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# Your Morning Coffee Podcast: WMG + Suno • Spotify prices • iHeart on AI • Rick Beato • More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/new-your-morning-coffee-podcast-9/
- Published: 2025-12-01T13:23:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-01T13:23:38.000Z
- Description: Episode 278 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, music, music industry, musician, musicians, Spotify, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

Episode 278 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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### 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*