Flat results amid the Gold Rush.

 

 

Names in the pod today:

 

Sam Boughedda

David Krinsky

Denis Ladegaillerie

Universal Music Group

Spotify

Tim Ingham

Deezer

Vinyl Me Please

Rosenblatt

Believe

John Josephson

SESAC

Dylan Smith

Remy Bond

 

#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

 

LINKS:

Hits Shines UMG Up

https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/business/umg-q2-financials-2025-07-31

VMP's AI Shines UMG up even More

https://www.vinylmeplease.com/blogs/music-industry-news/universal-music-group-reports-strong-q2-revenue-growth-amid-streaming-surge

Investing.com doesnt varnish it

https://www.investing.com/news/earnings/universal-music-group-q2-revenue-misses-expectations-4163985

Spotify Target Down

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/30/spotify-stock-target-rosenblatt/

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/31/spotify-stock-rally-cools-july-2025/

Deezer Flat

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/30/deezer-h1-2025-financials/

Believe Deja Vu

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/denis-ladegaillerie-gets-his-company-back-believe-consortiums-squeeze-out-nearly-complete-as-firm-stops-trading-in-france/

SESAC's WBS

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sesac-raises-889m-whole-business-securitization-three-times-oversubscribed/

 

Song Of the Week -- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=1BUUQCZSQbaubZyHh18LwQ&pi=CLPO8zxbQluJt

 

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Might buy a plane Ticket for Seed Sounds Weekender!

 

 

Names In Today's Pod:

Warner Brothers

Dalia Ganz

Josh Remsberg

Jesse Ervin

Glenn Peoples

Sophie Williams

Soundside Festival

Seed Sounds Weekender

Sinclair

ROXi

Kit Muir-Rogers

GigPig

 

#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

 

LINKS:

Warner Changes

https://www.billboard.com/pro/warner-records-staff-changes-layoffs-label-marketing-team/

SInclair discovers MTV

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/30/sinclair-music-video-channel/

Billboard K-Pop Report

https://www.billboard.com/pro/billboard-k-pop-fandom-in-us-report-introducing/

Festivals are Hard

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/25/soundside-festival-canceled/

Especially in The UK..

https://www.billboard.com/pro/1975-matty-healy-new-festival-seed-sounds-weekender/

Beyonce Hits 100million in June Alone

https://www.billboard.com/pro/beyonce-cowboy-carter-tour-june-100-million-boxscore/

 

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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

 

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Lydia's V30

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

AI and K-Pop move at Lightning Speed

 

 

Names In Today's Pod:

Glenn Peoples

Hybe

Bang Si-Hyeuk

Ador

Min Hee-Jin

Chris Castle

Michael Chuthakieo

Penske Media

Dick Clark Productions

Marsha Blackburn

Adam Schiff

Marc Schneider

Evan Shapiro

ChatGPT

Anthropic

Dylan Smith

 

#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

 

LINKS:

Don't Believe the HYBE

https://www.billboard.com/pro/hybe-stock-down-chairman-bang-fraud-allegations-convictions/

New Jeans wants their SIM card back

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/newjeans-telling-us-to-return-to-ador-and-hybe-is-like-telling-the-victim-of-school-bullying-to-return-to-the-same-school-and-endure-it/

ChatGPT SHould be PIP-ed

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eshap-media-cartographer_the-matrix-lies-recently-i-embarked-on-activity-7355557260342796288-44K3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAAC_y4Bj_55MYX2ryKaHuxhU84V4OgAAeM

Anthropic lawyers Up

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/anthropic-beefs-up-legal-team-ahead-of-showdown-with-universal-music-group-report/

WIlmer Hale's 8 Copyright less AI Action Plan Takeaways

https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/client-alerts/20250724-top-takeaways-president-trumps-new-ai-action-plan

Return of the son of the TRAIN act

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/28/train-act-reintroduced/

Penske "Mike's up" again

https://www.billboard.com/pro/dick-clark-productions-mike-chuthakieo-chief-commercial-officer/

 

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What do King Gizzard and Tom Lehrer share?

 

Names in Today's Pod

 

Darryl Ballantyne

Karen Allen

Tom Lehrer

Daniel Ek

Ethan Shanfield

Ashley King

US Rep Kevin Kylie

Fire Aid

Richard Severo

Peter Keepnews

Spotify

Deerhoof

Xiu XIu

King Gizzard

Glenn S. Gerstell

TikTok

Universal Music Group

Deeezer

Sirius XM

Tom Truitt

 

LINKS:

King Gizzard and Spotify

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-pulls-music-off-spotify-1236470802/

Fire Aid kerfuffle

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/25/fireaid-funds-distribution-to-non-profits/

RIP Tom Lehrer

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/arts/music/tom-lehrer-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Whither the TikTok Ban?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/opinion/tiktok-ban-trump-china-technology.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Karen Allen and Darryl Ballantyne are the Smartest people in the room

https://www.linkedin.com/events/thesmartestpeopleintheroom-darr7353438566628089861/

 

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It's my birthday! A rating or review or follow on Apple or Spotify would make a great present -- and it's Free!

 

Names in the pod today:

Nicki Shamel

Tunecore

Tom Conrad

Sonos

Bob Valentine

Paul Sipio

Larry Miller

Michael Paniwozik

Concord

Apollo Global Management

Blackstone

Murray Stassen

Dylan Smith

Mandy Dalugdug

YouTube

Universal Music Group

HYBE

Spotify

Luminate

Daniel Tencer

 

LINKS:

Go Nicki Shamel

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/nicki-shamel-appointed-head-of-tunecore-us/

Sonos Does the right thing.

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/23/toto-ai-generated-track-spotify-page/

Concord's Money Canal

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/concord-closes-1-76-billion-asset-backed-securities-transaction-to-fuel-continued-growth/

Musonomics again with Paul Siipio from Apollo

https://musonomics.com/podcast

Dead Elephants Float

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/23/blackstone-abs-372m-recognition-catalog/

No-drama Youtube

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/23/youtube-revenue-q2-2025/

Immigration for UMG

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/universal-music-group-takes-step-closer-to-us-listing-filing-draft-registration-with-sec/

Korean regulators have teeth

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/three-hybe-employees-receive-prison-sentence-for-insider-trading-on-bts-military-enlistment-report/

Spotify could probably sell more tickets...

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/super-listeners-are-2-of-all-music-streamers-but-buy-50-of-concert-tickets-spotify-says/

 

Song Of the Week -- Bodega's "Quantify"

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?

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An Indie divorce, and the ultimate indie wedding!

 

 

Names In Today's Pod:

Cat Kreidich

Alejandro Duque

ADA

Warner Music Group

Josh Hawley

Richard Blumenthal

Dylan Smith

Murray Stassen

Tim Ingham

Bonnaroo

Paolo Ragusa

Billboard

Lucy Dacus

 

 

#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

 

LINKS:

ADA Bang-Bang Play

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/23/warner-music-group-ada-alejandro-duque/

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/cat-kreidich-exits-as-president-of-warners-indie-distribution-arm-ada/

Bipartisanship sold, bought, or processed

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/23/ai-accountability-and-personal-data-protection-act/

Bonnaroo Makes some changes but still in June

https://consequence.net/2025/07/bonnaroo-2026-dates/

Billboard Live Summit

https://www.billboard.com/business/touring/billboard-live-music-summit-awards-2025-date-1236027693/

Lucy Dacus will get you married

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lucy-dacus-officiate-fans-weddings-upcoming-tour-1236028933/

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Nothing beats a Jet2 Holiday meme!

 

Names in the pod today:

 

Tricia Rice

Thomas Scherer

Dennis Scheyer

BMG

PopCult Worldwide

TikTok

Threads

Zoe Lister

Jet2

Jess Glynne

Andrew Hutchinson

Ozzy Osbourne

 

Links: 

Why This Song?

https://whythissong.lnk.to/podcast

Socials Vs. EU

https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/us-tech-giants-oppose-eu-penalties-force-trump-support/753631/

TikTok Supports Songwriters

https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-adds-credit-for-songwriters-on-profiles/753415/

Nothing Beats a Jet 2 Holiday Meme

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/travel/new-york-floods-tiktok-meme.html

https://www.nme.com/news/music/jess-glynnes-hold-my-hand-takes-on-life-of-its-own-after-becoming-viral-jet2-holiday-meme-3879375

Edits adds Music Features

https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-edits-video-editing-app-keyframe-editing-voice-effects-royalty-free-music/753254/

Keep an Eye on Threads

https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/threads-and-ai-apps-see-strong-download-momentum-june/753286/ 

 Rip Ozzy

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/arts/music/ozzy-osbourne-dead.html

 

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Lydia's V30

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

Zuck DGAF: It Rhymes!

 

Names In Today's Pod:

Dan Kruchkow

Crush Management

Suno

Rob Wells

Orfium

McKenzie Cummings Grady

Josh Hawley

Mark Zukerberg

Meta

Ashley King

Daniel Tencer

Tyler The Creator

Kesha

#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

 

LINKS:

Tyler Tracks Speed ranked

https://www.billboard.com/lists/tyler-the-creators-dont-tap-the-glass-tracks-ranked/

Dan Kruchkow Exec of the Week

https://www.billboard.com/pro/kesha-period-independent-debut-chart-topping-how/

Suno moves closer to a DAW, but still...

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/18/suno-v4-5-launch/   

Hawley gets one right

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/17/josh-hawley-ai-companies-comments-senate-hearing/

Zuck DGAF

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/meta-rejects-eus-ai-code-of-practice-even-as-ai-giants-anthropic-and-openai-say-they-will-sign-on/

Orfium Gets an EU grant to detect AI training data

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/orfium-awarded-eu-grant-to-lead-research-project-into-copyright-detection-in-ai-generated-music/

 

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Kudos to Outpost partners for a succinct look at the Music Tech investment landscape.

 

Names in Today's Pod:

Andreas Lauer

Outpost Partners

Keith Caulfield

Larry Miller

Taiana Cirisano

Musonomics

Midia Research

Paul Sipio

Apollo Global Management

Roblox

Record Store Day

TikTok

Blackstone

Ashley King

Music Tectonics

Jesse Buddington

Createbase

 

 

LINKS:

 

Outpost Partners explains Music Tech Investment

https://outpost.partners/music_tech_report_2025/

Musonomics With Tatina Cirisano and Paul Sipio

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/16/roblox-licensing-platform-launch/

No TACOs in Canada

https://www.billboard.com/pro/tiktok-canada-shutdown-ceo-meeting-minister-of-industry/

https://ca.billboard.com/business/streaming/tiktok-canada-shutdown-july-2025

Roblox launches licensing platform, but not for music

https://variety.com/2025/gaming/news/roblox-licensing-platform-lionsgate-netflix-sega-kodansha-1236453659/

Blackstone Pulls Out

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/20/blackstone-reportedly-backing-off-tiktok-investment-plans/

Jesse Buddington at Music Tectonics AI summit

https://www.musictectonics.com/onlineevents

Summer camp for Music Geeks

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rsd-summer-camp-2025-registration-1255857526669?

 

RoyFi

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