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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Episode 307 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • The Music Industry Is Closing In On A Billion Global Subscribers—with Spotify Out In Front • No Fakes Act, Bill Meant To Curb Unauthorized Digital Replicas, Clears Senate Judiciary Committee • Warner and UMG are Quietly Asking Artists for Their Stems • Four Music Datasets Holding Millions Of Tracks Are Being Shared Among AI Developers Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: An Indie Week live conversation with Jay Gilbert and Nettwerk's Mike Jowett and Partisan Records Zena White.

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Episode 306 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Google Asserts That YouTube's Terms of Service Allow It to Train AI Models • NMPA Reports Spotify and Amazon Bundling Cost Nearly $500M in Lost Value Since 2024 • WMG Acquires Sureel AI, a Platform That Aims to Protect Music and Other Assets From Unauthorized Use and Monetization • Indie Venues Call For 'Dismantling' the PRO's Blanket Licensing Practice

All of this plus Jeremy Sirota drops in to talk about "Breaking Into The Music Business"

Jeremy's list of 100+ music companies: https://tinyurl.com/4zk88n4u

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