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Episode 212 On this installment of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart wax poetic on these important stories: "2024 Mid-Year Music Industry Revenue Report Is Out! YouTube Is Unparalleled In Its Ubiquity. But Music Subscription Services Pay The Bills.  Glenn Peoples From Billboard Breaks It All Down" (Billboard); "Why Fan Pages Are Becoming Artists’ Most Useful — and Cheapest — Marketing Tool" (Billboard); "Spotify Has A Fake Band Problem. It’s A Sign Of Things To Come" (Slate).    Plus an audio drop with Tidal Global Head Of Product Agustina Sacerdote!   Subscribe to the podcast! YourMorning.Coffee

On this very special edition of the YMC podcast celebrating our 4th anniversary, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sit down for a conversation with former Spotify data alchemist Glenn McDonald on his new book "You Have Not Yet Heard Your Favourite Song".    Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 211 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your cheeky hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "2024 Top Streaming Stats"  (Bobby Owsinski's Music 3.0 Blog); "Vinyl Prices Have Outpaced Inflation. Are They Finally Flattening Out?" (Billboard); "Mainstream Is The New Niche" (MIDiA).   Plus audio drops from Randall Foster at Symphonic, music from Ashley McBryde, and Todd Dupler from the Recording Academy.   Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 210 On the 4th anniversary if the YMC podcast, your curious hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "Remembering the Music Industry Players Who Died in 2024" (Billboard); "The Business of Selling Out Is Warping the Music Industry" (Bloomberg); "Please, Please, Please Stop Using My Song: Can Artists Force Politicians to Lay Off Their Music?" (Billboard).   Plus audio drops with Alexis Schreiber from the law firm Schwartz and Schreiber, Jason Peterson from GoDigital and CINQ, and Ryder Havdale from Helios.

Episode 209 One this week's jammin' YMC episode, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chatted about these important music industry stories: "How AI Is Creating A Wave Of Innovation And Entrepreneurship That’s Reshaping The Music Industry" (Billboard); "The Music Industry Is Suffering From A Streaming Hangover" (Financial Times); "Recent Earnings Calls From UNIVERSAL MUSIC, WARNER MUSIC and SONY MUSIC ...What We’ve Learned" (Billboard, Music Business Worldwide).  Plus audio drops with Drew Thurlow on his piece for Billboard, and Michelle Solomon from Pandora.    Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 208 On this week's rockin' episode of the YMC podcast, you super-cool hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important music industry stories: "Can Streaming Save the Music Biz?" (Sherwood News); "Songwriters Take The Stage | A New Playbook For A New Era" Tatiana Cirisano From MIDiA Breaks It Down For Us (MIDiA); "Artists And Major Music Companies Applaud Introduction Of ‘Landmark’ NO FAKES Act In US Senate -  Todd Dupler Explains What It All Means" (Music Business Worldwide).  Plus audio drops from Dmitri Vietze from Music Techtonics, Glenn McDonald, author of You Have Not Yet Heard Your Favorite Song: How Streaming Changes Music, Tatiana Cirisano from MIDiA, Todd Dupler with the Recording Academy.   Subsribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 207 On this week's scintillating edition of the YMC podcast, your groovy hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "Jack White Didn't Just Release A Surprise Album — He Made A Stand For Rock Mystique" (The Tennessean); "Daniel Ek Talks New Spotify ‘Deluxe’ Tier, The Company’s Relationship With The Music Business And More On Q2 Earnings Call" (Music Business Worldwide); "What You Should Know About UMG’s Q2 Earnings: Uneven Streaming Growth, Facebook Licensing & More" (Billboard).  Plus audio drops with Lady Gaga at the Olympics, and the new Jack White release!   Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee    

Episode 206 On this week's offering of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "Luminate Releases 2024 Mid-year Music Report" (Luminate); "There Are 8bn User-curated Playlists On Spotify, 725m Created This Year Alone, Daniel Ek Says" (Music Business Worldwide); "Country Music Is Booming Again. This Time, The Fans Are In Charge" (Wall Street Journal).    Plus an audio drop from Darryl Ballentine, CEO at LYRICFIND.   Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

YMC Special - Will Page's "A Case For Completion" On this special edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart have a conversation with one of our favorite friends, economist Will Page on his recent piece "A Case For Completion".   Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

YMC Special Episode   On this special episode of the YMC podast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sit down for a chat with our friend Jaime Marconette from Luminate about their recently released Mid-Year 2024 Report!   Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee