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Indie Dies again, The Baby Keem Hype Train, and the Chuck Schumer of Rock and roll.

Who is the Chuck Schumer of Rock & Roll? Listen for the answer.
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Names in Today's Pod:
Virgin Music
Downtown Music
Peter van Rijn
Justin Kalifowitz
Jon Landman
Graham Rothenberg
Jordan Kurland
Kevin Arnold
Alan Sartrirana
Myke Towers
Taco Bell
Dave Grohl
Josh Freese
Nabil Ayers
NoisePop
Aaron Axelson
 
Happy Birthdays this week:
Tim Quirk
Dave Herlihy
Suzann Brantner
Glenn Frese
Leanne Callahan
Mike Newman
Dick Huey
J Scavo
 
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LINKS
Noisy-Le-Grand has UMG distribution now!
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/20/downtown-music-virgin-acquisition-close/
If at first you don't succeed...
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/19/apple-music-connect-relaunch/
Dave Grohl Explains Freese exit, sort of.
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/dave-grohl-josh-freese-exit-foo-fighter-1236184554/
Baby Keem Hype Train
https://www.billboard.com/lists/baby-keem-casino-tracks-ranked/
Taco Bell Mezcla
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/20/taco-bell-inks-myke-towers-for-its-latest-ad-campaign/
Nabil Ayers podcast recording
https://www.ohmyrockness.com/shows/465442-allison-russell-valerie-june-nabil-ayers-public-records
Noisepop on Flood.fm
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1D81GvNwyb/
 
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The pot of gold over the rainbow, A major label "clot," and we interrupt our Live Nation coverage...

A nice surprise Last night at Webster Hall
 
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Names in the pod today:
Universal Music Group
Tim Ingham
Bill Donahue
Guarav Sharma
Khosla Ventures
Live Nation
Sphere Entertainment
Kenny Lattimore
SRG/ILS
Margo Price
Logan Ledger
Tom Truitt
 
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LINKS:
A Market Share Blood Clot?
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-empire-strikes-back-the-majors-and-merlin-gained-a-bit-of-market-share-on-spotify-last-year/
Labels suing Brands
https://www.billboard.com/pro/music-use-social-media-record-labels-sue-why/
Live Nation Earnings
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/19/live-nation-financials-q4-2025/
Sphere finsd the pot of gold
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sphere-entertainments-revenues-topped-1-2bn-in-2025-up-8-yoy-wizard-of-oz-has-generated-290m-since-august/
Hook Did it Right and was rewarded
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/18/hook-series-a/
Indies can be just like Majors
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/18/kenny-lattimore-suing-over-non-payment/
Logan Ledger My Record
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-record/id1532323194?i=1000493876255
Job Of the week
https://www.zrgpartners.com/jobboard/prescription-songs-head-of-a-r-nashville
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Apple gets in TikTok. TikTok gets in podcasts and posting up for the Live Nation trial.

Does Apple-TikTok make Spotify even greener?
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Names In Today's Pod:
Dave Brooks
Apple Music
TikTok
James Cridland
Live Nation
Gail Slater
Lauren Blitzer
Mag Rodriguez
EVEN
Dylan Smith
Irving Azoff
Michael Rapino
 
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LINKS:
Apple Podcasts adds video
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/02/apple-introduces-a-new-video-podcast-experience-on-apple-podcasts/
Cridland's Take
https://podnews.net/article/video-apple-podcasts-details?
Spotify Must Be Green
https://musically.com/2026/02/16/tiktok-teams-up-with-apple-music-to-play-full-songs-in-its-app/
Congrats EVEN!
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/18/even-universal-music-deal/
Live Nation Prosecutor Exits
https://news.pollstar.com/2026/02/13/dojs-top-antitrust-lawyer-exits-weeks-before-live-nation-trial-set-to-begin/
Dave Brooks Has the Goods on Live Nation Witnesses
https://decibel.news/p/we-have-the-live-nation-witness-list-1f54
 
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Cheeky monkeys, sneaky bastards, and Valentine's virals.

Maybe time for that tinfoil hat...
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Names in the pod today:
 
Karen Bass
Wasserman
Mike Watts
Paradigm
Basden
Scott Borchetta
Big Machine
Murray Stassen
Spotify
Meta
Mike Allen
Anna's Archive
Ashley King
Blue Highway
Jake Basden
Sandbox Management
Andrew Hutchinson
Charlie Kirk
Shou Zi Chew
 
 
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More Epsterman
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/17/casey-wasserman-broiled-by-la-mayor-karen-bass/
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/16/wasserman-providence-equity-damage-control/
Anna's Archive
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/17/annas-archive-releases-spotify-tracks/
Blue Highway is Big Machine's Leftovers
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/hybe-america-launches-blue-highway-records-in-nashville-names-jake-basden-as-ceo/
Mike Allen explains the TikTok American
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/17/trump-tiktok-ban-charlie-kirk
Sneaky Bastards
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-looks-to-sneak-through-facial-id-update/812287/
The enemy of my enemy is...maybe still my enemy
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/russia-blocks-whatsapp-facebook-and-instagram-access/812128/
TikTok Has a new American Privacy policy
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-us-explains-privacy-policy-update/811665/   
24K Golden Trend
https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7441704530000300833
Martina McBride Trend
https://www.tiktok.com/music/Valentine-with-special-guest-artist-Jim-Brickman-with-Jim-Brickman-6705215382010988546?
Juan Moya y Los del Valle Trend
https://www.tiktok.com/@genenieves05/video/7607145422292782366
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Wasserman stops the bleeding, Unlimited Supply fam on AI, and a SoundCloud victory lap.

Friday the 13th really delivered...
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Names In Today's Pod:
Syd Schwartz
JP Olsen
Katie Bain
Casey Wasserman
Eriq Gardner
Adam Neely
Jessica Lynch
Soundcloud
Live Nation
 
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Soundcloud Victory Lap
https://www.billboard.com/pro/soundcloud-fastest-growing-genres-techno-dubstep-report/
Did did Abkco get this in under the wire?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eriq-gardner-1b82664_i-spent-time-this-past-week-not-only-digging-activity-7427403406119727104-FhRi?
JP Olsen's Artist's-eye View on AI
https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/features/ai-music-nashville/article_2ce229d0-d7e0-4dc3-8fc9-f35eb4a0f88c.html
A little Length never bothered Syd Schwartz
https://jazzandcoffee.substack.com/p/ai-music-vs-great-artists
A new Job Opening at Suno?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/paulsinclair_amazing-role-must-be-in-la-must-have-studio-share-7428261417453125632-au_A?
Sony does some AI tech
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sony-group-develops-tech-to-track-original-music-in-ai-generated-songs-report/
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Hybe-Fugees, Friday the 13th apocalypse, and boiling frogs.

A little late today. It's Friday the 13th, of course
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Names in the pod today:
Mark Mulligan
Downtown Music
Universal Music
Ariel King
Scott Borchetta
Min Hee Jin
Dan Rys
Justin Eshak
Imran Majid
Jon Borris
James Moore
Olivier Chastan
James Hanley
Murray Stassen
SM entertainment
Hybe
Balderton Capital
Mozart AI
 
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LINKS:
The Boiling Frog
https://www.midiaresearch.com/blog/the-music-industrys-boiling-frog-moment
Borchetta Is set free
https://www.billboard.com/pro/scott-borchetta-departs-hybe-america-launches-new-label/
Britney fetches two Rods
https://www.the-independent.com/voices/britney-spears-back-catalogue-sale-justin-timberland-bieber-b2919083.html
Wasserman in Crisis
https://news.pollstar.com/2026/02/10/whats-next-for-wasserman-music-pressure-mounts-for-leadership-change-following-ties-to-epstein/
Congrats Mr. Borris
https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/business/jon-borris-joins-101-studios-as-head-of-music-2026-02-04
Congrats Justin and Imran
https://www.billboard.com/pro/olivia-dean-best-new-artist-grammy-history-island-records/
Get To Know Netease music
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/netease-cloud-music-now-counts-over-1-million-registered-indie-artists/
Iconoclast on the Block
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/olivier-chastans-iconoclast-in-sale-talks-at-price-tag-of-around-500-million/
SM up
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sm-entertainment-revenues-grew-16-6-to-record-219m-in-q4-driven-by-concerts-and-merch/
Hybe Up. Profits not so much
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/hybe-posts-record-annual-revenues-of-1-86bn-for-2025-as-k-pop-firms-concert-revenues-hit-all-time-high-but-operating-profit-plunged-73/
Mozart 2.0
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/music-tech-startup-mozart-ai-raises-6m-in-oversubscribed-seed-round-led-by-balderton-capital/
3.6 Million We can do better. Is this what we are settling for?
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/11/bandcamp-friday-2026-raise-february/
 
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Uniting the Nation CLEAR-ifying AI policy, and the dead Kennedy Center?

What would be a probably not?
 
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Names In Today's Pod:
Sen. Adam Schiff
Sen. John Curtis
Ashley King
Wasserman
Chris Eggertson
Mike Easterlin
Emmanuel Zunz
OneRPM
Noah Kahan
Live Nation
Jello Biafra
Dave Brooks
The Bearsville Theater
Rachel Scharf
 
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LINKS:
Uniting the nation re; AI training
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/10/clear-act-ai-companies-disclose-inputs
Noah Kahan steps up
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/11/noah-kahan-ticket-prices-scalpers/
But still...
https://www.reddit.com/r/NoahKahan/comments/1r19u44/pre_sale_was_disastrous/
Jello Biafra, Come on Down
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/11/kennedy-center-live-nation-ticketmaster/
Hey Bearsville Theater, you can fix this!
https://www.billboard.com/pro/2026-top-music-venues/
The states step up.
https://www.billboard.com/pro/new-york-concert-ticket-price-cap-introduced-state-senate/
 
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Bunny runs the reverse, one battle after another for Pandora, and Wasserman consternation.

Sometimes the shade throws itself...
 
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Names in the pod today:
 
Casey Wasserman
Bad Bunny
Chappell Roan
Pandora
Dylan Smith
The MLC
Jennifer Witz
Ross Walthall
Spotify
Logan McMillen
Foo Yun Chee
 
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Links:
Thanks, Ross for the Spotify Info
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosswalthall/
Pandora V. The MLC
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/09/mlc-pandora-lawsuit-summary-judgment/
Sirius actually had a pretty good year
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/siriusxm-earnings-revenue-declines-1236495884/
TikTok USA X ICE
https://newrepublic.com/article/205956/americanized-tiktok-backdoor-ice-surveillance
EU goes after TikTok
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/tiktok-hit-with-charges-breaching-eu-online-content-rules-app-may-have-change-2026-02-06/
Bunny's Reverse
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/09/bad-bunny-wipes-instagram-after-super-bowl/
Social Benchmarks to watch in 2026
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/2026-social-media-benchmarks-infographic/811179/
Three Doors Down Trend
https://www.instagram.com/reels/audio/280388649531275?igsh=YTc0emxiOTZ4bTVt
Marvin Gaye Trend
https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7532245998870006558
Kevin Gates trend
https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7507088956605909806
 
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Spotify's not dead yet, man versus machine, and a walled garden that might work.

A lot of help form my friends today!
 
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Names In Today's Pod:
 
Spotify
Ross Walthall
Cleveland Research
Todd Spangler
Sarah Perez
MusicBoard
OpenAI
Anthropic
Dario Amodei
Ed Newton-Rex
Eleven Labs
James Hanley
Suno
Udio
Weverse
 
 
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#musicbusiness #podcast
 
LINKS  
Spotify Earnings
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/spotify-q3-2025-700-million-monthly-users-daniel-ek-1236569360/
ChatGPT rolls out Ads
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/chatgpt-rolls-out-ads/
Could Anthropic do the right thing?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ed-newton-rex_recently-unsealed-court-documents-in-bartz-activity-7425462974766678016-f7Kx?
TIL MusicBoard is a thing. And it's down
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/so-whats-going-on-with-musicboard/
Is Eleven Labs coming for Sunosudio?
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/elevenlabs-creator-of-suno-rival-eleven-music-raises-500m-at-11bn-valuation/
Weverse demonstrates the walled garden can work
https://musically.com/2026/02/06/weverse-livestreams-generated-more-than-1bn-views-in-2025/
 
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The Opalite Flex, No offense, and Super Bowl sync takes.

Not Taylor, not Benito, but Don Toliver!
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Names in Today's Pod:
Joe Coscarelli
Caryn Ganz
Jacob Gallagher
Jon Pareles
Ben Sisario
Lindsay Zoladz
YouTube Music
Paul Resnikoff
Stuart Dredge
Amazon Music
Create Music
Nettwerk
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
Kristin Robinson
Steve Knopper
CIndy James
 
 
 
Happy birthdays this week:
Alan wolmark
Steve Tramposch
Ben Matusow
Michel Jung
Drew Thurlow
Jennifer Fowler
Alan Becker
Sleigh Bells
 
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LINKS
Bad Bunny Show Explained
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/arts/music/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-best-worst.html?
Don Toliver Busts Through
https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/don-toliver-octane-number-one-billboard-200-albums-chart-1236175846/
Amazon Erases an advantage
https://musically.com/2026/02/06/amazon-music-increases-subscription-prices-in-the-us-and-uk/x`
Taylor Runs a Play
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/06/taylor-swift-opalite-youtube-spotify-apple-music/   
A Creative Nettwork Deal
https://www.billboard.com/pro/create-music-group-300m-nettwerk-management-buyout/
The Music Battle for Late Night
https://www.billboard.com/pro/kimmel-music-cutbacks-impact-artists-promotion/
Indie Cindy
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-way-people-consume-music-is-always-evolving-and-its-our-job-to-stay-ahead/
 
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