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Episode 316 Aug 24, 2026

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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 Aug 17, 2026

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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 Aug 10, 2026

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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 Aug 03, 2026

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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 Jul 27, 2026

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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

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A Conversation with Dan Mackta, Managing Director at Qobuz Jul 23, 2026

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A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A Conversation with Dan Mackta, the Managing Director at Qobuz Your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat with Dan about what makes Qobuz a different DSP, the challenges of AI, and who's listening to high rez audio.

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Episode 311 Jul 20, 2026

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Episode 311

This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Luminate Midyear Report 2026: R&B/Hip-Hop Falls, Dance Rises, CDs Surge 16% & More • Suno Scraped YouTube, Deezer to Train AI, Hacked Code Reveals - Potentially Strengthening UMG & Sony's Case • Spotify's Editorial Playlists Look Enormous, But They're Shrinking • Your Catalog Might Be Your Best Marketing Asset, Here's How To Use It Plus an audio with Craig Meyer from GigLogic! Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A conversation with Jaime Marconette Jul 15, 2026

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A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A conversation with Jaime Marconette, the VP Music Insights and Industry Relations at Luminate. Your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat with Jaime about their just released Mid-Year Report, Trends in Music, TV & film. We discuss the health of the music business, a spike in CD sales, growth areas, music documentaries and, of course, AI.

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Episode 310 Jul 13, 2026

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Episode 310

This week, your hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Analyzing the 12 Top Music Business Stories of 2026 - So Far • The Future of the Music Creator Economy • RIAA, IFPI & More Come Together to Create System for Tagging AI-Generated Songs • StubHub's 'Marketplace for Fans' is Run by a Mass Scalper, According to SEC Filings Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee

A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A Conversation with Deezer's Manuel Moussallam Jul 10, 2026

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A Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: A conversation with Manuel Moussallam, the VP of Research & Data Science at streaming service Deezer. Your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat with Manuel about a variety of topics, including AI detection, their User-Centric model approach, and the challenges all streaming services have to navigate in the marketplace today.

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