Episode 312

This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • The Trouble With Labeling AI Music: Why a Proposal to Add 'AI' Tags Is Missing the Point • 8 Music Business Stories to Watch in the Last Half of 2026 • 90,000 AI tracks Flood Deezer Daily – Passing 50% of All New Music Uploads For the First Time • Major Album Launches Are Leaving Streaming. What Will Bring Them Back? Plus an audio drop with Sam Ramirez from Spotify Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A Conversation with Dan Mackta, the Managing Director at Qobuz Your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat with Dan about what makes Qobuz a different DSP, the challenges of AI, and who's listening to high rez audio.

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Episode 311

This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Luminate Midyear Report 2026: R&B/Hip-Hop Falls, Dance Rises, CDs Surge 16% & More • Suno Scraped YouTube, Deezer to Train AI, Hacked Code Reveals - Potentially Strengthening UMG & Sony's Case • Spotify's Editorial Playlists Look Enormous, But They're Shrinking • Your Catalog Might Be Your Best Marketing Asset, Here's How To Use It Plus an audio with Craig Meyer from GigLogic! Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A conversation with Jaime Marconette, the VP Music Insights and Industry Relations at Luminate. Your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat with Jaime about their just released Mid-Year Report, Trends in Music, TV & film. We discuss the health of the music business, a spike in CD sales, growth areas, music documentaries and, of course, AI.

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Episode 310

This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Analyzing the 12 Top Music Business Stories of 2026 - So Far • The Future of the Music Creator Economy • RIAA, IFPI & More Come Together to Create System for Tagging AI-Generated Songs • StubHub's 'Marketplace for Fans' is Run by a Mass Scalper, According to SEC Filings Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A conversation with Manuel Moussallam, the VP of Research & Data Science at streaming service Deezer. Your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat with Manuel about a variety of topics, including AI detection, their User-Centric model approach, and the challenges all streaming services have to navigate in the marketplace today.

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Episode 309 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Spotify Slashes Streams of Hit Song after Suspicious Activity on Prediction Market Kalshi • Viberate Opens Music Data to ChatGPT, Claude and Other AI bots Via Official MCP Server Launch • Google Says AI Training Is Fair Use and Copyright Should Be Policed on Outputs, Not Inputs • The Trends Defining Music, Culture & Brand Marketing in 2026 Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A conversation with Graham Davies, the prersident of the Digital Media Association (DIMA). Your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat with Graham about a variety of topics from their recently released 2026 Annual Report.

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Episode 308 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Suno Launches Artist Incubator, Offering Grants and Marketing to Indie Talents • Why Artists Can't Ignore Vanity Metrics • The Science Behind Ticketing: How Artists & Their Teams Price Tours • The Label Model Is Training Artists Not to Need Labels Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: An Indie Week second edition live conversations with Jay Gilbert and CD Baby's Molly Neuman, Bandcamp's Aly Gillani, and Sean Johnson from Top Drawer.

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