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The sun will rise, the sun will set, and the power 100...   https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply   Names in the pod today:   Glenn Peoples Murray Stassen Michael Nash Bob Valentine Mikey Shulman Dario Amodei Anthropic GIC Capital Dan Rys Kristin Robinson Michael Nash Paul Resnikoff Jim Roppo Donna Gryn Kevin Kelleher #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast   Links in the Comments LINKS: Billboard hits Shuffle on the power 5 https://www.billboard.com/p/billboard-2026-power-100-list/ Market share old faithful https://www.billboard.com/pro/record-label-market-share-2025-republic-taylor-swift/ Michael Nash explains it all https://www.billboard.com/pro/universal-music-michael-nash-tiktok-udio-ai-deals-on-record/ Singapore Slings cash at Sony https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sony-to-form-2bn-music-rights-acquisition-jv-with-singapores-gic-pte-sovereign-wealth-fund-report/ Glenn Explains countercyclical https://open.substack.com/pub/theneedledrop/p/good-thing-music-is-a-counter-cyclical? Cycles and Careers are getitng shorter https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/28/chartmetric-2025-data/? Anthropic is having a moment; let's sue them! https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/umg-concord-and-abkco-sue-anthropic-for-3bn-in-what-could-be-single-largest-non-class-action-copyright-case-in-us-history/ Hangout.FM Hangout.fm   Song Of the Week: untitled -- restless https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDR   Copyright © 2025 Nodisc LLC

https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply   Names In Today's Pod: Chris Douridas Jason Hradil Kid Rock Live Nation Harry Styles Eric Frankenberg Dylan Smith Chris Hellman Spotify Ground Control Eric Renner Brown Ariel King Keith Richards Range Media Partners Sean O'Connell Jason Hradil     LINKS: Spotify Spiel https://newsroom.spotify.com/2026-01-28/2025-music-industry-payouts-whats-next-for-artists/ Spotify Spiel Interpreted https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/28/spotify-revenue-recorded-percentage/ Bring Back the (San Jose) Clash? https://news.pollstar.com/2026/01/27/range-sports-acquires-superfly/ Kid Rock goes to Washington https://www.billboard.com/pro/live-nation-kid-rock-testify-ticketmaster-senate-hearing/ Just wild about Harry... https://www.billboard.com/lists/harry-styles-upcoming-tour-together-together-boxscore/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/28/harry-styles-wembley-stadium-records/ Ground Control's Glimmer Twin. https://www.billboard.com/pro/how-waxahatchee-agency-looking-grow-festival-bookings/ Amazon Layoffs https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/tech/amazon-layoffs-ai The Boss weighs in on MPLS.Your move, GenZ https://open.spotify.com/track/6AtgHxdvghUjcjdPX1VhWN?si=da3e2fea3814416e&nd=1&dlsi=604db24f336f4e99   #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast RoyFi Https://royfi.com Hangout.FM Hangout.fm Seated https://www.seated.com/   Copyright © 2025 Nodisc LLC

New US TikTok already has folks Tik'd off.   https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply   Names in the pod today: TikTok Spotify Goldman Sachs Bruce Houghton Randi Zimmerman Instagram Andrew Hutchinson Lil Uzi Vert Headband   Links: AI Playlists on Spotify launch in the USA... https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/spotify-brings-ai-powered-prompted-playlists-to-the-u-s-and-canada/ ...and they are kinda Bad https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3CBnYVp9zl7HF8zyHQseoC?si=7tztj9pdQaC0pOdbHOo3sw&pi=TW9RzyrXT5CPI TikTok US-er exodus? https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/us-tiktok-users-seek-alternatives-after-change-in-ownership/810527/ https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/tiktok-alternative-skylight-soars-to-380k-users-after-tiktok-u-s-deal-finalized/?utm_campaign=daily_pm TikTok setles a suit https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/technology/tiktok-settlement-social-media-addiction-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share TikTok USA news you can use https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2026/01/new-tiktok-music-terms-of-service-bad-feeds-and-outages.html Instagram News you can use https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2026/01/facebook-whatsapp-instagram-updates-that-matter-to-musicians.html Lil Uzi Vert Trend https://www.tiktok.com/music/What-You-Saying-7586832819629901825 Headband Trend https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7561202385775790878   #musicindustry #podcast   RoyFi Https://royfi.com Hangout.FM Hangout.fm Lydia's V30 https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos    Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC

1968, 1991, 1996, 2019, or 2026? You tell me!   https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply   Names In Today's Pod: Claude Code Dario Amodei Anish Todd Goodwin Karen Allen Billie Eilish The Hoodoo Gurus Eleven Labs Chris Herche Ground Control Touring Lyndsey Havens Emily Braham Andreesen Horowitz Anish Acharya David Gewirtz Ed Newton-Rex   #musicbusiness #podcast     LINKS   Billie Speaks out (Fox news link optional) https://www.foxnews.com/media/billie-eilish-calls-out-silent-celebs-outrage-grows-over-alex-pretti-killing.amp https://consequence.net/2026/01/billie-eilish-finneas-ice-speak-up/ Hoodoo Gurus do too... https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/hoodoo-gurus-one-nation-song-1236163476/ Managers to grip and grin with... https://www.billboard.com/pro/music-managers-to-watch-2026/ https://www.billboard.com/pro/music-managers-to-watch-2026/ Claude is starting to happen.. https://a16z.com/softwares-youtube-moment-is-happening-now/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-used-claude-code-to-vibe-code-mac-app/ https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/anthropic-launches-interactive-claude-apps-including-slack-and-other-workplace-tools/?utm_campaign=daily_pm Eleven Labs hooks up with innovators https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/22/elevenlabs-liza-minnelli-art-garfunkel-ai-album/ Ed Newton Rex X Anna's Archive: Two Rods, please https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ed-newton-rex_a-few-months-ago-i-was-curious-to-know-how-activity-7420048307655200768-buoq? UMG Twitch is starting to happen. https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/23/umg-1824-twitch-initiative/ RoyFi Https://www.royfi.com Hangout.FM Hangout.fm Copyright © 2025 Nodisc LLC

I won't be suiting up this week in LA. Have fun everyone!   https://lnk.to/unlimitedsupply   Names in Today's Pod: Ashley Iasimone A$ap Rocky NERD Jen Citron Manatt Gary Gilbert Jordan Bromley Chris Castle The MLC Nick Maiale Jump Global Heather Mars Angela Abbott   Happy birthdays this week: Russell Fink Dan Weiner Jenn Sperandeo Jay Liepis Erin Yasgar     LINKS The SUper Bowl Super Troll https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/donald-trump-super-bowl-2026-anti-bad-bunny-green-day-1236162205/ A$AP Rocky breaks through https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/asap-rocky-dont-be-dumb-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1236162371/ No one ever really sues each other, https://www.billboard.com/pro/pharrell-williams-sued-by-neptunes-chad-hugo-lawsuit-split/ Chris Castle follows the money https://musictechpolicy.com/2026/01/23/the-mlcs-2027-distribution-plan-mechanics-announced-accountability-deferred/ Manatt Helps you follow the money https://www.manatt.com/music-streaming-royalty-calculator Jimp Global's Grammy Week FOMO calendar https://app.zuddl.com/jumpglobal/no-ego-la-awards-week-2026/   RoyFi Https://www.royfi.com Hangout.FM Hangout.fm Copyright © 2025 Nodisc LLC

Chengdu, the ATL of China?   https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply   Names in the pod today: TikTok Glenn Peoples Universal Music Group Sony Music The MLC Merlin Matt Spetzler Pipeline Duetti The Raine Group   #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast   Links in the Comments   LINKS: TikTok is here to stay https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/technology/tiktok-deal-oracle-bytedance-china-us.html Glenn says the US industry is big bloated and slow. https://theneedledrop.substack.com/p/the-us-music-market-is-big-bloated Def Jam China https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/universal-launches-def-jam-recordings-china-division-in-chengdu-the-capital-of-chinese-hip-hop/ Pipeline established and working with Merlin https://www.billboard.com/pro/investor-led-kobalt-acquisition-artist-advance-platform/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/22/merlin-pipeline-deal/ Duetti Raiises a rod (actually Two https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/duetti-secures-200m-in-fresh-financing-led-by-50m-series-c-equity-investment-from-the-raine-group/   Hangout.FM Hangout.fm   Song Of the Week: Brigitte Calls Me Baby -- Slumber Party https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDR   Copyright © 2025 Nodisc LLC

Supersonic whack-a-mole! Nepo Vulgarians!   https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply   Names In Today's Pod: Allison Smith Adam Mosseri Instagram Dylan Smith Anna's Archive Jennifer Citron DropHouse Ron Nenni     Links in Comments... Instagram Enshittification Debate https://www.theverge.com/tech/864768/instagram-adam-mosseri-ai-content-algorithm Supersonic whack-a-mole https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/21/annas-archive-lawsuit/ Look for spouses elsewhere, kids https://www.billboard.com/pro/la-hotel-cafe-closing-2026-host-charity-concert/ Sagon kicks it up a notch https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/18/vietnam-entertainment-complex-ho-chi-minh-city/ Another Ego Monument in DC https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/19/sphere-national-harbor-maryland-announcement/ Bruno Mars is the superstar we were waiting for... https://news.pollstar.com/2026/01/16/bruno-mars-shatters-ticket-sales-records-with-unprecedented-demand-for-the-romantic-tour/ ASAP Rocky Luanch was cool https://news.pollstar.com/2026/01/20/aap-rocky-announces-42-date-dont-be-dumb-world-tour/   LINKS:   #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast RoyFi Https://royfi.com Hangout.FM Hangout.fm Seated https://www.seated.com/   Copyright © 2025 Nodisc LLC

The discussion revolves around intriguing industry shifts, including the rising popularity of TikTok and its trends for 2026. The hosts delve into the notable departures from Billboard, particularly Hannah Karp's move to Warner Music. There's buzz about Julie Greenwald and Max Lousada launching their new venture, 26.2. Meanwhile, Threads is reportedly surpassing X in daily users, and there’s excitement around the resurgence of viral tracks like Taffy’s and Sean Kingston's collaborations. The podcast is packed with insights into the evolving music landscape.

A few new squares for my 2026 Bingo card   https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply   Names In Today's Pod: Daniela Avila Dylan Smith Roger Goodell Green Day Nick Stern Djo Apple Music Spotify Sarah Perez Mark Zuckerberg Meta Murray Stassen Luminate Gaurav Sharma Hook Hannah Poferl Universal Music Group   Happy Birthdays! Per Vikstrom Marc Offenbach Ben Matusow a few more former coworkers and trusted colleagues Adam Zabarsky UM Jim Burruss Annie Ortmeier Alan Sartirana Michael Krumper     LINKS   NFL Trolling? https://people.com/green-day-opening-super-bowl-lx-with-special-performance-featuring-mvps-11888343 Apple Music turns up the marketing... https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/16/bad-bunny-halftime-show-trailer/ ...as Spotify's market cap tanks. https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/18/spotify-stock-spot-drops-decline-analysis/ Djo explained https://www.billboard.com/pro/how-stranger-things-finale-djo-end-beginning-success/ Where ends the Unlimited Supply of slop https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/quarter-of-a-billion-tracks-now-sit-on-music-streaming-services-where-does-it-end/ Gaurav Sharma on artists and AI https://www.billboard.com/pro/ai-opt-in-isnt-enough-artists-want-partnership-guest-column/ Good luck Hannah Poferl! https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/hannah-poferl-appointed-chief-data-officer-at-universal-music-group/ Second Life 2.0 -- what a great idea! https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/19/well-there-goes-the-metaverse/   RoyFi Https://www.royfi.com Hangout.FM Hangout.fm Copyright © 2025 Nodisc LLC #musicbusiness #podcast   Copyright © 2025 Nodisc LLC

Bandcamp takes a stand by banning AI-generated music, stirring debates about artist integrity. Spotify faces scrutiny with a price hike that hasn't boosted its stock as anticipated. HYBE executives cash in as BTS gears up for a triumphant return. Calvin Harris scores a massive legal win against his former manager for $13.5 million. Meanwhile, songwriters celebrate a legal victory that expands their rights globally. Lastly, venture capital is bouncing back, with Musical.ai raising funds to promote ethical AI use in the music industry.