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YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With David Macias On this very special edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sat down with David Macias, Co-Founder and President of Thirty Tigers for an interesting and wide ranging conversation. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 262 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important stories: "From Our Friend Chris Robley: A Special Your Morning Coffee Op:Ed “The Bad, The Ugly, And Yes, The Good Of Spotify”; "The State of Physical Music In 2025" (Ed Christman at Billboard); "You Have To Get People's Attention In The First Two Seconds" (Ted Gioia at The Honest Broker); "2025 Q2 Earnings: Here’s What Every Music Company Made" (Elizabeth Dilts Marshall and Glenn Peoples for Billboard). Plus audio drops from Chris Robley from Demo and the...
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Episode 261 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these import stories: "Can You Tell If That Song Is AI-Generated? Here Are Some Things To Check" (Associated Press); "Spotify Boycott: Artists Leave 'Garbage Hole' Platform After CEO Invests In AI Weapons" (LA Times); "What Is The Value Of A Stream In 2025?" (MIDiA): "Spotify's Q2 Earnings Results: What You Should Know"(Billboard). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Dan Melnick On this very special edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sat down with Dan Melnick, General Manager of Bandcamp for an interesting and wide ranging conversation. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 260 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important stories: "Will the Rise Of AI Music Content Creators Start Competing With Traditional Artists?" (Billboard); "‘Super Listeners’ Make Up Just 2% Of An Artist’s Monthly Streaming Audience, Yet Buy 50% Of Concert Tickets' Spotify Says" (Music Business Worldwide); "Music Industry Backs Reintroduced ‘RAP Act’ That Would Bar Lyrics From Being Used As Evidence In US Court Trials" (Music Business Worldside); "ONErpm's Emmanuel Zunz: 'There Are No More Distribution...
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YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Graham Davies On this very special edition of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sat down with President and CEO of the Digital Media Assocation (DIMA) Grahama Davies for an interesting and wide ranging conversation. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 259 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "The Luminate 2025 Mid-Year Report Is Here [we break it all down]" (Luminate); "AI Music Is Going Viral, But It’s Not What Fans Want" (Emily White); "Everyone's A Manager Now" (B-side). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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YMC Special Episode - A Chat With Jaime Marconette On The Luminate 2025 Mid-year Report On this very special edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart sat down with Luminate's Jaime Marconette to discuss their recently released Lumninate 2025 Midyear Music Report. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 258 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these important music industry stories: "UMG’s Michael Nash On AI: ‘Copyright Is Not The Enemy Of Innovation…’ And 3 Other Things We Learned From His Keynote At The UN’s AI Summit" (Music Business Worldwide); "What Smart Marketers Know About Fans That Most Artists Don’t" (Symphonic); "The 5 Biggest Music Deals Of 2025 So Far: Concord, Pophouse, Warner Music & More" (Billboard). Subscribe to the nerwsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 257 On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important stories: "The AI Music Problem On Spotify (and other streaming platforms) Is Worse Than You Think" (Music Business Worldwide); Deerhoof To Remove Their Catalog From Spotify (Paste Magazine); "US Senate Rejects 10-year Ban On State AI Regulation In Win For Creative Sector" (Music Business Worldwide). Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important stories: "Will the Rise Of AI Music Content Creators Start Competing With Traditional Artists?" (Billboard); "‘Super Listeners’ Make Up Just 2% Of An Artist’s Monthly Streaming Audience, Yet Buy 50% Of Concert Tickets' Spotify Says" (Music Business Worldwide); "Music Industry Backs Reintroduced ‘RAP Act’ That Would Bar Lyrics From Being Used As Evidence In US Court Trials" (Music Business Worldside); "ONErpm's Emmanuel Zunz: 'There Are No More Distribution Companies, There Are No More Record Labels. There Are Just Companies Providing Solutions to Creators.'" (Music Business Worldside);
Plus an audio drop with Jennifer Roe, Executive Director of Folk Alliance.
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