On this episode: Larry And Lynn on Warner Music's big restructuring. Also UMG earnings, the Labels' showdown with AI platforms, and has on-demand streaming peaked?

On this episode: Larry and Lynn dive into the DOJ vs. LiveNation, what's behind recent arena tour cancellations, and Spotify's price increase and what it means. Also: is Queen's catalogue a billion dollar property?

Spotify started offering limited audiobook listening late last year for no extra charge -- after the first price increase in the company's history went through for all US premium subscribers. What Spotify did was bundle their paid-for music subscriptions in the US with its nascent audiobook service in an attempt to lower the rates it pays to songwriters and music publishers. Spotify says it's entitled to bundle services in this way. In this episode, why former Spotify Global Head of Music Publishing Adam Parness sees it differently.

Larry and Lynn discuss earnings season highlights -- UMG, Live Nation, Hybe and more. They unpack Kendrick v. Drake, and will Spotify's bundling move have a major unforeseen consequence?

United States Copyright Office Register Shira Perlmutter oversees a team of 500 people and advises the U.S. Congress and the executive branch on copyright policy.

By definition her office is the foremost expert on copyright in the country. But she is the foremost expert, as a person, on copyright in the country. If you're excited or terrified by how music policy is being made around AI -- especially deepfakes and digital likeness -- you won't want to miss this wide-ranging public conversation with Register Perlmutter and NMPA President David Israelite. Special thanks to peermusic.

This week: TikTok in the news: the Taylor Swift TikTok anomaly and the forced sale legislation. Also, what's up at Hipgnosis, and Spotify in the news: Its earnings and the NMPA's complaint.

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This week we unpack the full year 2023 RIAA data. Are we too dependent on subscription growth? Larry Miller and Billboard Power 100 music lawyer Lynn Gonzalez debate. Also: What happened at Hipgnosis and putting the Shot Tower Capital report in context; why we love Cowboy Carter, the new Beyoncé magnum opus; and Larry gets a sneak peek at the sparkly new Brooklyn Paramount.

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Star music lawyer Lynn Gonzalez of Granderson Des Rochers joins NYU Steinhardt Music Business prof Larry Miller on this Musonomics Flash episode to dissect the IFPI Global Music Report and emerging markets growth; Suno, a startlingly impressive AI for text-based music creation and The Soul of a Machine; Bandlab blows through a new milestone and Larry explains why private equity isn't a giant vampire squid wrapped around the face of the music industry.

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For this flash edition of Musonomics, Larry Miller is Joined by music attorney Lynn Gonzalez from Granderson Des Rochers LLP. Larry and Lynn unpack some recent developments in music finance and technology, including Universal Music's latest investments and its standoff with TikTok, Tennessee's ELVIS Act, and Music Production Startup EngineEars.

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On Wednesday, Luminate, the data company powering the Billboard charts, released its 2023 year end music report. Larry Miller and guest co-host Britnee Foreman from Exceleration Music pored over the whole thing. In this mini-episode they share key takeaways and surprises, and make a few predictions based on what they learned.