A Spotify premium ad tier? Legislators legislating, and more fantastical tales.

Tales of Myth, Legend, and Congress.

 

 

Names in the Pod today:

Robert Kyncl

Jermaine Dupree

HYBE

Warner Music Group

Scotter Braun

Elliot Grainge

Ali Nawaz Khan

Daneil Tencer

Spotify

Daniel Ek

Amy Klobuchar

Gerald Casale

Perry Farrell

Marc Geiger

Richard Bienstock

Tom Beaujour

 

 

 

LINKS:

ScooterXJ.D.

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/08/hybe-america-so-so-def-recordings-distribution-deal/

WMG SuperFan

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/warner-music-group-is-readying-its-superfan-app-with-help-from-ed-sheeran/

Spotify Adding Ads to Premium?

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/09/rumor-mill-says-spotify-putting-ads-in-premium-spotify-denies/

The "No Fakes" Act Lives

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/no-fakes-act-aimed-at-cracking-down-on-deepfakes-reintroduced-in-us-congress-this-time-with-support-of-google-and-openai/

The TICKET Act also lives:

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/08/ticket-act-house-committee-approval/

Legends of Lolla 1.0

https://news.pollstar.com/2025/04/04/lollapalooza-the-uncensored-story-of-alternative-rocks-wildest-festival/

RoyFi

https://www.RoyFI.com

Hangout

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