Where is Taylor's Mind?

 

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Names in Today's Pod:

Murray Stassen

Annie Shapiro

Chritopher Gonda

Jason Lipshutz

Keith Caulfield

Ashley King

Taylor Swift

Michael Majster

The Pixies

Diddy

Real Madrid

JDog

AIM

Martin Mills

Charles Caldas

 

LINKS:

TayTay blocks out the sun

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/05/taylor-showgirl-weekend-totals/

https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-the-life-of-a-showgirl-songs-ranked/

https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-life-of-a-showgirl-first-day-sales-debut-week-1236082178/

100 Voices Vs UMG-Downtown...

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/03/universal-music-downtown-100-voices/

...and one for it

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/top-european-music-lawyer-dismisses-umg-downtown-data-concerns-as-fantasy-or-paranoia/

Annie Shapiro says "Be Nice"

https://youtu.be/Rl5Wv9Y3cAM?si=lhhwcrtfSVQDLBAx

 

Pick of the week: JDog does good work.

https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-life-of-a-showgirl-first-day-sales-debut-week-1236082178/

 

 

RoyFi

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New rev streams on the march!

 

Names in the pod today:

Fortnite

Netflix

Spotify

Charlie Hellman

David Kaefer

Stuart Dredge

Audioshake

Abba

Ashley King

Pleasrdao

Jason M. Bradford

Andrew Vail

Wu Tang

Howie Singer

Devo

#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

 

LINKS:

FortniteXDemon Hunters

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/netflixs-kpop-demon-hunters-joins-fortnite-with-month-long-gaming-event/

More Spotify Changes

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/01/spotify-exec-david-kaefer-out/

AI deals are nigh and I'm here for it.

https://musically.com/2025/10/02/report-umg-and-wmg-could-sign-landmark-ai-deals-within-weeks/

Wu Tang Innovates again

https://www.jenner.com/en/news-insights/publications/client-alert-once-upon-a-time-in-trade-secret-law-federal-judge-expands-trade-secret-protection-to-wu-tang-clan-album-opening-new-strategies-for-exclusive-assets

Abba Voyage generates 1.13 Rods

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/abba-voyage-generated-113m-in-2024-as-demand-for-virtual-concert-series-stayed-strong-in-third-year/

Audioshake's series A

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/01/audioshake-series-a/

 

Song Of the Week: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=41e03f8e6a094863

 

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Jack McCarthy has an axe to grind about money left on the table.

 

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Names In Today's Pod:

OpenAI

Dylan Smith

Leila Cobo

Bad Bunny

Katie Bain

Rob Della Bovie

Jack McCarthy

IndieX

 

LINKS:

OpenAI's Video Land Grab

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/30/sora-2-opt-out-option/

Bud Bunny is American AF

https://www.billboard.com/pro/bad-bunny-puerto-rico-residency-behind-the-scenes/

Private Jets can be useful

https://www.billboard.com/pro/private-jets-music-artist-tours-costs-impact/

Jack McCarthy has an Axe to Grind

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackmccarthy1991/

 

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Social Media is a big pool with big predators.

#thirsty #robot #hypebeasts

 

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Names in the pod today:

OpenAI

Daniel Ek

Gustav Soderstrom

Alex Nordstrom

Andrew Hutchinson

Murray Stassen

Rebecca Bellan

Adobe

Meta

Threads

 

 

#musicindustry #podcast

 

Links: 

Ek Steps Up

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/daniel-ek-to-step-away-from-ceo-role-at-spotify-will-become-executive-chairman-effective-january-1-2026/

OpenAI Comes at Shopping

https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/29/openai-takes-on-google-amazon-with-new-agentic-shopping-system/

...and vies to be the biggest shark in the bathhouse.

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/openai-readies-tiktok-style-app-but-is-exclusive-for-ai-generated-content-report/

But the biggest Shark is Insta

ttps://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/instagram-reaches-3-billion-users-ui-update/761038/

Threads Catches X

https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/data-suggests-threads-will-soon-overtake-x-formerly-twitter-in-active-users/761326/

Premiere is late to the mobile party.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/adobes-video-editing-app-premiere-arrives-on-iphones/

Easykid is Viral

https://www.tiktok.com/music/Shiny-7523407498310355717

So is Her Words Kill

https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-dissociatedfilth-7486799940300475166

And the Magnetic Fields

https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7240629734898879275

 

 

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Lydia's V30

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Thanks to the very Viral Rick Morales for grinding his sharp axe.

 

Names In Today's Pod:

Rick Morales

Virgines Berger

Richard James Burgess

Nabil Ayers

Ian Harrsion

Sound Patrol

A2IM

Daft Punk

Fortnite

Suno

Robert Levine

 

#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

 

LINKS

A2IM's New CEO

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7378460656297017345/

Daft Fortnite

https://www.fortnite.com/@epic/daft-punk-experience?lang=en-US

Virginie Berger on Sound Patrol

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/virginieberger_big-move-today-soundpatrol-with-umg-and-activity-7377368997530550272-rQ_5?

Suno Product Updates

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-launches-its-own-daw-after-introducing-most-powerful-model-yet/

Rob Levine on GEMA's OpenAI Suit

https://www.billboard.com/pro/ai-music-trial-openai-lyrics-case-germany-explained/

Rick Morales is our Axegrinder

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7368655194957488131/

 

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Its a very Math-y Monday.

 

Names in Today's Pod:

Dan Rys

Bad Bunny

Zach Bryan

Ashley King

TikTok

Bytedance

The MLC

Ticketmaster

Murray Stassen

Spotify

Lauren Forristal

Devo

Joe Lynch

Gerald V. Casale

ACL

IEBA

 

 

 

LINKS:

Bad Bunny Is as American as Morgan Wallen

https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-2026-headliner-1236077527/

Jack Antonoff Isn't having it on Ticket Prices

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/26/jack-antonoff-michael-rapino-comments/

TikTok USA is a sweet deal

https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/26/heres-whats-happening-right-now-with-the-us-tiktok-deal/

Bundlegate resurfaces

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/mlc-can-file-amended-complaint-in-bundling-lawsuit-against-spotify-court-says/

 

ACL

https://www.aclfestival.com/

IEBA

https://www.ieba.org/

 

Pick of the week:

Devo is relevant and excellent.

https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/devo-tour-netflix-documentary-interview-1236074057/

 

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Following the money to EDM and AI today. And it's a Spotifriday.

 

Names in the pod today:

 

Spotify

Dylan Smith

Elizabeth Dilts Marshall

Serato

DJay

Rekordbox

FIVE Holdings

Pacha

Xamia Monet

Murray Stassen

 

#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

 

LINKS:

Spammy Tracks OUT

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-has-deleted-75m-spammy-tracks-as-it-unveils-new-ai-music-policies/

DJ Platforms IN

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/24/spotify-serato-dj-integrations/

EDM is where the $$ is

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/25/five-holdings-facility-september-2025/

Xania Monet doesn't care how you pronounce her name.

https://www.billboard.com/pro/ai-artist-xania-monet-how-much-money-songs-made/

 

Song Of the Week: Wednesday -- "Reality TV Argument Bleeds"

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=41e03f8e6a094863

 

 

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Rosh Hashanah comes late to Nashville...

 

Names In Today's Pod:

 

Dave Brooks

Dylan Smith

Katie Bain

Global Citizen

The Weeknd

Haim

Noga Erez

Columbia Records

 

LINKS:

More thundering hordes set upon for Suno

https://www.digital music news.com/2025/09/23/suno-lawsuit-tony-justice-amended/

The Weeknd is un-Abel to appear

https://news.pollstar.com/2025/09/23/cardi-b-replaces-the-weeknd-as-2025-global-citizen-festival-headliner/

The Desert does indeed heat up

https://www.billboard.com/pro/coachella-2026-sells-out-both-weekends-festival/

Go Blond:ish!

https://www.billboard.com/business/business-news/blondish-rid-new-york-nightlife-single-use-plastic-1236072914/

Funky Buses at peak demand

https://www.billboard.com/pro/dreamliner-concert-tour-bus-empire-market-leader-expansion/

#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

 

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From how "will we live without TikTok?" to "how will we live WITH new Tiktok?"

 

Names in the pod today:

Michael Saponara

Ashley King

D4vd

Ray Donovan

AMC Cinema

Andrew Hutchinson

Paul Resnikoff

 

#musicindustry #podcast

 

Links: 

TayTay's Killing it

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/23/taylor-swift-album-party-amc/

D4vd hopefully not Killing anything

https://www.foxla.com/news/d4vd-subreddit-locked

Strip club home playlist

https://www.billboard.com/lists/strip-club-songs-chart-atlanta-august-2025/

TikTok changes

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/22/more-details-emerge-on-us-china-tiktok-deal/

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/23/us-based-tiktok-government-share/

How it looks from Oz

https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/us-tiktok-deal-could-see-white-house-influence-tiktok-trends/760798/

Maybe moderation is good biz

https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/x-formerly-twitter-saw-lower-ad-sales-q2-2025/760824/

 

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Anybody remember Delphi internet? Here's why it matters right now.

 

Names In Today's Pod:

Karyne Levy

Tim Ingham

Brian X. Chen

Eli Tan

Sarah Perez

Karyne Levy

Fox

Rupert Murdoch

Lachlan Murdoch

MySpace

Delphi Internet

Andrew Bosworth

Mark Zuckerberg

 

#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

 

LINKS

Not freaked about FoxTok

https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/21/white-house-offers-more-details-about-potential-tiktok-deal/

Fox is kinda Tech poison

https://www.nydailynews.com/1996/05/02/murdoch-dumps-delphi/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/jun/30/myspace-sold-35-million-news

Smartypants Glasses fail

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/technology/personaltech/meta-smart-glasses-mark-zuckerberg.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/19/meta-cto-explains-why-the-smart-glasses-demos-failed-at-meta-connect-and-it-wasnt-the-wi-fi/

Youtube's new exciting tools

https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/20/updates-to-studio-youtube-live-new-gen-ai-tools-and-everything-else-announced-at-made-on-youtube/

The majors' AI Kudgel

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/inspired-by-anthropics-1-5b-book-piracy-payout-record-labels-accuse-suno-of-illegally-stream-ripping-music-from-youtube/

 

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