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# YOUR MORNING COFFEE PODCAST: Concert Ticket Prices • Future of Merch • Major Labels Pivot To Tech • More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/your-morning-coffee-music-business-podcast-concert-ticket-prices-future-of-merch-major-labels-pivot-to-tech-more/
- Published: 2024-11-04T13:31:03.000Z
- Updated: 2024-11-04T13:55:49.000Z
- Description: Episode 221 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now. LISTEN HERE.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, Podcasts, music, music industry, musician, musicians, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

Episode 221 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now. **LISTEN HERE.**

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### Episode 221

### **Listen on your favorite [podcast platform](https://bio.to/UloQY6?ref=hypebot.com).**

On this week’s happening episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss about these important music industry stories:

- “Why Are Concert Tickets So Expensive? Depends On Whom You Ask” (Billboard)
- “How Big Can Music Merch Get? MIDiA’s Latest Report Charts The Course To $16B By 2030”
- (MIDiA); “Why The Major Labels Pivoted From Investing In Tech Startups To Old-School Music Companies” (Billboard).

Plus an audio drop with Billboard’s Kristin Robinson on her Machine Learnings newsletter.

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