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#25- Taylor Swift’s Masters, Conan Quits Late Night, Merch Bundles and Charts Nov 19, 2020

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New Beginnings is a central theme in Joe and Colin’s topics for this week. The highly viewed Taylor Swift’s Masters situation gets a new owner but still isn’t completely out of Scooter Braun’s financial gain. Highly viewed inside the music industry, the Billboard change to merch bundles and how they are counted for album sales has been already affecting many popular albums and how they are released. All the while, Youtube music and Conan O’ Brian are trying to find new updated business models in heavily competitive industries. Come listen and see if the boys think these new beginnings are good or worse for wear.

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Articles Mentioned:

Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings Sells Taylor Swift’s Masters:

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/confirmed-taylor-swift-masters-sold-by-scooter-braun-to-shamrock-capital-but-shes-re-recording-them-anyway/

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/taylor-swift-is-blocking-sync-uses-of-her-masters-now-theyre-owned-by-scooter-braun/

Youtube Music Takes Aim at Spotify With New Ad System:

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/youtube-music-audio-ads-music-lineups-advertising-1234833604/

Billboard’s Merch Bundles Rules and How They Have Effect the Album Cycle:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9484117/merch-bundles-chart-rules-ariana-grande-album-releases/

Conan O’Brian Ends Late-Night Show:

https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/conan-obrien-late-night-tbs-talk-show-1234833956/

https://pitchfork.com/news/conan-obrien-moving-from-tbs-to-hbo-max-for-new-weekly-variety-show/

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#24- Live Music Stocks Soar, Twitch Licensing Tensions, and the Nashville Hip Hop Scene Nov 11, 2020

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Zach Wilbourn from metal band Thirty Nights of Violence comes on the show while the guys get the big picture with how a vaccine could be a savior for live events but not a catch all for problems live entertainment could have in the future. While in Nashville, Country and Hip Hop fight very different battles when it comes to relevance, marketing, and COVID. Unexplained territory is the name of the game and the guys hypothesize the best they can!

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Articles Mentioned:

Live Music Stocks Soar: https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9480690/live-music-stock-prices-pfizer-vaccine-breakthrough/

Twitch Licensing Tensions Increase:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9480719/music-industry-twitch-licensing-dmca-takedowns-riaa-nmpa/

FGL’s Tyler Hubbard has COVID:

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/florida-georgia-lines-tyler-hubbard-is-second-cma-awards-performer-to-cancel-after-testing-positive-for-covid-19-1234826227/

Hip Hop in Nashville:

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/05/928328328/hip-hop-in-nashville-is-making-its-own-way

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#23- Taylor Swift Free to Re-Record Masters, Spotify’s New Artist Tools , Politics and the Music Industry Nov 04, 2020

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Colin and Joe talk about big choices that are being offered in the music industry. Joe and Colin talk about Taylor Swift’s choice to walk away from a one in a million deal, the choice right holder’s have to use a new promotional tool from Spotify, and the choice of where many millions of dollars will go and who industry giants and their employees support in elections. Every choice has a pro and con for business, ethics, PR, etc. Find out as Colin and Joe bounce back from every angle on the complicated choices currently affecting the music industry.

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Articles Mentioned:

Taylor Swift Free To Re-Record Masters:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9476894/taylor-is-free-trends-swifties-celebrate/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-scooter-braun-scott-borchetta-explainer-853424/

https://variety.com/2019/music/news/taylor-swift-rage-against-big-machine-scott-borchetta-scooter-braun-1203405925/

Spotify’s New Rights Holder Controllable Data Point:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9477089/spotify-artists-labels-promote-songs-within-personalized-recommendations/

Music Execs and Their Employees Are Funding Very Different Candidates:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/politics/9477165/music-excutives-donation-records-political-split-employees/

Youtube Just Gentered $5BN From Ads in a Single Quarter and Youtube Music Has Over 30m Subscribers: https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/youtube-just-generated-5bn-from-ads-in-a-quarter-and-youtube-music-has-over-30m-subscribers/

“SaveLive” Will It Save Venues and Should It:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/28/arts/music/marc-geiger-savelive-venues.html

https://www.pollstar.com/article/former-wme-music-head-marc-geiger-makes-75m-play-to-save-venues-146717

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#22-Kanye Talks Buying Universal, Bringing VR Concerts to the Mainstream, Is the Solo Songwriter Hit Dead? Oct 28, 2020

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Successful Lo-Fi Hip Hop Artist Thomas Reid joins Joe and Colin on this long debate filled episode. “Can this happen?” is the question of this podcast as Supersphere tries to make VR concerts a normal occurrence while Kanye talks about wanting to buy Universal Music Group. This contrasts with the hard facts including the many failures of Quibi and the disappearance of the solo songwriter number 1 from charts. Mixed feelings is the name of the game in episode 22 of That’s Showbiz Baby.

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Instagram: @thomasreidmusic

Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/artist/0dcxj82ddksd6tDDcJgbqo

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/thomasreidmusic

Articles Mentioned:

Kanye Talks Buying Universal: https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/kanye-west-i-will-buy-universal-music-group-for-33bn/

SuperSphere’s Plan to Bring VR to Mainstream Concerts:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9473463/supersphere-plan-bring-vr-concerts-mainstream/

Quibi, Will Media Investors Learn?:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9472731/quibi-failure-will-media-investors-ever-learn/

Are No.1 Songs by a Solo Songwriter a Thing of The Past?

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9473248/hit-songs-written-by-one-songwriter-fleetwood-mac-dreams-stevie-nicks/

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#21- Google sued by DOJ, UFC Music Streaming app, The World’s 3rd Largest Concert Promoter Oct 22, 2020

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Joe and Colin are joined by old friend Destanie Banks who works at Universal Music Publishing Group working with North American Royalties. The gang talks about the third biggest concert promoter in the world, OSECA, while also trying to figure out why UFC music streaming exists. At the same time, Google is finally getting some attention from the Department of Justice in the form of a lawsuit while CMT tries to give attention to the women of country music. Is it all a ploy to get some good PR? What topic does that last question apply too? Find out in this concise episode!

*Destanie Banks is expressing her personal opinions and not representing Universal Music Publishing Group in anyway on the Podcast*

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Articles Mentioned:

OSECA, The World’s Third Largest Promoter: https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/international/9468425/ocesa-alejandro-soberon-kuri-interview-photos/

DOJ suing Google for Anti-Trust Law Violation:

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/us-justice-department-sues-monopolist-google-for-alleged-violation-of-antitrust-laws

Jennifer Nettles to Receive CMT "Equal Play Award" for Women's Advocacy

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/jennifer-nettles-cmt-awards-equal-play-award-1234810698/

UFC’s New Music App:

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/jennifer-nettles-cmt-awards-equal-play-award-1234810698/

WMG Bond Sale and Preliminary Year-End Revenue Forecast:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9468469/wmg-bond-sale-acquisitions-year-end-revenue-financials/

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#20 -Fleetwood Mac Soars Up The Chart, BTS Livestream set to make Millions, and Spotify’s Creepy New Patent Oct 14, 2020

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Colin and Joe have on this episode friend and industry professional Zach Green who works at SESAC on the creative services team! The boys and Zach talk about the negatives of a huge illegal event in Nashville and the ins and outs of a Radio Promoter accused of Payola. In positive news, they discuss how BTS is one of the few acts doing well in COVID and how TikTok has led to revived chart success for “Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac. If the positives and negatives are weighing on you, do not worry as Spotify has developed some new technology in an approved Patent so they already know that! Find out what that last sentence means in the long episode 20 of That’s Showbiz Baby Podcast!

*Zach Green is expressing his personal opinions and not representing SESAC or its opinions in anyway on the Podcast*

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Instagram/Facebook/TikTok: @zachsaxnashville

Articles Mentioned:

BTS Draws Almost a Million Viewers for Live Streamed Concert: https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/k-pop-stars-bts-draw-nearly-1m-to-latest-pay-per-view-online-concert-banking-big-money-in-the-process/

Nashville’s Huge Illegal Worship Concert:

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/sean-feucht-preacher-covid-1074213/

Spotify’s New Patent and Your Personality:

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-has-a-patent-for-personality-tracking-technology-and-its-pretty-creepy/

Indie Radio Promoter Accused of Payola:

https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/features/pay-for-play-radio-texts-1067691/

How “Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac is Back on the Charts:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fleetwood-mac-dreams-tiktok-1068856/

https://www.npr.org/2020/10/11/922554253/tiktok-sensation-meet-the-idaho-potato-worker-who-sent-fleetwood-mac-sales-soari

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#19- Phoebe Bridgers Starts a Record Label, Sony Sues Musicians, Live Streams in Demand Oct 07, 2020

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Our first ever guest episode with long time friend and indie musician, Drumming Bird A.K.A Austin Sawyer! Colin and Joe talk with Drumming Bird about the ups and downs of being an independent artist with concert livestreams and other revenue sources for artists! The word of this podcast is “Diversify” and the word “Yessirskii” is fighting to be copyrighted by 21 Savage. Find out why both words matter in our first guest episode!

*Correction: The BBC had a ban on any form of product advertising in songs to be played over their broadcasts so that is why the Kink’s Lola had to change the line to “Cherry Cola”*

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Drumming Bird (Austin)’s Socials:

https://www.drummingbird.com/

Instagram and Facebook: @drummingbird

Twitter (Really funny twitter tbh): @drumming_bird

Articles Mentioned:

Sony Music Suing Musicians: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/musicians-attempt-class-action-umg-reclaim-rights-recordings-1182853

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/legal-and-management/9460545/sony-music-suing-musicians-album-artwork/

Concert Live Streaming is Up:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9461097/consumers-livestreams-virtual-concerts-music-360/

Twitch Gets Huge Independent Deals:

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/twitch-still-unlicensed-by-majors-launches-rights-cleared-music-via-deals-with-indie-distributors-and-labels/

Phoebe Bridgers Launches Record Label:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9457162/phoebe-bridgers-saddest-factory-label-dead-oceans/

Can 21 Savage Copyright “Yessirskiii”:

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/21-savage-copyright-trademark-yessirskiii-1234794538/r

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Deep Cut: Eurovision Oct 02, 2020

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Welcome to our new monthly series where Joe and Colin dive into a topic fully in depth for an episode. In this Episode, Colin presents the Eurovision Song Contest! Over 65 years of contests and more live viewers than the Superbowl, Eurovision has been a giant spectacle of culture and talent for longer than any other music competition show. Learn the history, the rules and selection, impact and how the U.S. and Asian Market are getting their own version in our first Deep Cut!

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Google Doc containing sources and songs/performances mentioned:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/118gsQh3XR62ghSNxzf2prsVta-la21SHi6c-VMfjpew/edit?usp=sharing

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#18- Kelly Clarkson Sued by Her Management, Youtube’s New Music Show, and TikTok Ban Halted Sep 30, 2020

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Colin and Joe dip into the non-contemporary music realm with the union AMGA and their recent scandals. On the contemporary side, We talk TikTok V the US and Youtube creating a new music show with K pop’s BlackPink. To top it all of, Colin and Joe talk about Kelly Clarkson being sued and how many puns of Clarkson’s songs Colin can fit in “A Moment Like This.” This episode is brought to you “Because of You” and “Since U Been Gone” we have filled episode 18 to the brim so give it a listen!

***We Also Know San Francisco is a city not a State but hey you'll get what we mean***

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Articles Mentioned:

AMGA Union Scandals: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/913657593/whistleblowers-allege-culture-of-secrecy-protection-of-powerful-at-singers-union

Kelly Clarkson Sued by Her Management:

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/kelly-clarkson-sued-management-1234786434/

BlackPink’s Youtube Music Show:

https://variety.com/2020/music/asia/blackpink-youtube-released-weekly-music-show-1234786937/

TikTok Ban Stopped for Now:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9455985/trump-tiktok-ban-stopped

BTS set to Make Millions with Label’s IPO:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9456558/bts-millions-big-hit-public#:~:text=The%20seven%20members%20of%20the,a%20valuation%20of%20%244.1%20billion.

Florida And San Francisco lifting COVID restrictions on Live Music and more:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/touring/9456440/florida-san-francisco-live-music-loosened-restrictions

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#17- Billboard’s Joint Venture and Merger, Kanye’s Advice on Record Deals, Youtube Removes Danish Tracks Sep 23, 2020

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Colin and Joe talk about the reasoning and movement from the larger talent agencies. While the talent agents of the world battle for what comes next, artists find ways to make merchandising the new income majority along with other new ventures. Find out more about that, Kanye’s interesting new vision for the music business, and why our sources are now apparently owned by the same parent company in one of our longer episodes.

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Articles Mentioned:

Brent Smith Suspended from WME:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9453919/hip-hop-agent-brent-smith-suspended-from-wme

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/brent-smith-wme-agent-suspended-1234779692/

Paradigm Lays Off Furloughed Employees:

https://www.pollstar.com/article/paradigm-lays-off-furloughed-employees-146472

Artist Moving Merch in a World Without Concerts: