Your Morning Coffee Podcast: WMG + Suno • Spotify prices • iHeart on AI • Rick Beato • More

Episode 278 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now.

Episode 278

On this week’s Your Morning Coffee Podcast, hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart cover these important music industry stories:

• “Warner Music Group Strikes ‘Landmark’ Deal With Suno; Settles Copyright Lawsuit” (Murray Stassen at Music Business Worldwide);
• “It’s About Time Spotify Raised Subscription Prices In The U.S.” (Jem Aswad at Variety);
• “In Staff Memo, iHeartRadio Exec Says Company Won’t ‘Play AI Music’ Or Use ‘AI Generated Personalities'” (Kristin Robinson at Billboard).
• An audio drop from Rick Beato on The AI Race Is Over.

YMC Special Episode – A Conversation With Livia Tortella

On this special Your Morning Coffee Podcast episode, Jay Gilbert sits down with Black Box Music Agency founder and CEO Livia Tortella to discuss the evolution of the music industry, and the importance of real engagement in artist marketing.

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Bruce Houghton