A TikTok bid at the wire, another Suno head scratcher, and Jennie Smythe has an axe to grind.

The news has started to flow again.

 

Names in the Pod Today:

 

Jennie Smythe

Ian Cunningham

Harvey Mason

Willard Ahdritz

Mikey Shulman

Tom Conrad

Harry Stebbings

 

LINKS:

 

TikTok Bid

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/13/tiktok-offer-buyout-january-2025/

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/willard-ahdritz-b1810a1ba_ai-proven-uncertainty-decomposition-activity-7282488598145187840-Bcpj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

2024 data report Week

https://luminatedata.com/events/2024-year-end-music-webinar/

Tom Conrad and Sonos

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/13/24342354/sonos-interim-ceo-tom-conrad-employee-letter

Willard Ahdritz is Smarter than you

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/willard-ahdritz-b1810a1ba_ai-proven-uncertainty-decomposition-activity-7282488598145187840-Bcpj

Suno (not holding my breath)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0YL83U5VWk

Jennie Smythe

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniesmythe/

 

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

 

RoyFi

Https://www.royfi.com

Hangout.fm

Https://hangout.fm