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Music City Reps throw copyright under the bus. Just Sayin'...   Names in the pod today: Shira Perlmutter Martin Lorentzon Marsha Blackburn Scott Desjarlais Andy Ogles John Rose Mark E. Green Klaus-Peter Schulenberg Udio CTS Eventim Spotify   LINKS: Perlmutter claps back https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/donald-trump-sued-by-us-copyright-office-director-over-blatantly-unlawful-firing/ A Big Beautiful Copyright sellout https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/22/ai-safe-harbor-provision-big-beautiful-bill-act/ NOFAKES in the Senate https://www.billboard.com/pro/martina-mcbride-speaks-out-ai-deepfakes-senate-hearing/ CTS has a Big Quarter https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/cts-eventim-revenues-soared-19-1-to-3bn-in-2024/ Remove a Tariff, watch biz boom https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-says-ios-payment-rule-change-boosted-premium-subscription/ UDIO hits the App store https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/udios-mobile-app-launches-on-ios-priced-at-up-to-30-per-month/   Music Services Https://Musicservices.com Hangout.FM Hangout.fm

A dizzying arrat of Livenation litigation   Names in the pod today:   Richard Smirke Elizabeth Dilts Marshall Eriq Gardner Live Nation Dave Brooks Richard Grenell The Josephine Network   LINKS:   An extra dose of AI-nxiety https://www.billboard.com/pro/eu-ai-act-code-europe-music-industry-tech-concerns/ The powers that be Live nation https://puck.news/podcast_episode/taylors-swifties-v-live-nation/ COVID Collusion Kerfuffle https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/live-nation-and-aeg-face-probe-over-pandemic-refund-policies-report/ https://news.pollstar.com/2025/05/19/feds-probe-live-nation-aeg-for-alleged-covid-era-collusion-report/ The Kid is catching on https://www.billboard.com/pro/live-nation-donald-trump-appointee-richard-grenell-board/ The Tickets are too damn high! https://www.billboard.com/pro/concert-ticket-prices-studies-spending-debt-consumer-trends/ Handy Dandy cheap tickets resources https://www.billboard.com/culture/product-recommendations/best-cheap-tickets-sites-1235380283/ The Josephine Network https://josephinenetwork.bandcamp.com/ RoyFi https://www.RoyFI.com Music Services Https://Musicservices.com   #musicindustry #podcast

"Without You" is this week's viral for the olds.   Names in the pod today: Fred Goldring Josh Gruss Universal Music Ashley King Emma Roth Mike Spinella Ryan Redington Amazon Music Soundcloud Spotify TikTok     Links UMG Goes Back to Bricks and Mortar https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/umg-to-relocate-new-york-offices-to-penn-2-building-in-manhattan-with-future-premium-retail-experience-dedicated-to-serving-music-superfans/ https://www.billboard.com/business/business-news/bookstores-comeback-record-stores-follow-op-ed-1235966827/ Amazon AI Playlisting > Spotify AI Playlisting https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/20/amazon-music-ai-powered-search/ https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/entertainment/amazon-music-ai-music-discovery Spotify Leans harder into Audiobooks https://www.theverge.com/news/669933/spotify-iphone-app-audiobooks-purchase-apple-ruling Past Peak TikTok? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/20/tiktok-loses-most-downloaded-app-crown/ A SoundCloud-y Promo https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mikespinella_1000bpmremix-1000bpmremix-soundcloud-activity-7329967290274172928-ON0l?   Music Services Musicservices.com Hangout.fm Https://hangout.fm Lydia's V30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug

Drummer Layoffs Problematic artists and supercomputers in Space     Names In Today's Pod: Jem Aswad Tressie Macmillan Cottom Ashley King Chriss WIllman Steven J. Horowitz Ted Suh Snap Blue Origin Kyle Orland Shira Gans New York Music Month   #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast   LINKS: Drummer Layoffs https://variety.com/2025/music/news/foo-fighters-fire-josh-freese-drummer-shocked-disappointed-1236400951/ https://variety.com/2025/music/news/the-who-fires-zak-starkey-again-advance-farewell-tour-1236402638/ Cottom on Wallen https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/opinion/country-music-beyonce-lana.html Aswad on Wallen https://variety.com/2025/music/opinion/morgan-wallen-fans-maga-trump-1236400045/ Discord Hacks Kanye https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/19/kanye-west-album-leaked-discord/ https://variety.com/2025/music/opinion/morgan-wallen-fans-maga-trump-1236400045/ Epic Games fights for all of us. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/05/epic-goes-to-court-to-force-fortnite-back-on-us-ios/ Bachelorettes of Supercomputer in space https://www.theverge.com/news/669157/china-begins-assembling-its-supercomputer-in-space https://www.linkedin.com/posts/musically_weve-just-dropped-the-first-round-of-panels-activity-7330176624056745984-65gX? Ted Suh Exits Snap https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7323052122990641152-KVWJ/? New York Music Month Schedule https://variety.com/2025/music/news/new-york-music-month-2025-full-schedule-1236403359/   Music Services Https://Musicservices.com Hangout.FM Hangout.fm

If you are sleeping on Shorts, wake up!   Names in Today’s Pod: Glenn Peoples Rob Stevenson Matt Signore YouTube Resorts World Peter Bjorn and John Lone Wolves Jack Hedges   LINKS: Moragan Wallen is everywhere https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/morgan-wallen-im-the-problem-breaks-sreaming-records-1235974784/ Katy Perry OOF https://nypost.com/2025/05/17/entertainment/katy-perry-not-invited-back-to-vegas-after-residency/ Under 21's are coming. https://www.billboard.com/lists/21-under-21-music-2025-list/ And they are doing it on YouTube Shorts https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/15/youtube-shorts-revenue-now-equals-regular-videos/ Earnings Learnings https://www.billboard.com/pro/music-earnings-report-q1-trends-cost-cutting-subscriptions/ RoyFi Hangout.fm

Back from MusicBiz!   Names in the pod today: Jonathan Vlassopoulous Byron Coley Portia Sabin Mandy Dalugdug Daniel Tencer Bill Ackman Concord Music     LINKS: AI Roundup https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/tech-bros-weekly/ Nine toes in court https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/did-anthropics-own-ai-generate-a-hallucination-in-legal-defense-against-song-lyrics-copyright-case/ ALbini Drops stevealbiniscloset.com. Concord On Broadway https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/09/broadway-licensing-global-concord-acquisition/ Aurocorrect Hates this... https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/producer-poo-bear-launches-ttikr-app-allowing-creators-to-monetize-content-without-ads/ Spotify payouts up in UK https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/uk-artists-generated-more-than-1bn-on-spotify-in-2024-up-8-from-a-year-earlier/ Ackman bows out https://www.billboard.com/pro/bill-ackman-resigns-universal-music-group-board-umg/ Next year in Atlanta https://www.billboard.com/pro/music-biz-conference-return-atlanta-2026/   Music Services Https://Musicservices.com Hangout.FM Hangout.fm

Last Day in ATL and my voice is shot!   Names in the pod today:   Sony Music Elizabeth Dilts Marshall Lone Wolves Community Soundcloud Eliah Seton CBGB Fest Michael Delle Donne Rob Dekker Ricardo Briceno Portia Sabin Ticketmaster Katie Bain   #musicindustry #podcast   LINKS: Sony done Good in Q1 https://www.billboard.com/pro/sony-music-fiscal-earnings-revenue-profits-streaming/ Doing the right thing 1 https://www.billboard.com/pro/soundcloud-artificial-intelligence-open-letter-terms-ceo/ Doing the right thing 1 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/12/ticketmasters-all-in-pricing-arrives-nationwide/ Canada Festival soft? https://www.billboard.com/pro/canada-music-festival-market-declining-report/ CBGB Fest Returns https://news.pollstar.com/2025/05/12/cbgb-festival-heads-to-under-the-k-bridge-with-iggy-pop-jack-white-sex-pistols-more/

Some things are too debased, too frightening and too disturbing to be shared with the public.   Names in the pod today: Dick Wingate Universal Music Group Drake Fiona Bloom Jamie Marconette Dylan Smith Bill Rosenblatt Eric West iHeart Media Ashley King Tencent Entertainment Adam Jacobsen Jeremy Sirota Elias Leight Quanisha Madison Connie Francis David Pellum II     Links iHeart Earnings https://rbr.com/a-good-start-to-2025-comes-for-iheartmedia/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/13/iheartmedia-us-radio-advertising-spend-percentage/ Drake suit Too debased, too frightening and too disturbing. https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/12/drake-umg-lawsuit-protective-order/ AI strip mining in the dark of night https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/12/house-republicans-ban-on-ai-regulation/ Tencent Earnings https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tencent-musics-super-vip-tier-drives-quarterly-revenues-to-1bn-mark-as-income-from-streaming-subscriptions-jumps-16-6/ Jeremy Sirota Leaving Merlin https://www.billboard.com/pro/jeremy-sirota-leaving-merlin/   Music Services Musicservices.com Hangout.fm Https://hangout.fm Lydia's V30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug

Day One in ATL..   Names In Today's Pod: Bruno Guez Revelator Suno Soundcloud Ed Newton-Rex Wes Davis Kyle Wiggers Jay Gilbert Richard James Burgess Lindsay Montgomery Sam Pritikin Steve Driss Maulin Hermani Craig Gonzalez Joel Andrew   #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast   LINKS: Revelator Doubles up https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/revelator-hits-15-billion-stream-landmark-looks-to-double-revenues-in-2025/ Suno keeps Rolling https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-upgrades-ai-music-generator-with-enhanced-vocal-capabilities-extended-track-length/ Soundcloud's mixed AI signals https://www.theverge.com/news/664683/soundcloud-denies-training-ai-with-user-music ChatGPTing your way through college https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/openai-chatgpt-ai-cheating-education-college-students-school.html Music Services Musicservices.com RoyFi https://www.RoyFI.com

Alright Music Biz Let's do this thing...     Names In Today's Pod: Robert Levine Paul Resnikoff Spotify Glenn Peoples Ted Gioia Shira Perlmutter Ghost Sleep Token Rob Dekker Michael Del Donne Ricardo Briceno     LINKS: Past Peak Spotify? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-spotify-subscriber-2025-decline/ Copy Cop Defenestrated https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/donald-trump-fires-top-us-copyright-official-sending-concerning-message-over-music-and-ai/ Private Equity is problematic but I doubt it's destroying frontline... https://www.billboard.com/pro/private-equity-catalog-market-hurting-new-music/ Rob Levine tells a Ghost Story https://www.billboard.com/pro/inside-alluring-concept-rock-ghost/   RoyFi https://www.RoyFI.com Hangout.fm Https://hangout.fm