Mass' great divide, the industry plant list, and standing next to success.

It's Syd Schwartz Week at Madison Square Garden!   Names In Today's Pod: Dan Rys Andy Schuon Tom Truitt Syd Schwartz JR Lind Academy of Country Music Live Nation Maura Healey NITO Madison Square Garden   LINKS: The Usual cast of characters carves up the market share https://www.billboard.com/pro/record-label-market-share-midyear-2026-republic-interscope/ Andy Schuon has been everywhere and now he's in Nashville https://www.billboard.com/pro/the-academy-of-country-music-names-andy-schuon-new-ceo/ State AGs sifting for smoking guns https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/after-rejecting-the-dojs-live-nation-settlement-states-press-for-discovery-into-white-house-talks/ Mass Follows DC https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/22/great-divide-act-introduced/ Industry Plants, AKA stars https://news.pollstar.com/2026/07/22/botany-class-making-sense-of-industry-plant-nonsense/   Buy our  merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC