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Oct 21, 2025
Lisa Yang's new role at Warner Music Group marks a shift towards financialization in the music industry. The discussion dives into the recent AWS outage and its unexpected impact on services, raising questions about Amazon's definition of 'mitigated.' Suno's rising success, with over $100 million in revenue and a lofty $2 billion target, sparks a conversation on AI licensing challenges. Finally, the podcast introduces CreateBase, an innovative tool streamlining song registration, and features insights from Mondo NYC attendees on music's evolving landscape.
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Wall Street Is Shaping Music Strategy
- Warner Music hired Lisa Yang from Goldman Sachs to lead global strategy amid increasing financialization of the music industry.
- Streaming's predictable revenue and new AI, gaming, and social revenue streams motivate Wall Street and WMG's strategic hires.
AWS Outage Compared To Supply Crises
- Lars Murray compares the AWS DNS outage to major consumer supply failures like McDonald's running out of burgers to show scale of impact.
- He notes AWS reported the issue was "mitigated," not fully fixed, while many services (including Amazon Music) still experienced problems.
Require Real Fixes, Not Just 'Mitigated' Notices
- Demand clear fixes rather than PR "mitigations" when infrastructure fails, because mitigation admits only partial relief.
- Hold providers accountable and require timestamps and transparency for true resolution, not just mitigated status updates.