Hybe-Fugees, Friday the 13th apocalypse, and boiling frogs.

A little late today. It's Friday the 13th, of course https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply   Names in the pod today: Mark Mulligan Downtown Music Universal Music Ariel King Scott Borchetta Min Hee Jin Dan Rys Justin Eshak Imran Majid Jon Borris James Moore Olivier Chastan James Hanley Murray Stassen SM entertainment Hybe Balderton Capital Mozart AI   #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast   Links in the Comments   LINKS: The Boiling Frog https://www.midiaresearch.com/blog/the-music-industrys-boiling-frog-moment Borchetta Is set free https://www.billboard.com/pro/scott-borchetta-departs-hybe-america-launches-new-label/ Britney fetches two Rods https://www.the-independent.com/voices/britney-spears-back-catalogue-sale-justin-timberland-bieber-b2919083.html Wasserman in Crisis https://news.pollstar.com/2026/02/10/whats-next-for-wasserman-music-pressure-mounts-for-leadership-change-following-ties-to-epstein/ Congrats Mr. Borris https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/business/jon-borris-joins-101-studios-as-head-of-music-2026-02-04 Congrats Justin and Imran https://www.billboard.com/pro/olivia-dean-best-new-artist-grammy-history-island-records/ Get To Know Netease music https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/netease-cloud-music-now-counts-over-1-million-registered-indie-artists/ Iconoclast on the Block https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/olivier-chastans-iconoclast-in-sale-talks-at-price-tag-of-around-500-million/ SM up https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sm-entertainment-revenues-grew-16-6-to-record-219m-in-q4-driven-by-concerts-and-merch/ Hybe Up. Profits not so much https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/hybe-posts-record-annual-revenues-of-1-86bn-for-2025-as-k-pop-firms-concert-revenues-hit-all-time-high-but-operating-profit-plunged-73/ Mozart 2.0 https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/music-tech-startup-mozart-ai-raises-6m-in-oversubscribed-seed-round-led-by-balderton-capital/ 3.6 Million We can do better. Is this what we are settling for? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/11/bandcamp-friday-2026-raise-february/   Hangout.FM Hangout.fm   Song Of the Week: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDR   Copyright © 2025 Nodisc LLC