Your Morning Coffee Podcast: YouTube vs. Billboard, Copyright Value & 2026 Predictions

Episode 281 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now.

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YMC Episode 281 — December 22, 2025

On this week’s episode of the Your Morning Coffee podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these timely music industry stories:

• “Podcaster, Writer & Consultant Jay Gilbert’s 2026 Music Predictions!” (on Hypebot)
• “Global Value Of Music Copyright Reached $47.2 Billion In 2024, Says New Will Page Report”
• “Billboard Just Made ‘Free’ Streams Worth More On Its US Charts. But YouTube Is Not Happy – And Is Pulling Its Data”

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