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This week's must-read linked below. And downvoting a Reddit change...   Names in the pod today:   Diana Umana (Ladidai) Sarah Perez Steve Hoffman Reddit Adam Mosseri Osamason Che Molly Santana J.D. Tuminski   LINKS Must-Read: Redefining Hip-Hop Stardom? https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/why-gen-zs-most-culturally-powerful-rappers-arent-its-biggest-stars/ Don't Do it, Reddit! https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/reddit-begins-testing-a-new-audio-and-video-experience-similar-to-popular-tiktok-videos/ Instagram not sleeping on Threads' Look and feel. https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/instagram-reveals-its-new-logo/827871/   Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply   Lydia's V30 https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos  Support us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #podcast  

Here comes Temu Suno...   Names in Today's Pod:   Matt Urmy Artist Growth Dave Marsh Dario Amodei Anthropic Jamendo The American Dollar James Turner Suno Happy Shrimp Round Hill Anthony Ha Dylan Smith   LINKS A more-than-OK Boomer https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/dave-marsh-death-bruce-springsteen-biographer-dies-1236317094/ Claude does the right thing https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/15/anthropic-shares-more-details-about-how-claudes-new-watermarks-will-work/ Suno whacks some moles https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/14/suno-lawsuit-dismissals-jamendo-american-dollar/?mc_cid=8ea5bbe84f&mc_eid=e6e936dd58 But more pop up... https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/17/round-hill-suno-lawsuit-anthropic/ Happy Shrimp: Temu Suno? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-17/alibaba-launches-ai-music-generation-model-happyshrimp-in-beta?   EPISODE: https://lnk.to/unlimitedsupply Follow Unlimited Supply on Substack: https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com/ Support Us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Today's Music Business headlines in minutes. #musicbusiness #podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC

Industry plant? Maybe. AI? Definitely not. Temper City is people.   Names in Today's Pod: Harvey Mason The Grammys Interscope BTS Meghan Thee Stallion Temper City Virginie Berger Jon Glass Merlin Ben Farber Version III Music JD Tuminski The Casadei Collective   Happy Birthdays this week Megan Healy Joe Gallo John Jackson   LINKS EPISODE: https://lnk.to/unlimitedsupply Another Grammy category argument https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/14/grammys-ceo-comments-asian-pop-music/ Temper City is People https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/temper-city-self-aware-june-2026-chartbreaker-1236268696/ https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/signings/temper-city-interscope-2026-08-13 Ben Farber congrats https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/business/version-iii-ben-farber-2026 Jon Glass Congrats https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/jon-glass-appointed-general-counsel-at-merlin/ OUR LISTENER OF THE WEEK: JD Tuminski https://www.casadeicollective.com/ Follow Unlimited Supply on Substack: https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com/ Support Us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Today's Music Business headlines in minutes. #musicbusiness #podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC The only daily Music Industry Podcast. Listen and Follow!!

10 Years Since Frank Ocean pulled a switcheroo...   Names in the pod today: Kobalt Spotify Tatiana Cirisano Mark Mulligan Hybe JYP Hunter Giles UMG Frank Ocean   LINKS: Kobalt on the walled Prairie https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/after-universal-and-merlin-deals-spotify-inks-agreement-with-kobalt-for-ai-powered-fan-made-covers-and-remixes/ Hybe Q2 https://www.billboard.com/pro/bts-arirang-world-tour-drive-hybe-revenues-all-time-high/ JYP Q2 https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/jyp-entertainments-q2-revenues-fell-15-1-yoy-net-profit-down-40-3-in-the-gap-between-stray-kids-world-tours/ Frank Ocean heist hits 10 https://infinitecatalog.substack.com/p/true-royalty-stories-frank-oceans MIDIA Is Busy 1 https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/business/midia-global-music-biz-report-2026-08-13 MIDIA Is Busy 2 https://www.midiaresearch.com/reports/state-of-the-k-pop-economy-rising-to-the-global-stage Frank Ocean Changed the Game 10 Years Ago. Hunter Spotted it. https://substack.com/home/post/p-211016079   Song of the week: Sweeping Promises:"Coccoon" Listen to it now: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=167dcf3362df45f8 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/cae8e2c2d2e941f184d856c31b86dba3sune? Support us directly! Introducing our merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

It's not you, International acts' tours in the US are way down...   Names In Today's Pod: Spotify BMG Suno Concord Celine Joshua Bandago Martin Ludlow LA Jazz Festival Morrissey Stereogum Tom Breihan Chris DeVille.   Links in comments...   LINKS: Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply Spotify de-Enshittifies https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/spotify-will-label-ai-persona-profiles-and-exclude-their-music-from-recommendations/ Suno Does a BMG deal https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-inks-global-licensing-deal-with-bmg/ A Van Rental company should know... https://www.bandago.com/touring-data/state-of-band-touring-2026/ A Weird Cancellation https://stereogum.com/2507780/inaugural-la-jazz-festival-canceled-hours-before-start/news A not-weird cancellation https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/morrissey-cancels-las-vegas-residency-logistical-issues-1236312360/   Buy our  merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC Links in comments... Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply

Zuck's AI manifesto has one issue...   Names in the pod today: Mark Zuckerberg Elon Musk Barbie Whitney Houston Dan Savage Ashley King Andrew Hutchinson Meta X iHeart TikTok   LINKS Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply Whitney Barbie https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/10/mattell-whitney-houston-barbie-doll/ Magic Earring Ken https://chicagoreader.com/news/ken-comes-out/ We Don't believe GlimmerZuck https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/zuckerberg-releases-ai-manifesto/827516/ X does the right thing? https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/x-updates-creator-revenue-share-parameters/827391/ Alex WarrenXiHeartXTiktok https://www.iheartmedia.com/press/iheartradio-and-tiktok-live-premiere-alex-warren-featuring-performance-and-exclusive-premiere   Lydia's V30 https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos  Support us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #podcast  

I should have stayed at the beach...   Names in Today's Pod: Mikey Shulman Suno YouTube Benji Madden Joel Madden Veeps Live Nation Sal Ingeme Peter Katsis Charles D'Atri Columbia Recocrds   Happy Birthdays this week: Valeri Hedges Cory Llewellyn Benson Curb     LINKS EPISODE: https://lnk.to/unlimitedsupply RIP Online Music Media Outlets https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/06/live-nation-owned-music-outlets-layoffs/?mc_cid=7d1768a138&mc_eid=e6e936dd58 The Creator economy just got tougher https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/10/youtube-now-requires-creators-to-have-twice-as-many-watch-hours-to-start-earning-money/ Suno Goes after slop https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/06/suno-changes-2026/    Suno Goes after vinyl https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-muscles-into-vinyl-market-plans-to-let-users-press-their-ai-songs-onto-12-inch-records/ RIP Peter Katsis https://www.billboard.com/pro/peter-katsis-death-backstreet-boys-korn-manager-dead/   Follow Unlimited Supply on Substack: https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com/ Support Us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Today's Music Business headlines in minutes. #musicbusiness #podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC

Names in the pod today: Robert Kyncl Warner Music YouTube Taylor Swift Raffi Santos Universal Music American Federation of Musicians Ross Walthall Elizabeth Dilts Marshall Murray Stassen Dylan Smith Jeff "Monoman" Connolly   LINKS: Warner Music. Damage Controlled. https://www.billboard.com/pro/warner-music-earnings-call-recap-cost-cuts-streaming-growth/ UMG to share Spotify Spoils https://www.edmtunes.com/2026/08/artists-stand-to-make-millions-after-universal-unloads-spotify-stock/amp/ UMG to AFM: "Drop Dead" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/06/american-federation-of-musicians-lawsuits-dismissal-motions/?mc_cid=7d1768a138&mc_eid=e6e936dd58 RIP Monoman https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-lyres-jeff-monoman-conolly-dead-at-69/ Episode: https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com or https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply Song of the week: The Lyres-- "Help you Ann" Listen to it now: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=167dcf3362df45f8 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/cae8e2c2d2e941f184d856c31b86dba3sune? Support us directly! Introducing our merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

Episode #590, In which we overcome multiple node failures...   Names In Today's Pod: Suno Mandy Dalugdug James Dolan Ben James (Musicben) The Black Keys BTS   LINKS: Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply Suno No-Nos https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/five-things-to-know-about-sunos-data-breach-and-the-hack-that-exposed-how-the-ai-music-company-trains-its-models/ Sphere Still losing $$ https://www.billboard.com/pro/sphere-entertainment-earnings-q2-revenue-rises-wizard-of-oz/ IRL Map https://www.linkedin.com/posts/musicben-benjamin-james-52a245122_irl-is-back-live-music-events-are-hitting-share-7490764129314615296-a9W2/? Buy our  merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC

Some companies are "A" business. Other companies ar "The" Business.   Names in the pod today:   Ross Walthall Dylan Smith Spotify Reservoir Media Reddit Snap Meta   Links in Comments... LINKS Spotify https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/04/spotify-financials-q2-2026/ Snap Rolls on https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/snap-posts-modest-q2-user-and-revenue-increases/826907/ Reddit grows but its stock doesn't https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/reddits-user-base-grows-to-more-than-130m-daily-actives/826783/ Lydia's Instincts are good https://www.wired.com/story/ai-music-app-treblo-just-snitched-on-rubberz-song-of-the-summer/   Lydia's V30 https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos  Support us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #podcast

What the heck is going on over at Warner Music Group? Ask four people, and get four takes.   Names in the pod today: Warner Music Group Elizabeth Dilts MArshall Murray Stassen Suno GEMA Dylan Smith Spotify Emanuel Maiburg Sloptracker Soulless Music Michael Nevins   LINKS The Many Faces of Warner Weirdness https://www.billboard.com/pro/warner-music-group-2026-fiscal-q3-revenue/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/03/warner-music-earnings-q2-2026/?mc_cid=2e12606ba1&mc_eid=UNIQID https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/warner-music-group-didnt-part-ways-with-its-cfo-because-of-a-dud-quarter-wmg-filing-shows-subscription-revenues-up-11-yoy-in-calendar-q2/ https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/business/wmg-q3-preliminary-earnings-2026-08-03 GEMA's Sand In Suno's Gears https://www.billboard.com/pro/suno-liable-gema-german-copyright-lawsuit/ SlopBusters! https://www.404media.co/spotifys-ai-problem-is-so-bad-random-people-are-stepping-in-to-track-the-slop/ AI has its uses https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-lego-hardware-stores-taught-me-ai-michael-nevins-jr5rc/   Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply Follow us on Substack https://substack.com/@unlimitedsupply Support Unlimited Supply Here https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast The only daily Music Industry Podcast. Listen and Follow!! #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

Michael and "Other" are a powerful combo.   Names in Today's Pod: Tom Corson Rob Stringer Sony Music Elizabeth Dilts Marshall Dylan Smith Chris Eggertsen Warner Music Group Nicki Shamel Charlie Yedor Live Nation Armin Zerza     Happy Birthdays this week Perry Turcotte Sarah Clemens Zack Gershen Jack Hedges JD Tuminski Victor Zaraya Montsee Carty     LINKS EPISODE: https://lnk.to/unlimitedsupply Lolla gets wet https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/02/lollapalooza-survives-a-very-wet-weekend-in-chicago/ Don't Sleep on "Other" https://www.billboard.com/pro/sonys-global-music-biz-revenue-tops-3-53-billion-2026-q2/ Strange doings over at The WMG 1 https://www.billboard.com/pro/warner-music-group-cfo-coo-armin-zerza-steps-down-one-year/ Strange doings over at The WMG 2 https://www.billboard.com/pro/tom-corson-coo-warner-music-group/ Live Nation Dips but not much https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/31/live-nation-stock-q2-2026/ Another week another power list https://www.billboard.com/pro/music-industry-40-under-40-list-2026/   Follow Unlimited Supply on Substack: https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com/ Support Us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Today's Music Business headlines in minutes. #musicbusiness #podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC The only daily Music Industry Podcast. Listen and Follow!!

India is a good place to test out your streaming rev models...   Names in the pod today: Lucian Grainge Universal Music SiriusXM Pandora Dylan Smith Ross Walthall Cleveland Research   Links in Comments...   LINKS: Episode: https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com or https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply The Big Dog's Earnings https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/30/universal-music-q2-2026-earnings-report/ The Butt Fumbles on... https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/30/siriusxm-financials-q2-2026/   Song of the week: Hinotoriprojekt-- "La Dolce Riviera" Listen to it now: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=167dcf3362df45f8 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/cae8e2c2d2e941f184d856c31b86dba3sune? Support us directly! Introducing our merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

What Franken-Ozzy variation do you want to see? Taking suggestions in the comments...   Names In Today's Pod: Glen Hansard BTS The Team Providence Equity Partners Ariel King J.R. Lind Jack Osbourne Ashley King   LINKS: Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply BTS Principles https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/29/bts-grammys-boycott-2027/ AI Principles https://www.billboard.com/pro/umg-wmg-sony-propose-principles-ai-song-chart-eligibility/    From JE to PE https://news.pollstar.com/2026/07/29/providence-equity-buys-out-wasserman-takes-full-control-of-theteam-watts-elevated-to-ceo/ Son of Frankenozzy https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/29/ozzy-osbourne-haunted-houses-universasl-studios/ Kacey Kancels https://news.pollstar.com/2026/07/27/kacey-musgraves-cancels-shows-in-chicago-boston-ny/ RIP Glen Hansard https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/arts/glen-hansard-dead.html Buy our  merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC

Social is getting less social, and execs aren't listening.   Names in the pod today:   Murray Stassen Andrew Hutchinson The American Federation of Musicians Udio Warner Music Universal Music Jack Conte Patreon   Links in Comments...   LINKS Episode Link: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply There is Power in a Union https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/us-musicians-union-files-amended-lawsuit-against-universal-and-warner-over-suno-and-udio-ai-deals/ Social is not social anymore... https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/social-media-is-becoming-less-social/825125/ ...But statistically, execs don't understand that or other trends https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/social-insights-fail-to-reach-decision-makers-heres-what-the-numbers-say/825820/ Jack Conte Gonna CEO https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/patreon-lays-off-20-of-its-staff-in-biggest-round-of-cuts-in-its-history/   Lydia's V30 https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos  Support us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #podcast

It's a Mood, not a moment   Names in the pod today: Hinotori Project Virginie Berger Distrokid     LINKS Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply   Hinotori Project Happened to Me https://open.spotify.com/track/4IB4xrAE8qDVfy6HTzr4iB?si=2588752601214b76 It reminded me a little of this...Prisencolinensinainciusol https://open.spotify.com/track/6E4ZPXz34YTAObmBrqquGo?si=8e111b9b23dc47cc   Follow us on Substack https://substack.com/@unlimitedsupply Support Unlimited Supply Here https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast The only daily Music Industry Podcast. Listen and Follow!!  

Hybrid Genres are devouring the world. Get to know them!   Names in Today's Pod:   Paul Resnikoff Ashley King Robert Santelli Greg Linn James Turner Sirius XM The Bruce Springsteen Center   Birthdays this week (and a few from last week)   Darby Moeller Jay Schumer Nicki Shamel Jen Mozenter Charlie D'Atri Jesse Ervin Kathy Baker   Links in the comments...   Links in the comments... EPISODE: https://lnk.to/unlimitedsupply The New Brat https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/gracie-abrams-daughter-from-hell-number-one-billboard-200-1236303074/ The Old Brat https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/24/charli-xcx-tiktok-in-app-album-drop/ Our Must-Read of the week https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/21/chartmetric-splice-data-report/ The Big Beat is a great book https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/835849.The_Big_Beat The Springsteen Center is boss https://springsteencenter.org/

Per-stream rates are a myth!! Franks Woodworth explains it all.   Names in the pod today: Frank Woodworth Scott Cohen YouTube Music FIFA Kevin Rutherford Finn Wolfhard Joe Kheery   Links in Comments...   LINKS: Episode: https://unlimitedsupply.substackt.com or https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply Google Domination https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/youtubes-subscription-business-growing-faster-than-ads-driven-by-music-and-premium-says-alphabet/ World Cup Halftime Streaming Bump https://www.billboard.com/pro/world-cup-final-streaming-gains-shakira-bts-madonna/ Scott Cohen Thinks Artists deserve a taste https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/time-to-end-musics-greatest-injustice/ Frank Woodworth Bio https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankwoodworth/   Song of the week: Finn Wolfhard -- "I'll Let You Finish" Listen to it now: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=167dcf3362df45f8 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/cae8e2c2d2e941f184d856c31b86dba3sune? Support us directly! Introducing our merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

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

Two Unlimited Supply Axegrinders get a deal done!   Names in the pod today:   Deezer Benji Rogers Jorge Brea Symphonic Tunecore Sureel AI Drew Thurlow Warner Music Group Tamay Aykut Andrew Hutchinson TikTok YouTube Ashley King   LINKS Episode Link: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply Deezer's Latest AI flood report https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/90000-ai-tracks-flood-deezer-daily-passing-half-of-new-music-uploads-for-the-first-time/ SurreelXSymphonic https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/wmgs-sureel-teams-up-with-symphonic-to-let-distro-u-artists-track-ai-use-of-their-music/ Social Slop Overload 1 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/20/tiktok-starts-testing-ai-deepfake-detection-tech/ Social Slop Overload 2 https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/can-social-media-platforms-survive-the-flood-of-ai-content/824914/ Lydia's V30 https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos  Support us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #podcast  

"Vibecoding" is the "Web Surfing" of the 20s   Names in the pod today:   Madison Square Garden Udio Sony Music YouTube Spotify Anthropic Neil Mohan Lynn Gonzalez Elizabeth Moody Eliot Resnik Gary Gilbert Chris Castle Rachel Scharf Sudhanshu Kumar Mangalam MIT Kirsten Korosec   Links in Comments...   LINKS Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply The Billboard Thundering Horde List https://www.billboard.com/pro/top-music-lawyers-2026-billboard-list/ Sony twist the Udio arm harder https://www.billboard.com/pro/sony-new-ai-music-copyright-lawsuit-udio-why/ Udio Has some leverage of its own, though https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/20/anthropics-landmark-1-5b-copyright-settlement-is-approved/ Madison Spy Garden https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/20/madison-spy-garden-ny-legislators-involved/ YouTube fires up AI search https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/gemini/articles/youtube-ai-powered-search-rolling-005656148.html So Does Spotify https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-premium-users-can-now-talk-to-the-app-to-choose-music-and-learn-about-what-theyre-playing/   Follow us on Substack https://substack.com/@unlimitedsupply Support Unlimited Supply Here https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast The only daily Music Industry Podcast. Listen and Follow!!

Even Fox news couldn't ignore the halftime show blowback...   Names in Today's Pod: Drew Thurlow Joel Gouveia Ted Gioia Ben Sisario Fox News (yep!) Lorde Ben Sisario X   LINKS: EPISODE: https://lnk.to/unlimitedsupply Even Fox News Copped to World Cup Final Enshittification https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/first-world-cup-halftime-show-draws-mixed-reactions-shakira-justin-bieber-bts-madonna-performances The death of Audience Capture? Maybe... https://substack.com/inbox/post/207450495 A vote for Qobuz over the enshittified incumbent https://substack.com/inbox/post/205285016 A Right bollocking from Lorde https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/17/elon-musk-x-music-publishers-lawsuits-over/?mc_cid=409a77248d&mc_eid=e6e936dd58    Thundering hordes stand down https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/arts/music/x-music-lawsuits.html Drew's AI Labeling Axe to Grind https://www.billboard.com/pro/ai-music-labels-songs-why-proposal-flawed/   Birthdays this week (and a few from last week) Joe Sivick Sam Josh Kahn Paul Adams Greg Linn Tom Pernikoff   Follow Unlimited Supply on Substack: https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com/ Support Us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Today's Music Business headlines in minutes. #musicbusiness #podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC The only daily Music Industry Podcast. Listen and Follow!!    

Kreayshawn 600,000, Breaking Rust 14,000...   Names in the pod today: Jamie Marconette Luminate Murray Stassen Tim Ingham Suno Recognition Music Sony Music Publishing   Links in Comments...   LINKS: Episode: https://unlimitedsupply.substackt.com or https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply Luminate's Half-Year report is Christmas in July https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7483188728920891392/ https://luminatedata.com/reports/midyear-music-ftv-report-2026 Suno IPO Impending? MMMMayybe... https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-is-building-toward-ipo-readiness/ Suno's Smoking scraping gun... https://www.404media.co/hack-reveals-suno-ai-music-generator-scraped-youtube-deezer-and-genius/ The end of the Hipgnosis-ene Epoch https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/done-deal-sony-music-publishing-completes-acquisition-of-recognition-music-groups-catalog/   Song(s) of the week: Fabienne Delsol -- "I Have Known Love" The Rolling Stones -- "Rough And Twisted"   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=167dcf3362df45f8 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/cae8e2c2d2e941f184d856c31b86dba3sune? Support us directly! Introducing our merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

A clash between a relentless unstoppable force, and the greatest of all time.   Names In Today's Pod: Donald Passman Don Rose Anthropic Paul Resnikoff Dylan Smith Gee Davy AIM Anthony Albanese J R Lind Gideon Gottfried Pitchfork Music Festival Jay-Z (No umlaut) Zohran Mamdani   LINKS:   Don't Mess with the GOAT https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/anthropic-pisses-off-music-industry-attorney-donald-passman/ Jay-Z and Mayor Z together again https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/jay-z-fans-no-refunds-yankee-stadium-chaos/ Washington (DC) ticket reform!! https://news.pollstar.com/2026/07/15/dc-approves-ticketing-reform-with-price-cap/ Another UK fest bites the dust... https://news.pollstar.com/2026/07/15/uk-concert-series-hertiage-live-canceled-over-high-costs-low-ticket-sales/ ...But the Government is its best friend https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/uk-music-industry-turn-it-up-plan/ Don't mess witht he platypus... https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/15/australia-ai-law Stick a pitchfork in it https://news.pollstar.com/2026/07/13/pitchfork-festival-sues-co-founder-over-misappropriated-money/   Buy our  merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC

Meta walks back an instance of the "Three E's"   Episode Link: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply   Names in the pod today: Steve Savoca Lucas Ropek Alex Bellisimo Michael Hobbs LyricFind Meta Spotify Erling Haaland     Links in Comments...   LINKS 15 years Ago yesterday our lives changed https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ssavoca_for-me-bastille-day-will-always-be-synonymous-share-7482829959191871488-GrP3/? Goal is the GOAT https://www.musicconnection.com/fifa-world-cup-2026-the-songs-the-stats-and-why-goal-is-musics-real-mvp/ An Egregious execution of enshittification https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/meta-removes-controversial-ai-feature-on-instagram-after-backlash/ This probably isn't how Meta ends. But it is a big problem... https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michaelhobbs2_meta-share-7482358684187185152-MNJh/?   Lydia's V30 https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos  Support us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #podcast Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply

Tune in for my first AI science project...   Names in the pod Today Major League Soccer Amazon Music Billy Mann Bjorn Ulvaeus The RIAA A2IM FIFA Suno Tim Ingham Stuart Dredge Denis Ladegaillerie Dylan Smith     LINKS Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply What were Amazon and MLS waiting for https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/13/amazon-music-mls-world-cup-ad-blitz/?mc_cid=f74a36eeff&mc_eid=e6e936dd58 Alphabet soup says let's Tag AI https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/10/ai-music-tags-riaa-a2im-impala/ Suno says "we're down with that" https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-sued-by-major-labels-says-transparency-is-important-as-record-industry-proposes-ai-labeling-system/ Bill Mann says the industry is late again https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-heard-through-wifi-did-we-billy-mann-8ev1c/ Bjorn says it's a late and beside the point https://musically.com/2026/07/13/bjorn-ulvaeus-on-ai-tracing-the-output-was-always-the-wrong-question/ Do Investors care about AI Lawsuits? https://mailchi.mp/musicbizworldwide/distrokid-deluge-4833715?e=2f6171f717   AI Pricing tools https://platform.openai.com/tokenizer https://gptforwork.com/tools/openai-chatgpt-api-pricing-calculator   Follow us on Substack https://substack.com/@unlimitedsupply Support Unlimited Supply Here https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast The only daily Music Industry Podcast. Listen and Follow!!  

Looking ahead, and a year back.   Names in Today's Pod: iHeart Media Sony Music Spotify Ed Christman Ashley King Lit Justin Beiber     Birthdays this week: Lisa Wolf Liberty Lucken Marisol Segal Myles Grosovsky Andrew Stess JP Olsen Paul Sinclair   LINKS: iHeart's Showola Settlement https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/iheartmedia-settles-fcc-payola-probe-at-its-live-music-events-with-no-fine-and-no-admission-of-liability/ Spotify losing in podcasting to YouTube https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/10/spotify-podcasting-cant-compete-youtube/ But... Bundlegate Offsets Spotify Podcast Losses https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-bundles-how-much-decreased-per-stream-rate/ Lit gets its second hit https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/lit-the-band-behind-pop-punk-hit-my-own-worst-enemy-settles-sony-music-streaming-royalty-lawsuit/ One year ago SWAG Topped out at "contender" https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/charts/theres-swag-all-over-this-2025-07-12   Follow Unlimited Supply on Substack: https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com/ Support Us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Today's Music Business headlines in minutes. #musicbusiness #podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC The only daily Music Industry Podcast. Listen and Follow!!

$10 Million in Interest alone?   Names in the pod today: Primary Wave Revelator Jermaine Dupri Bill Donahue So So Def Sony Music Kobalt Laurent Hubert Foreigner Bruno Guez Ahuvah Berger Murray Stassen Warner Music Group Primary Wave Death Cab For Cutie Jordan Kurland   Links in Comments...   LINKS: WMG-Revelator goes operational https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/warner-music-group-folds-africori-and-qanawat-into-ada-amid-emea-expansion-led-by-howard-corner/ 10 Mil is just interest! https://www.billboard.com/pro/jermaine-dupri-sues-sony-music-for-18m-in-unpaid-royalties/    Kobalt deal closes https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/done-deal-primary-waves-acquisition-of-kobalt-has-closed/ The Foreigner Mick Jones, not the Clash one https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/08/primary-wave-mick-jones-deal/   Support us directly! Introducing our merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop Song of the week: Death Ca Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=167dcf3362df45f8 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/cae8e2c2d2e941f184d856c31b86dba3sune? Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

Calling all Labels and Managers: Let's build an agent!   Names In Today's Pod: Chris Eggertsen Sarah Trahern Brittany Schaffer Ed Sheeran Ashley King Live Nation Front Gate Ian Carroll Men In Blazers The Kennedy Center Oscar Arelliz     LINKS: Upgrading your Grainge https://www.https://www.billboard.com/pro/ed-sheeran-sign-interscope-records/billboard.com/pro/ed-sheeran-sign-interscope-records/ CMA has new head https://www.billboard.com/pro/cma-names-brittany-schaffer-next-chief-executive-officer/ Let's Build an Agent! Suggestions here You Go Ian! https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/01/hacker-claude-music-tickets-website/ Orange Stain Removal 1 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/08/fifa-world-cup-final-halftime-show/ Orange Stain Removal 2 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/08/trump-name-kennedy-center-appeals-court-ruling/ Live Nation doesn't just take the W https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/06/live-nation-usa-v-live-nation-verdict-appeal/ A Clive Live Epiphany https://news.pollstar.com/2026/06/30/a-musical-revolution-how-live-music-inspired-clive-davis-to-disrupt-columbia-records-and-the-industry/?   Buy our  merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC

Even Gen Z support social media bans? Wow.   Episode Link: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply   Names in the pod today: WIllie Upbin Weekday Management Anna Spaulding Tyler Richman Richard E. Grant Raffaela Braun Annie Ortmeier Andrew Hutchinson TikTok Netflix   Links in Comments...   LINKS The oldest script https://www.billboard.com/pro/geese-weekday-management-news/ A great script https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/07/spice-girls-reclaim-rights-to-spice-world/ Go (Triple) Tigers! https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/raffaella-braun-promoted-to-co-president-of-triple-tigers-records/ Social Media Bans are Popular https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/majority-of-us-adults-support-social-media-bans/824299/ X upgrades livestream tools https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/x-launches-livestream-studio-to-simplify-live-broadcasts/824300/ TikTok Competes with its creators https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-launches-branded-microdramas/824044/ More Shortform Pollution on Netflix https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/07/netflix-dabbles-in-shorter-video-content-with-its-new-set-of-publisher-deals-with-variety-others/   Lydia's V30 https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos  Support us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #podcast Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply  

Keep an eye on that Suno API.   Names in the pod Today Kalshi Polymarket Rick Rubin Travis Bland Weird Al Yankovic Scooter Braun Ariel King Suno Jack Brody Murray Stassen Scooter Braun Hybe Ashley King Rachel Scharf Udio Sony Music     LINKS Scooting off the Hybe Board https://www.billboard.com/pro/scooter-braun-leaves-hybe-board-of-directors/ Another Streaming Fraud Business Model (fails) https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/03/spotify-kalshi-streaming-fraud/ Rick Rubin Brand destruction https://consequence.net/2026/06/rick-rubin-in-ads-during-the-world-cup/ https://consequence.net/2024/11/pete-townshend-someone-needs-to-slap-rick-rubin/ https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/polymarkets-marketing-team-made-some-very-bad-bets.html? Weird Al Brand Non-Destruction https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/02/weird-al-yankovic-ai-ad-interview/ Suno's API is important https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-explores-developer-api-seeking-apps-that-unlock-experiences-generative-music-makes-possible-for-the-first-time/ Another week another Suno Lawsuit https://www.billboard.com/pro/suno-ai-training-copyright-lawsuit-production-music-firm/ Score one for team AI https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/05/suno-admissible-infringed-works-argument/ First day of School Guide to Agentic AI https://www.thomsonreuters.com/content/dam/ewp-m/documents/thomsonreuters/en/pdf/reports/agentic-ai-101-tr5737938.pdf     Follow us on Substack https://substack.com/@unlimitedsupply Support Unlimited Supply Here https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

If you've ever wondered what a petard actually is, well, give this a listen.   Names in Today's Pod: Howie SInger Taylor Swift Travis Kelce LinkedIn Nameless Linkedin Perps Anthropic Claude MIT   Birthdays this week: Jem Aswad Jon Vlassopolous Dan Mackta Doug Ford Mixie Links in the comments...   LINKS: Great Minds and AI Petards https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/its-getting-harder-keep-up-howie-singer-9j1ae? Swelce, Tayvis? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/style/taylor-swift-wedding-celebrity-guests.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share https://www.billboard.com/lists/what-we-know-about-taylor-swift-travis-kelce-wedding/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/03/ny-congresswoman-comments-swelce-wedding/ We Asked Claude to reconcile its Alibaba Suit with its Fair Use argument (see full text below)   Follow Unlimited Supply on Substack: https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com/ Support Us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Today's Music Business headlines in minutes. #musicbusiness #podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC The only daily Music Industry Podcast. Listen and Follow!!   Hey Claude: If using unlicensed music and books as training data is "fair use," why isn't Alibaba copying your code also "fair use?"   This is a sharp consistency challenge, and the tension is real. Let me lay out both the legal distinctions people actually make and where those distinctions strain. The arguments for why they're different: The core fair use argument for training is transformativeness— the model doesn't reproduce the work, it extracts statistical patterns to build something new. Alibaba copying code wholesale is direct reproduction, not transformation. Courts have generally been more sympathetic to transformation than copying. There's also a market substitutionargument: a trained model doesn't replace the original book in the market, whereas copied code directly competes with and substitutes for the original product. Where your challenge lands: Those distinctions are weaker than they look. Alibaba could argue their model trained onAnthropic's code is transformative and doesn't substitute for Claude. The transformativeness argument cuts the same way. More pointedly: the "fair use" framing often reflects whose ox is being gored. Companies with valuable IP tend to argue for strong copyright when others copy them, and for fair use when they need to train on others' data. That's not a legal position — it's a business interest dressed as one. The honest answer is that the law hasn't settled this. Several cases (Suno, Midjourney, Meta's LLaMA) are still working through courts. There are real arguments that large-scale commercial training isn'tfair use — which would also resolve your consistency problem, just not in AI companies' favor. The philosophical problem you're pointing at — that the same entity can't coherently hold "training on your stuff is fair use" and "copying our stuff is infringement" — is a genuine inconsistency that critics of the industry have raised repeatedly and that nobody has answered cleanly.

Predatory and well-organized sharks backed by Predatory and well-organized sharks   Names In Today's Pod: Eric Silver Clearlake Capital Stubhub Fan Fair Alliance YouTube Ariel King Murray Stassen Craig A. Meyer Gary Arbuthnot GigLogic   Links in comments... LINKS: YouTube is hoovering your data for Training https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/google-says-ai-training-is-fair-use-and-copyright-should-be-policed-on-outputs-not-inputs/ Michael > Oppy https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/michael-jackson-movie-overtakes-oppenheimer-as-biggest-biopic-ever-with-1-billion-in-sight/ PE Backed Scalping https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/30/stubhub-uk-arena-tickets-investigation/ Illinois provides scalping relief https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/30/illinois-ticketing-laws What's behind those ticket prices? https://www.billboard.com/pro/touring-costs-calculated-new-platform-artists-evaluate-gigs/   Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply Buy our  merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC

Time is a flat circle that lasts exactly 32 years.   Episode Link: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply   Names in the pod today: Oskar Eichler Jamie Sampson Eliah Seton Virgin Music Group Sarah Landy Jacquelyn Saturn Molly Neuman Zack Gershen Ariel King Soundcloud Twitch Eliah Seton TikTok iHeart David Rosenberg   LINKS Virgin and Downtown smooshed together https://www.billboard.com/pro/virgin-music-new-leadership-team-downtown-integration/ MadonnaxiHeartxTikTok https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/29/tiktok-iheartradio-madonna-confessions-ii-preview/? SoundCloudxTwitch makes sense https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/25/soundcloud-twitch-dj-performance-series/ Songstats https://songstats.com/ Socialstats https://socialstats.com/ Lydia's V30 https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos    Support us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #podcast  

Slopbusters Activate!   Names in the pod Today Tidal Tony Gervino Suno Sarah Perez Murray Stassen Paul Sinclair Virginie Berger Suno Walter de Brouwer Anthropic Alibaba Brian Erickson The Great Albums Podcast   Links in the comments   LINKS Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply Tidal Addresses slop https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/29/tidal-cracks-down-on-ai-music-by-cutting-off-monetization/ Virginie's ways to Spot the Bots. https://www.forbes.com/sites/entertainment/article/ai-music-artists/ Money to independents is good https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-is-paying-grants-to-independent-artists-so-long-as-they-agree-never-to-criticize-suno/ Walter de Brouwer has a vision https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-ghost-in-the-machine-wants-a-cut/ Fair use for me, not for thee. Let's ask Claude https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/anthropic-fighting-lawsuits-over-alleged-copying-of-song-lyrics-accuses-alibaba-of-copying-claude-to-train-a-rival-ai/   Follow us on Substack https://substack.com/@unlimitedsupply Support Unlimited Supply Here https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast The only daily Music Industry Podcast. Listen and Follow!!

It's CD Redemption Week With Axegrinders from the Great Albums podcast   Names in Today's Pod:   Bill Lambusta Brian Erickson iHeart media Defqon.1 Solidays Ariel KIng Elizabeth Dilts Marshall Virterras Materials  Warner Music Group Madonna The Great Albums Podcast   Birthdays this week: Andrea Troolin Margaret Jacobi Matt Kroepel Pablo Douzouglou Richard James Burgess   Links in the comments...   LINKS: https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/warner-music-launches-pilot-with-indie-record-stores-to-test-whether-fans-unwanted-vinyl-can-be-recycled/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/28/eu-festival-cancellations-heatwave/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/28/madonna-ai-algorithm-commentary/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/26/iheartmedia-broad-layoffs-2026/ Follow Unlimited Supply on Substack: https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com/ Support Us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Today's Music Business headlines in minutes. #musicbusiness #podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC The only daily Music Industry Podcast. Listen and Follow!!

Tony Brooke has an Axegrinder challenge for you.   Names in the pod today: Tony Brooke Sound Credit Names in the pod today: Tony Brooke Murray Stassen Paul Resnikov Suno Dylan Smith SZA Diplo Hagens Berman Anthem Music Influence Media Vlado Spasov Trimontium Applied Real Intelligence   Links in Comments...   LINKS: SZA uses her clout vs AI https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/23/sza-comments-on-artists-using-ai/ Hagens Berman has a different sort of clout https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sunos-latest-legal-opponent-fought-the-tobacco-industry-and-won-a-quarter-of-a-trillion-dollars/ Majors and a mini-major want to roll Back Vetter https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-majors-and-bmg-asked-the-us-supreme-court-to-overturn-a-ruling-that-lets-songwriters-reclaim-copyrights-worldwide-five-things-to-know-about-vetter-v-resnik/ Olympic Size Pool 1 https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/influence-media-emerges-as-winning-bidder-for-anthems-music-assets-with-650m-offer-report/ Olympic Size Pool 2 https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/ex-blackstone-exec-vlado-spasov-launches-1-5b-alternative-asset-manager-trimontium-music-rights-among-target-assets/ More Drizzy https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/22/drake-ovo-loan-payment-defaults-lawsuit/   Support us directly! Introducing our merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop Song of the week: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=167dcf3362df45f8 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/cae8e2c2d2e941f184d856c31b86dba3sune? Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

Every unrestrained corruption Bonanza is an opportunity.   Names In Today's Pod: Michael Rapino Live Nation Mark Kratter Spotify NIVA The Fan Alliance Taylor Mims Ashley King Bad Bunny Alan Jackson   Links in comments... Links Mark Kratter keeps his receipts https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/23/spotify-lawsuit-filtering-practices/ Drake and Spotify get off https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-wins-dismissal-of-lawsuit-claiming-it-allowed-billions-of-fraudulent-drake-streams/ RapinoXTrump collabo https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/24/live-nation-ceo-met-with-trump-prior-to-doj-settlement/ But his emails... https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/12/live-nation-verified-fan-pretend-product/ Stubhub reparations in UK https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/23/stubhub-ordered-to-refund-buyers-uk/ Ghost Tickets suck https://www.billboard.com/pro/world-cup-ticketing-issues-venues-ghost-ticket-ban/ Bad Bunny's Billion https://www.billboard.com/pro/bad-bunny-first-latin-artist-billion-touring/   Buy our  merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC

Brand Destruction is all the rage!   Episode Link: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply   Names in the pod today: Evan Spiegel Mark Zuckerberg Meta Snap Andrew Threads Aisha Malik Katie Atkinson Kyle Denis Chris Eggertsen Lyndsey Havens Andrew Unterberger Lizzo Olivia Rodrigo Velsheva     LINKS Lizzo Brand Destruction https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/23/lizzo-latest-album-figures-2026/?mc_cid=f395c4a3c9&mc_eid=e6e936dd58 Interest Media is the news Leader https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/social-media-is-the-leading-source-of-news-per-reuters/823110/ Dorky Glasses 1 https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/after-unveiling-ridiculously-expensive-ar-glasses-snaps-stock-takes-a-dive/ Dorky Glasses 2 https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/snap-opens-pre-orders-for-specs-ar-glasses/823105/ Dorky Glasses 3 https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/23/meta-debuts-new-cheaper-smart-glasses-under-its-own-brand/ Don't Sleep on Threads chapter XXIII https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/threads-reaches-500m-user-milestone/823099/ Lydia's V30 https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos    Support us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #podcast

There will never be another Clive...   Names in the pod Today Clive Davis Merck Mercuriadis Chris Morris Jem Aswad Neha Musicben Neha Rani Information is Beautiful   LINKS RIP Clive https://variety.com/2026/music/people-news/clive-davis-dead-producer-music-executive-1236787329/ Tracking Your music s Training data https://www.theatlantic.com/category/ai-watchdog/ Why Music Supes don't love AI https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-music-supervisors-really-think-ai-aaron-davison-owclc? Musicben's Five AI Tools https://www.linkedin.com/posts/musicben-benjamin-james-52a245122_i-wrote-a-piece-for-musictech-lab-about-4-ugcPost-7474812216253427712-l3cP/ How to Use AI (for now) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/neha-prajapati07_chatgpt-vs-grok-vs-gemini-vs-claude-vs-perplexity-share-7475069251570028545-oDiL/? AI Lawsuits (for now) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/notable-lawsuits-from-over-100-filed-against-share-7474837448049631232-_nfM/   Follow us on Substack https://substack.com/@unlimitedsupply Support Unlimited Supply Here https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast The only daily Music Industry Podcast. Listen and Follow!!

The Bose Label thing is neither rdiculous nor is it transformational.   Names in Today's Pod: Bonnaroo Bob Valentine Bose Concord BMG Penske Media Vox Media James Murdoch Spotify   Birthdays this week: Matt  Amoroso Tyler Pittman Dolphus Ramseur Sean Maxson   Links in the comments...   LINKS: O-Rod on Top https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/olivia-rodrigo-you-seem-pretty-sad-number-one-billboard-200-1236277283/ Penske Sweeps up Vox Scraps https://www.billboard.com/business/business-news/penske-media-corporation-vox-media-1236275941/ Spotify Reserved Launches https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/18/role-model-spotify-reserved-tickets/ Bonnaroo Weather still sucks https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/19/bonnaroo-2026-weather-reports/   Follow Unlimited Supply on Substack: https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com/ Support Us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Today's Music Business headlines in minutes. #musicbusiness #podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC The only daily Music Industry Podcast. Listen and Follow!!

I'm not sure Spotify is a tank, measured against YouTube   Names In Today's Pod: James Dolan The Grammys JR Lind Stuart Dredge Spotify Youtube Paul Grein Rocky Horror   Links in comments... Links Pistols on the Pasture https://musically.com/2026/06/17/watch-out-youtube-spotify-is-launching-direct-full-length-video-uploads-for-artists/ Grammy Shuffles the deck https://www.billboard.com/lists/2027-grammy-rule-changes-new-categories-best-new-artist/ July 4th Less planned out than my elopement https://news.pollstar.com/2026/06/16/smashing-pumpkins-chris-stapleton-queen-latifah-to-perform-in-la-for-americas-block-party-july-4/ Will The fans bring Toast? https://news.pollstar.com/2026/06/17/rocky-horror-picture-show-headed-to-sphere/ Buy our  merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC

Surveillance can be so stylish!   Names in the pod today: Mark Mulligan Dan Mackta Qobuz Tatiana Cirisano Dhruv Mehrotra Dell Cameron Aisha Malik Mark Zuckerberg Edits Andrew Hutchinson   LINKS MIDIA market share nuggets https://www.midiaresearch.com/blog/music-subscriber-market-shares-q4-2025-the-chess-board-is-set A Qobuz Vicotry Lap https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2026-06-16/in-sea-of-ai-music-slop-can-streaming-service-qobuz-cut-through New YouTube Artist Program https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/youtube-announces-new-live-concert-series/822866/ UK tells Australia, "Hold My Beer" https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/uk-outlines-plans-for-teen-social-media-ban/822973/ Surveilliators are the next hot frame style https://www.wired.com/story/meta-rank-one-computing-face-recognition-smart-glasses/ Edits get better https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/edits-is-getting-a-desktop-version-and-an-ai-production-assistant/822864/   Lydia's V30 https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos    Support us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #podcast Episode Link: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply

Guy Barash has an Axe to grind...   Names in the pod Today Guy Barash Rupert Murdoch Roku Fox Rufi Anan Ghazi Lionel Richie YouTube   LINKS Another Platform for Murdoch to destroy https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/business/fox-roku-acquisition-streaming-media.html AI reinforces biases https://www.billboard.com/pro/ai-scaling-music-industry-biases-guest-column/ Lionel Richie Leans In https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/lionel-richie-files-to-trademark-the-sound-of-his-voice-following-taylor-swift-amid-ai-deepfake-crackdown/ YouTube's Training landgrab https://www.billboard.com/pro/google-youtube-terms-of-service-ai-music-training-lawsuit/ Our Axegrinder Guy Barash's Billboard Column https://www.billboard.com/pro/how-music-publishers-should-approach-using-ai-guest-column/ Follow us on Substack https://substack.com/@unlimitedsupply Support Unlimited Supply Here https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast The only daily Music Industry Podcast. Listen and Follow!!

Bundlegate costs, Merck redemption, and don't ever count out the Knicks...or the majors.   Names in Today's Pod:   Merck Mercuriadis Danielle Aguirre Spotify National Music Publishers Association Tim Ingham Blackstone Ritwik Punjwani Sony Music Ashley King Jalen Brunson Wu-Tang Clan   Birthdays this week: Jason Hradil Veronica Hradil Jalen Brunson Scott Pappas Inge Colsen Steven Cervenka   LINKS:   Bundlegate costs 5 Rods https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/11/nmpa-spotify-amazon-music-bundling-publishers/ Merck Redemption arc continues https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/merck-mercuariadis-on-hipgnosis-vindication-and-his-next-big-move/ Sony Strategy revealed! (not really secret but all in one place) https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sony-strategy-ritwik-punjwani--zw0ec? Sony Strategy in action https://www.billboard.com/lists/top-grossing-music-biopics-movies/    Knick Make Fallon watchable https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/new-york-knicks-take-over-tonight-show-wu-tang-clan-1236272782/   Follow Unlimited Supply on Substack: https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com/ Support Us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Today's Music Business headlines in minutes. #musicbusiness #podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC The only daily Music Industry Podcast. Listen and Follow!!

Some takeaways from Indie Week...   Names in the pod today:   Lisa Hresko A2IM Dolphus Ramseur Shira Perlmutter Merlin Curve Royalty systems Virgin Music Tim Horton's Peter Wright Bob Hoch Mike Green Olya Sonica Stephanie Kurse Cowboy Onisan   Links in Comments...   LINKS: Episode: https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com or https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply Merlin Buys Curve https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/business/umg-exploring-1b-bond-sale-2026-06-08 Donuts over Artists for now https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/04/canada-streaming-tax-walked-back/ UMG looking to raise a queener https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/business/umg-exploring-1b-bond-sale-2026-06-08 Support us directly! Introducing our merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop Song of the week: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=167dcf3362df45f8 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/cae8e2c2d2e941f184d856c31b86dba3sune? Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

Wu-Tang and Three Cheerleaders save the Knicks.   Names In Today's Pod: Madison Square Garden Benji Rogers Aileen Crowley Tamay Aykut Warner Music Group Kristen Robinson Gideon Gottfried Ashley King Sureel AI David Israelite The National Music Publishers Association Udio Audoo The Music Venue Trust Klay Wu Tang Clan Este Haim Alanna Haim Taylor Swift The Knicks   Links in comments... Enter the Wu https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/10/wu-tang-nba-finals-game-4/ Warner Does the right thing with Sureel AI https://www.wmg.com/news/warner-music-group-acquires-sureel-ai Publishing X AI https://www.billboard.com/pro/nmpa-ai-licensing-deals-udio-klay/ Audoo does a partnership https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/09/mvt-audoo-partnership-prs-proxies/ UK Festivals still hurting https://news.pollstar.com/2026/06/10/20-independent-uk-festivals-canceled-postponed-closed-in-2026/ Dromfest is sooo Cambridge-y https://news.pollstar.com/2026/06/10/indie-rock-dromfest-26-returns-to-catskill-sept-4-6/ LINKS: Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply   Buy our  merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply

Spinning and reeling at Indie Week!   Episode Link: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply   Names in the pod today: Cindy James Jacquelyn Saturn Seeker Music Evan Bogart Virgin Music Instagram TikTok Facebook Larry Miller Dan Mackta Qobuz The Sundance Institute Ariel King Ashley King Charli XCX Ariana Grande Tyla Future MAF Teeski   LINKS Seeker X Virgin https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/09/seeker-music-virgin-partnership/ Larry Miller X Evan Bogart https://musonomics.com/songwriters-take-the-stage-two-rising-music-publishers/ Liberas (QoBuz!) https://www.billboard.com/lists/2026-libera-awards-merlin-full-winners-list-geese-oklou/genre-specific-artist-awards-2/ ToolTime 1 https://www.billboard.com/pro/instagram-paid-features-how-artists-can-use-them/ ToolTime 2 https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-launches-microdrama-development-program/822079/ ToolTime 3 https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/instagram-introduces-teleprompter-tool/821564/ TooTime 4 https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-launches-creator-assistant-chatbot/822077/ Lydia's V30 https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos    Support us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #podcast

Coming soon to a landfill near you, The Meta AI pendant!   Names in the pod Today:   Sharon Tapper Rachael Stoewer Kei Henderson Benji Rogers JA Westenberg Justin De Marco Michael Hausman Mark Frieser Mike Pelczynski Danny Goldberg Jem Aswad Jason Feinberg Tiara Guy Jamie Dominguez Pete Smolin Apple Meta OpenAI Sarah Perez Scott Galloway Craig Federighi   LINKS Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply Does MMF stand for Management MOFOs? https://www.mmfus.com/ The WW "Fixit" Conference https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/08/wwdc-2026-what-to-expect-from-siris-highly-anticipated-revamp-to-apple-intelligence-and-ios-27/ OpenAI Getting that IPO while the getting is good https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/08/following-anthropic-openai-files-confidentially-for-ipo/ Coming Soon to an East Asian Landfill https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-plans-to-introduce-a-wearable-ai-pendant/821562/ The state of AI June 2026 https://substack.com/@jawestenberg/note/c-259116299?r=lszz&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action The real effects of AI on Music https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-music-distraction-real-opportunity-everything-else-justin-de-marco-lkmwc/   Follow us on Substack https://substack.com/@unlimitedsupply Support Unlimited Supply Here https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply   Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast    

Copyright Alert!   Names in Today's Pod:   Sharon Tapper Benji Rogers American Federation of Musicians Music Managers Forum Karen Lieberman Jason Feinberg Rachel Scharf Murray Stassen Ariel King Shira Perlmutter A2IM Suno Udio Warner Music Group Universal Music Group   Birthdays this week: Brian Wilkins Kathy Russ Marni Wandner Shane Tobin Zach Hochkeppel   LINKS Madge Pops Up https://www.billboard.com/pro/inside-new-york-secret-music-venue-madonna-times-square/ Is There Still Power In a Union? https://www.billboard.com/pro/musicians-union-lawsuit-umg-wmg-ai-settlements/ A sneaky copyright move https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/a-bill-moving-through-congress-could-change-who-controls-the-us-copyright-office-heres-why-it-matters-for-the-music-business/ Congrats Karen Lieberman! https://www.billboard.com/lists/executive-turntable-wcm-bet-board-disney-music-group/richard-busch-adams-reese/   Follow Unlimited Supply on Substack: https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com/ Support Us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Today's Music Business headlines in minutes. #musicbusiness #podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC