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This week, Jay & Mike break down these important music industry stories: • Luminate's 2025 YearEnd Music Report • Music Streaming Platforms Now Host A Quarter Of A BILLION Tracks. Where Does It End? • Who Evaluates Music Authorship? Subscribe to the newsletter: YourMorning.Coffee!

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Luminate's Jaime Marconette On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert speaks with our friend, Luminate's Jaime Marconette, about their recently released 2025 Year End Music Report. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Keith Jopling On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert has an in-depth conversion with author, podcaster and music strategist Keith Jopling about his new book Body Of Work. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 284 On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart cover these important stories: "UMG's Latest Major AI Partnership Arrives Via Tech Giant NVIDIA,With Promise Of 'Antidote To Generic AI Slop'" (Murray Stassen for Music Business Worldwide); "Sir Lucian Grainge Talks AI Music, Superfans In 2026 Memo, Taking Swipe At Firms (that are) 'Validating Business Models That Fail To Respect Artists' Work'" (Murray Stassen for Music Business Worldwide); "Streaming Innovation Highlights From The Past Year" (DIMA (the Digital Media Association). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Morgan Hayduk & Andrew Batey from Beatdapp On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert has an in-depth conversion with Beatdapp co-founders and co-CEOs Morgan Hayduk and Andrew Batey about the state of fraud in the music business. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 283 On this the first episode of the YMC podcast for 2026, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "Spotify And The Cost Of Chasing Numbers" (Ariel Hyatt); "2025 - The Year In Music" (Bob Lefsetz); "The BOTS Act Was Created By Ticketmaster. So Why Is The FTC Using It Against Them?" (A Guest Column For Billboard By Barry Kahn). Plus audio drops from Rick Beato on artists promoting their own music, and Liam Mason on the 5 most f**cked up things Spotify did last year. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 282 On this last edition of 2025 for the the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music business stories: "Anna's Archive, Spotify, And The Shadow-Library Playbook: Why Spotify Is A Crime Scene" (Chris Castle's Music, Tech Solutions Blog); "Music Lawyer Chris Castle Shares His 2026 Music Predictions" (Hypebot); "Xania Monet's Manager And BMAC's CEO Debate AI Artists' Place On Charts And Streaming Services" (Billboard Staff). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Author and Economist Will Page On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart call into our friend, author and economist Will Page to chat about his most recent report entitled "Global Value of Music Copyright Reach $47.2B in 2024". Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 281 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industrry stories: "Podcaster, Writer & Consultant Jay Gilbert's 2026 Music Predictions!" (Jeremy Young for Hypebot); "Global Value Of Music Copyright Reached $47.2 Billion In 2024, Says New Will Page Report" (Murray Stassen for Music Business Worldwide); "Billboard Just Made 'Free' Streams Worth More On Its US Charts. But YouTube Is Not Happy – And Is Pulling Its Data" (Mandy Dalugdug for Music Business Worldwide). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 280 On this latest installment of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "How To Market Old Artists? A Lot Like Marketing Younger Artists, Survey Finds" (Glenn Peoples / Billboard); "How Country Songwriters Are Combatting - And Adopting - Artificial Intelligence" (Tom Roland / Billboard); "Do Music Stars Write Their Own Songs? A Statistical Analysis" (Daniel Parris / Stat Significant). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee