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# Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Spotify under fire, UMG Downtown Sale, Marketing Strategies & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/your-morning-coffee-podcast-13/
- Published: 2024-12-23T13:30:29.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-23T13:30:40.000Z
- Description: Episode 228 of the Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart hosted Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business podcast is available now. LISTEN HERE:
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Marketing, Music Tech, Podcasts, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

Episode 228 of the Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart hosted Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business podcast is available now. **LISTEN HERE:**

### Episode 228

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On this Christmas edition of the YMC podcast, hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart dive into these important music business stories:

- “The Ghosts In The Machine: Spotify’s Plot Against Musicians” (Harpers)
- “4 Observations On Downtown’s Agreed $775 Million Sale To Universal’s Virgin Music Group” (Music Business Worldwide)
- “Five Music Marketing Strategies To Leave Behind In 2024” (Forbes).

Plus an audio drop with MIDiA’s Kriss Thakrar on the UMG purchase of Downtown.

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

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