Did we ace the Nicki Minaj Challenge or what?

 

Names in the pod today:

Elizabeth Dilts Marshall

Allie Canal

Marc Schneider

Lee Brown

Spotify

Tyler the Creator

Niche Micro Celebrity Records

Howard Lutnick

Andrew Hutchinson

TikTok

iHeart Media

Meta

Nicki Minaj

Alisha Haridasani Gupta

 

Links: 

Spotify earnings not so Bad?

https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-q2-2025-earnings-subscribers-profit-revenue/

Well Actually, Yes.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/spotify-stock-slides-after-reporting-q2-loss-weaker-forecast-after-record-rally-134534543.html?

Lee Brown Dashes out the door

https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-lee-brown-exit-advertising-chief-doordash/

Don't Tap the Spam

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/29/tyler-the-creator-dont-tap-the-glass-ai-song/

iHeart Doesn't think TikTok is going away

https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-launches-live-singing-competition-next-up/754246/

https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/tiktok-and-iheartradio-present-next-up-live-music

Threads Upgrades

https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/threads-expands-api-functionality-social-media-management/754239/

I don't believe this...

https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-ban-upheld-if-deal-not-in-place-by-deadline/754039/

The Nick Minaj Trend

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/style/nicki-minaj-challenge-tiktok.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

 

Music Services

Musicservices.com

Hangout.fm

Https://hangout.fm

Lydia's V30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tG6NjUzug