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Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Racing to 1bn Streams, AI on Spotify, Major Labels, More

Episode 289 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 289 — February 16, 2026

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:

  • "Spotify Eyes AI 'Derivatives' As New Revenue Stream For Artists –Says Its Technology To Let Fans Make Remixes And Covers Is Ready"
  • "Songs Are Reaching 1bn Spotify Streams 14x Faster Than A Decade ago: This, And Other Stats From Chartmetric's 2025 Year In Music Report"
  • "Could a Combined BMG & Concord Create a Fourth 'Quiet' Major Label?"

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