Episode 319

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

Episode 313 This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories:   •  Majors, Believe, BMG, Concord, HYBE (and more) Propose Chart Eligibility Rules for AI Music •  Grammys CEO Defends New Asian Pop Category After BTS Says They Won't Participate in 2027 Awards •  Once You Hear It: The 'Gen Alpha Melody' Is Everywhere •  10 Biggest AI Music Artists Have Made $6.1 million on Spotify and YouTube, Report Suggests   Plus an audio drop with Matt Urmy, CoFounder & CEO at Artist Growth.   Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee

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