The majors continue to adapt...

 

Names in the pod today:

Ed Christman

Elizabeth Dilts Marshall

Glenn Peoples

Record Store Day

Luminate

Tim Ingham

Daniel Tencer

HYBE

Sony Music

Warner Music Group

Sonos

Tom Conrad

Reservoir Media

Live Nation

BeatBread

 

 

#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

 

LINKS:

The Taylor Effect is Real

https://www.billboard.com/pro/physical-music-2025-vinyl-hip-hop-up-taylor-swift-effect/

HYBE does OK

https://www.billboard.com/pro/hybe-earnings-tours-bts-j-hope-jin-revenue-rise/

https://www.billboard.com/pro/hybe-controversies-bts-label-k-pop-business/

Warner does OK too

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/warner-music-group-regains-momentum-underlying-recorded-music-revenues-up-8-3-yoy-in-calendar-q2-subscription-revenues-up-8-5/

And So does Sony

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/07/sony-music-earnings-q2-2025/

Reservoir is getting there

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/reservoir-reports-8-revenue-growth-to-37m-in-fiscal-q1/

And so is Sonos

https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/2679098/sonos-q3-earnings-meet-estimates-revenues-beat-stock-up

The Gold Rush continues

https://www.billboard.com/pro/beatbread-raises-124-million-backed-megabank-citi/

 

Song Of the Week -- The Beths, "No Joy"

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDR

 

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Let me explain something, Jim Cramer.

 

 

Names In Today's Pod:

Jim Cramer

Ashley King

Dylan Smith

C3

Lollapalooza

Liberty Dunworth

J.P. Saxe

 

#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

 

LINKS:

Jim Cramer doesn't get Spotify

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/06/jim-cramer-on-spotify-q2-performance/

Oasis Tragedy

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/aug/04/oasis-fans-at-wembley-gig-where-man-died-question-alcohol-use-and-security

https://www.nme.com/news/music/beer-here-now-oasis-fans-set-new-wembley-stadium-record-by-drinking-250000-pints-3882225

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14975805/Oasis-fan-slipped-beer-plunging-death-balcony-Wembley.html

Jp Saxe Is a Hero

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/01/jp-saxe-tour-canceled/

Running a venue is hard: Avant Gardner Baknkruptcy

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/05/brooklyn-mirage-owner-avant-gardner-files-for-bankruptcy/

Running a venue is hard: But C3 knows how. 113k per day.

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/04/lollapalooza-attendance-2025/

 

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Eleven Labs joins the music AI fray, and our Richard Scarry Tribute...

 

 

Names in the pod today:

Eleven Labs

Mati Staniszewski

Suno

Udio

Tim Ingham

Laurent Hubert

Jeremy Sirota

Andrew Hutchinson

Reddit

Reece Rogers

Boone Ashworth

 

Links: 

 

Eleven labs launch

https://www.wsj.com/articles/voice-startup-elevenlabs-launches-ai-music-service-8a546cef

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/eleven-music-new-ai-rival-to-suno-launches-with-merlin-kobalt-licensing-deals-in-the-bag/

A Creepy Meta Ray-Ban Hack

https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-promotes-stickers-for-secretly-recording-meta-ray-ban-video/

Don't Snooze on Reddit!

https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/reddit-reports-higher-revenue-q2-2025/756530/

https://s203.q4cdn.com/380862485/files/doc_financials/2025/q2/Q2-25-Shareholder-Letter.pdf

Bugatti Trend

https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7498388102705056528

Our Take on Bugatti -- Nailed It!

https://youtube.com/shorts/m1uo1rMNYM4

 

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Lydia's V30

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

Some reassuring words for AI doomers...

 

Names In Today's Pod:

Dan Rys

Virginie Berger

Ewan Morrison

Rayna Bass

Charlie D'Atri

Atlantic Music Group

Spotify

Shira Perlmutter

Michale Lewan

Fortnite

Partynextdoor

Lex Luger

Lemonaide

Dylan Smith

 

#musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

 

LINKS:

Spotify Jacks Prices

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-announces-new-round-of-price-hikes-and-share-price-soars/

Atlantic Shuffle

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/rayna-bass-and-selim-bouab-appointed-to-co-president-roles-at-atlantic-music-group-lanre-gaba-moves-to-advisory-evp-position/

Shira Perlmutter Fends for herself

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/01/shira-perlmutter-preliminary-injunction-motion-denied/

Amazon Shutters Wondery

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-04/amazon-to-shut-down-wondery-podcast-studio-reorganize-audio-business

AI may not conquer everything

https://unherd.com/2025/08/how-to-stopper-the-ai-genie/

Another Ray lof AI Light

https://www.forbes.com/sites/virginieberger/2025/07/31/inside-lex-lugers-ai-model-how-lemonaide-is-redefining-consent-in-ai-music-licensing/We

That other AI threat

https://www.billboard.com/pro/artificial-streaming-intelligence-threat-music-guest-column/

F Ai, Let's PARTYNEXTDOOR

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/01/sony-music-partynextdoor-fortnite/

 

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Salty earnings season-ing, and introducing a new feature: our Pick of the Week!

 

Names in Today's Pod

Glenn Peoples

Andy Greene

Keith Caulfield

Mitchell Peters

Sirius XM

Columbia Records

Joey Bada$$

Oultlaw Festival

Bob Dylan

HYBE

Live Nation

Warner Music Group

Tom Conrad

Sonos

 

LINKS:

Coast to coast with the Olds...

East

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/bob-dylan-willie-nelson-wilco-outlaw-festival-1235399179/

Midwest

https://www.billboard.com/lists/dead-company-san-francisco-anniversary-concert-best-moments/

West

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/olivia-rodrigo-weezer-lollapalooza-2025-1236035827/

Morgan Wallen Is the Problem Again

https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-problem-returns-number-one-billboard-200-1236035896/

Joey Bada$$ V. Columbia

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/01/joey-badass-columbia-records-album-delay/

SXMeh

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/siriusxm-q2-2025-earnings-report-subscribers-podcasting-1236334612/

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/31/siriusxm-lackluster-q2-2025/

Spotify Glenn-alysis

https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-stock-fell-q2-earnings-analysts-worried/

Pick of the week: The best Dylan performance I ever saw in person

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-grammys-2015-transcript-of-bob-dylans-musicares-person-of-year-speech-20150207-story.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnYkCp3RrYM

 

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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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