Your Morning Coffee Podcast #9: Radio Payola, Paid Subs Slide, Music Innovation & More

Episode 9 of Your Morning Coffee: Weekly Music News for the New Music Business with Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart is live.

In this week’s episode, Jay and Mike cover:

“Pay For Play Was Banned From Radio – But Texts Reveal It May Still Be A Thing” (Rolling Stone)
“Spotify Dominates Paid Subscriptions As Streaming Revenues Fall For First Time” (Hypebot)
BMG Eliminates ‘Poisonous’ Controlled Composition Clauses From It’s US Record Contracts” (Music Business Worldwide)
“Tools: IsItAGoodPlaylist.com – Analyze Spotify Playlists To Know If They’ll Increase Your Stream Count” (MusicAlly)
“Independent Artist Creativity and Innovation In The Age of Covid-19” (MIDiA).
“Scooter Braun and Jessie Reyez On How Covid-19 Is ‘Forcing The Entire Industry To Innovate” (Fast Co.)
“Spotify News Announcements” (Symphonic, Hypebot, Variety, Verge, MBW).