS:
DOJ Pushback...
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/justice-department-pushes-back-on-trumps-tiktok-ban-extension-plea/
Whle ByteDance feints toward Lemon8
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-promotes-lemon8-ahead-of-us-ban/736722/
HARD: Bonnaroo 2025 is stacked
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/08/bonnaroo-2025-lineup-announced/
The New face of festivals?
https://www.billboard.com/pro/complexcon-20-million-sales-record-attendance-las-vegas-debut/
HARD: Vivid For Sale
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/online-ticket-reseller-vivid-seats-valued-at-over-1bn-considers-sale/
HARD: The Live Music Society wants to help
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/08/live-music-society-grant-applications-open-2025/
HARD: NIVA wants to help Survey
https://www.billboard.com/pro/niva-launches-survey-study-independent-live-music-sector/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout
Https://hangout.fm
Wednesday Jan 08, 2025
Wednesday Jan 08, 2025
The TikTok Cliffhanger hangs on...hey Zuck, ghost that party! And Martin Scorsese.
Names in the pod today:
Mark Zuckerberg
Linda Yaccarino
Frank McCourt
Martin Scorsese
The LA Dodgers
Andrew Hutchinson
Greg Swan
Links:
McCourting
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/07/tiktok-sale-investor-group-january-2025/
Meta: Mo' Faster Mo' Breakier
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-removes-fact-checking-adds-community-notes/736700/
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-political-content-community-notes-threads/736704/
Ghost that Party, Zuck!
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/24338602/mark-meta-welcome-to-the-party
Meta Embottification In -depth
https://substack.com/@gregswan
Scorsese Baby Daddy
https://www.tiktok.com/music/Scorsese-Baby-Daddy-7450558029240305681
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug
Names in the pod today:
Mark Zuckerberg
Linda Yaccarino
Frank McCourt
Martin Scorsese
The LA Dodgers
Andrew Hutchinson
Greg Swan
Links:
McCourting
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/07/tiktok-sale-investor-group-january-2025/
Meta: Mo' Faster Mo' Breakier
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-removes-fact-checking-adds-community-notes/736700/
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-political-content-community-notes-threads/736704/
Ghost that Party, Zuck!
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/24338602/mark-meta-welcome-to-the-party
Meta Embottification In -depth
https://substack.com/@gregswan
Scorsese Baby Daddy
https://www.tiktok.com/music/Scorsese-Baby-Daddy-7450558029240305681
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug
Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
Names in the Pod Today:
Nick Sciorra
Dylan Smith
John Deere
Nvidia
Lupe FIasco
MIT
LINKS:
Daily TikTik UPdate
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/06/tiktok-ban-supreme-court-update/
CES Gadget Update
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/4/24307731/ces-2025-tvs-gaming-smart-home-wearables-news/archives/2
Hello, AI PC
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/24337530/nvidia-ces-digits-super-computer-ai
Robot Tractors
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/24334357/john-deere-autonomous-tractor-truck-orchard-mow-ces
Google and Samsung Challenge Dolby Atmos
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/3/24335170/samsung-google-eclipsa-spatial-audio-format-2025-tvs
Good Morning Professor Fiasco
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/06/lupe-fiasco-ai-fm-radio-mit/
Nick Sciorra
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicksciorra/
RoyFi
Https://www.royfi.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Monday Jan 06, 2025
Monday Jan 06, 2025
Franz Nicolay is pretty good at that other keyboard too.
Names In Today's Pod:
Brooke Gladstone
Micah Lowinger
Mark Henry Philips
Seth schachner
Julianna escobedo shepherd
Dan Solomon
Franz Nicolay
LINKS:
The Spotify Pie-on Continues
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/01/02/mood-machine-spotify-liz-pelly-review/
On the Media Covers Algorithms
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/articles/how-ai-and-algorithms-are-transforming-music
Country Music Broke in 2024 pt. 1
https://www.hearingthings.co/the-year-country-started-t/
Country Music Broke in 2024 pt. 2
https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/2024-year-country-music-broke/
A Unicorn lives another day
https://www.billboard.com/pro/waterloo-records-announces-new-ownership-and-relocation/
Never Mind Says Neil
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/03/scratch-that-neil-young-says-hes-playing-glastonbury-after-all/
Seth On TikTok
https://www.newsweek.com/let-supreme-court-decide-tiktok-please-opinion-2008848
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Friday Jan 03, 2025
Friday Jan 03, 2025
The first Finance Friday of 2025
Names in the pod today:
Ed Christman
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
Ashley King
Glenn Peoples
BPI
Irving Azoff
Bill Ackman
GMR
SESAC
Music Services
LINKS:
TikTok Refund offer
https://breakingthenews.net/Article/TikTok-allegedly-to-refund-ads-if-ban-takes-effect/63298183
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tiktok-promises-ban-refunds-to-keep-advertisers-spending
Pershing Square UMG moves
https://www.billboard.com/pro/bill-ackman-pershing-square-fund-de-list-amsterdam-stock-exchange
/
GMR Changes Hands
https://www.billboard.com/pro/global-music-rights-majority-ownership-changes-hands/
SESAC Tests the market
https://www.billboard.com/pro/sesac-sale-blackstone-private-equity-offers-pro/
K-Pop up/K-Pop Stocks down
https://www.billboard.com/pro/k-pop-stocks-fell-2024-labels-bts-blackpink/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.FM
Hangout.fm
Thursday Jan 02, 2025
Thursday Jan 02, 2025
Another Viral Wednesday on Thursday!
Happy New Year! What could go wrong?
Names in the pod today:
Mark Zuckerberg
Neil Young
Ashley King
Andrew Hutchinson
Anthropic
OpenAI
Meta
Links:
No Glasto for Neil Young
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/neil-young-pulls-out-glastonbury-2025-statement-1235867549/
Anthropic cedes some fair use grund
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/31/anthropic-copyright-guardrails/
OpenAI breaks a promise
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/01/openai-fails-to-deliver-opt-out-tool-it-promised-in-2024/
Meta Priotizes Bots
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/Meta-ai-bot-plan-boost-engagement-facebook-instagram/736242/
Bluesky crosses 25 Million
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/bluesky-adds-trending-topics-reaches-25-million-users/736250/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
Last pod of 2024! Happy new year everyone!
Names in the Pod Today:
Virginie Berger
Hua Hsu
Glenn Peoples
Ted Gioia
Dylan Smith
LINKS:
The Great Spotify Freakout
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/12/30/mood-machine-liz-pelly-book-review
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-ugly-truth-about-spotify-is-finally
Year End Music Stocks
https://www.billboard.com/pro/music-stocks-continue-fall-last-week-2024/
Virginie's AI Forecast
https://www.forbes.com/sites/virginieberger/2024/12/30/ais-impact-on-music-in-2025-licensing-creativity-and-industry-survival/
Was Kingship ever Alive? No Matter, it's dead now...
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/27/kingship-quits-december-2024/
RoyFi
Https://www.royfi.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Monday Dec 30, 2024
Monday Dec 30, 2024
Mussolini would blush
Names In Today's Pod:
LiveNation
Amazon Music
Andy Cush
Dylan Smith
Adam Liptack
NIVA
Future of Music Coalition
LINKS:
Trump weighs on on TikTok
https://www.billboard.com/pro/donald-trump-asks-supreme-court-delay-tiktok-ban/
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/us/politics/tiktok-ban-supreme-court-trump.html
BLM and MAGA, together at Last
https://www.hearingthings.co/universal-loathing-of-live-nation-might-help-save-the-dojs-antitrust-lawsuit-under-trump/
Et Tu Amazon?
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/26/amazon-music-streaming-threshold/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Friday Dec 27, 2024
Friday Dec 27, 2024
The final Finance Friday of 2024
Names in the pod today:
Richard Smirke
Stephen King
Shamal Ranasinghe
J.D. Tuminski
Murray Stassen
Elias Leight
Walter McDonough
iHeart
Audius
ICE
PPL
LINKS:
TikTokalypse anticipation
https://www.billboard.com/pro/tiktok-ban-looms-record-labels-prepare/
iHeart avoids Kneecapping
https://www.billboard.com/pro/iheartmedia-reduces-debt-load-maturity-dates/
WZON stays out of the Dead Zone
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/26/stephen-king-radio-station-sold/
Kinda Petty
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/23/billionaire-daniel-ek-shuts-down-spotify-unwrapped-calculator/
Audius X ICE
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/audius-and-ice-ink-multi-territory-licensing-deal/
Because Thats where the money is
https://www.billboard.com/pro/ppl-embezzlement-investigation-fraudulent-artist-accounts-royalty-claims/
Walter McDonough memorial
https://www.currentobituary.com/member/obit/289591
Saturday, December 28, at 5:30pm at Eastern Standard, 775 Beacon Street, Boston MA 02215
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.FM
Hangout.fm
Thursday Dec 26, 2024
Thursday Dec 26, 2024
Spotify Ghost artists and Helloooo, Ceechyna!
Names in the pod today:
Liz Pelly
Dan Efram
Spotify
CeeChyna
Richard Perry
Links:
LIz Pelly's Ghosts in The SPotify Machine
https://web.archive.org/web/20241225021218/https://harpers.org/archive/2025/01/the-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians/
"Get on your knees and Grease my feet"
https://www.tiktok.com/tag/ceechynaa
RIP Richard Perry
https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-richard-perry-productions-billboard-list/
RoyFi
https://www.RoyFI.com
Hangout.fm
Https://hangout.fm
Lydia's V30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug