Your Morning Coffee Podcast
This week, hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Rap On Trial: The Long Battle to Keep Hip-Hop Lyrics Out of Court • The US Copyright Office is hiking registration fees by 43%. Indy music orgs say artists won’t be able to afford it. • Spotify wins motion for arbitration in ‘payola’ lawsuit • Udio admits to scraping YouTube audio for AI training in answer to Sony Music lawsuit Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee
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A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A Conversation With mtheory EVP of Marketing and Digital Strategy Ed Rivadavia. In this conversation, we talk about his path, audience growth & engagement, tools & tactics, and even AI as it relates to marketing. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 300 This week, Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Concord and BMG Confirm Merger - Observations • An Idiot’s Guide to Music AI • Universal is Selling 50% of its Spotify Stake, Generating Around $1.4B • Universal Music Artists Can Reap Millions From Spotify Stock Sale,Thanks to Taylor Swift Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee
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Welcome to another special episode of the Your Morning Coffee podcast, a conversation with Jeffrey Smith, Vice President of Marketing for Alliance Entertainment. If you’re listening to a vinyl LP today, changes are, it came through Alliance. Jay Gilbert sits down to talk about releases on physical products like CDs and vinyl, Alliance vs Amped, and the truth about vinyl buyers who actually own a record player. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 299 This week, Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • In the Age of Generative AI, It’s High Time for Artists to Organize. • The Death of the Record Deal • How AI Rights Are Changing Record Contracts — and Why Music Attorneys Are Pushing Back • The Other Vinyl Revolution: Why the Used Record Market Shouldn’t Be Overlooked Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee
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A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A Conversation With RIAA Chairman and CEO Mitch Glazier. In his 25 years at the RIAA, Glazier has played a vital role in the music industry’s transition to streaming and “anywhere, anytime” access to music. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 298 This week, Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Everything to Know About the Live Nation Verdict, What It Means for Fans, and What’s Next • Universal’s Michael Nash takes aim at ‘False narrative of artist Replacement’ by AI • Someone Used AI to Steal a Song • A Love Letter to the Music Industry in 2026 Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee
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A Your Morning Coffee Podcast special episode: A conversation with Oana Ruxnadra, Chief Executive Officer at PopHatch. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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Episode 297 This week, Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • The State of Music Streaming in 2026 • As Live Nation Trial Ends, Jury Must Decide If It’s a ‘Monopolistic Bully’ or a ‘Fierce Competitor’ • The Music Business Has a Problem. Bill Ackman Just Pounced • A Folk Musician Had Her Voice Cloned by AI—And Her Recordings Claimed by a Copyright Troll. Welcome to 2026. Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee
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A Your Morning Coffee Podcast special episode: A conversation with Russ Crupnick, Managing Partner of MusicWatch. Subscribe to the newsletter! YourMorning.Coffee
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On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart cover these important stories: "UMG’s Latest Major AI Partnership Arrives Via Tech Giant NVIDIA,With Promise Of ‘Antidote To Generic AI Slop’" (Murray Stassen for Music Business Worldwide); "Sir Lucian Grainge Talks AI Music, Superfans In 2026 Memo, Taking Swipe At Firms (that are) 'Validating Business Models That Fail To Respect Artists’ Work'" (Murray Stassen for Music Business Worldwide); "Streaming Innovation Highlights From The Past Year" (DIMA (the Digital Media Association).
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