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YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With The Legendary Al Teller On this very special episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sit down with Al Teller, a legend in the music business that headed CBS Records (now Sony), MCA Records (now Universal) and was an early pinoeer in signing rap artists to a major label, as well a being an early adopter of the internet in music.                                                          Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 324 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •  Goldman Sachs Just Published Its Tenth Annual "Music in the Air" Report – Here's What You Need To Know •  Where the Streaming Services Stand On AI •  Music With No Regional Barriers •  Four Important Stories On Ticketing                                                      Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 323 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •  Record Store Day Black Friday 2026 Lineup Unveiled With 185 Exclusives! •  CDs Are Back, And We Think We Know Why. •  Billboard's 2026 Top Music Business Schools •  Music Publishers Will Be Handed Millions of Dollars Next Year. Here's Why.                                                      Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 322 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •  AI Lost Its First Fair Use Appeal. Suno Should Be Worried. •  Phonorecords V Could Reshape Catalog Valuations for Years. Here's Why Songwriters Should Pay Attention. •  Fans Travel 38% More for Live Music, New Study Shows •  Linking Songs To Recordings Is Music Data's 'Single Biggest Unsolved Problem.'                                                      Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 321 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •  Over 50% of a Major Streaming Service's Tracks Come From DistroKid – And Other Revelations  From UMG's Lawsuit •  The Spotify Playlist Cleanup •  Judge Explains StubHub Arbitration Ruling: Ticket Buyer Agreed To Terms Barring Class Actions When He Clicked 'Buy Now' •  As Some Labels Strike Deals With Suno, Artist Reps Sound Off: 'It's the Wild, Wild West'                                                      Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 320 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •  Nearly 150,000 Tracks Are Added to Streaming Services Every Day, Luminate CEO Says. •  I Hijacked a Real Artist's Spotify with AI Music. It Was Disturbingly Easy. •  Music-Related Legislation Before Congress Right Now: A Full List of Bills. •  Streaming 2.0 Hasn't Worked. It's Time For An Upload Fee.                                                      Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Venture Music President Chris Nardone. On this special episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sit down with Venture Music's Chris Nardone in a conversation about the challenges and tools and tactics of music marketing today, including influencers, short-form video, collaborations, brand partnerships, targeted online ads and much more.                                                                                                           Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 319 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •  As Suno Rolls Out Its New AI Models With Industry Licenses, What Does That Mean For the Music Business? •  Where Do We Go From Here? A Letter To The Music Industry. •  Spotify Just Hit 300 Million Subscribers. Here's What We've Learned. •  The Music Platform That Is Helping Artists Find Unclaimed Money                                                      Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 318 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •  RIAA 2026 Mid-Year Report: Streaming Growth Drives Revenue to $6 Billion, CD Sales Increase More Than 50%. •  Jason Isbell Files Class Action Lawsuit Claiming Suno Coded AI to 'Extract Musicians' Identities'. •  Trump Administration Just Sided With OpenAI In a Key 'Fair Use' Case. What It Means For Music's Fight With           Anthropic and Suno. •  New Report Asks - Who Owns the Systems Behind Indie Music?   Plus an audio drop with Steve Shirley from Soundcloud on letting artists sell tracks directly from their profiles.                                                  Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Sound Exchange President & CEO Michael Huppe. On the special episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sit down with Sound Exchange's Michael Huppe in a wide ranging conversation about AI and the industry reponse, Washington policy and who should set rules for AI, the future of AI, what to do now to protect artist royalties, and what it's really like to testify before congress.                                                    Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 317 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •  The Music Industry Is in Good Shape - Despite What You May Have Heard •  How Is Each Music Listening Platform Treating AI Music? •  Best Practices for Launching Albums and Series in a Crowded Entertainment Marketplace •  The Amazon "Pain" Forest   Plus an audio drop with Kristin Robinson from Billboard on the different policies for streaming AI generated music.                                                  Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

On this very special YMC episode, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sit down with MIDiA's VP of Music Strategy Tatiana Cirisano and Head of Data Perry Gresham to discuss their recently released  "MIDiA Research 2026-2033 Global Music Forecasts - A Diversifying Market", which was written by Tatiana and Perry, along with Mark Mulligan, Mark Qi, Olivia Jones and Pierre Lewis.  Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 316 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •  Spotify's Playlist Editors Now Explain Their Picks To Listeners, And Get Their Own Public Profiles •  OP-ED: Blue Dot Fever Isn't a Ticket Sales Problem. It's a Good Old Fashioned American Greed Problem •  Robert Kyncl Justifies Suno Deal, as UMG and Sony Press on with Lawsuit: 'In My Opinion, You Embrace It.' •  5 Things To Know About Suno's BMG Licensing Deal - Download Caps, Watermarks, and More   Plus an audio drop with Kristin Robinson from Billboard on the challenges of labeling AI generated music.                                                  Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 315 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •  Suno Inks Global Licensing Deal With BMG, Ahead Of Launching New Music Model •  Global Recorded Music Retail Revenue to Top $121 Billion by 2033, MIDiA Report Says •  Spotify To Label AI Artists With New 'AI Persona' Badge – Keeping Their Music Out Of Recommendations By Default •  The Illegal Sellers, Costing Musicians Millions in Revenue   Plus audio drops with Sam Duboff, Spotify's Global Head of Music Policy on their new "AI Persona" badge, and Steve Knopper on his piece for the WSJ on counterfeit merch! Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee

Episode 314 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •  Spotify Hits 300M Premium Subscribers in Q2, Adding 7M, As Streamer Posts $762M Operating Profit. •  The "Stadium Nations": What's Driving the Global Touring Boom? •  The Music Industry Is Trying to Guess the AI Recipe "After Dinner Was Served". •  A 'Pressing' Issue: Why Are Vinyl Albums Becoming So Different From Their Digital Versions?     Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee