A Bundlegate judge judging, nobility noble-ing, and hoovers getting hoovered.

A bundle IS a bundle after all. and big AI gets a taste of its own training medicine

 

Names in the Pod today:

 

Glenn Peoples

Spotify

Amazon Music

Ed Newton-Rex

Baroness Kidron

Ashley King

Dylan Smith

Sam Altman

OpenAI

Deepseek

Paul Resnikoff

Erig Gardner

Vince Amoroso

 

LINKS:

Spotify's Bundlegate win

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/29/mechanical-licensing-collective-spotify-lawsuit-dismissed/

Flat growth at Spotify

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-spotify-individual-flatline-q4

AMazon hikes Music Prices

https://www.billboard.com/pro/amazon-music-raises-prices-unlimited-subscribers-us-uk-canada/

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/amazon-hikes-prices-for-music-unlimited-streaming-service-in-the-us-uk-and-canada/

Lords come in handy

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ed-newton-rex_baroness-kidron-has-done-the-uks-creative-activity-7290363194898796544-Uv04

Hoovers hoovered

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/29/deepseek-ai-model-openai-sam-altman/

https://www.ticketnews.com/2025/01/ticketmaster-argues-that-competition-would-cost-fans-more-money-in-antitrust-suit/

Livenation Headlines

https://www.tipranks.com/news/live-nation-entertainment-makes-absurd-arguments-in-doj-lawsuit

https://www.investing.com/news/company-news/live-nation-stock-hits-alltime-high-of-14129-amid-robust-growth-93CH-3834722

Where to watch FireAId

https://news.pollstar.com/2025/01/28/where-to-watch-fireaid-appletv-amc-theatre-iheartradio-meta-siriusxm-regal-cinema-more/

Congrats Vince!

https://news.pollstar.com/2025/01/29/wasserman-music-announces-5-new-exec-hires/

 

LA fire resources

Ian Cunningham

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/iancunn_feels-odd-to-share-this-on-linkedin-but-trying-activity-7284674854086156289-xTFw

Running list

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/09/los-angeles-fire-relief-musicares/

https://musicares.org/donations

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jyJ-NM2qP-iRk1LJ8l3dc7e0M3IhHlo3E7Agvo9JOAQ/htmlview?at&fbclid=IwY2xjawHt_6hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXN3-Q2mmAkiflQ9P2fOUWx0AVBTyFa9FBbWvp7YmSfy9Zv1Uy5eT4XKCA_aem_XkNGZvPvtrq02-bMe6Y9LA

Stream these folks to help them

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tLN23Ens9S8wxl4A7fbN5ojQ_xCMRXfbxQw1JRGfYac/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Max Bernstein might be able to find you a place to stay

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mberns01_musicindustry-airtable-activity-7285062707056181248-x1Wn?

RoyFi

https://www.RoyFI.com

Hangout

Https://hangout.fm