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# Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Racing to 1bn Streams, AI on Spotify, Major Labels, More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/your-morning-coffee-podcast-1bn-streams-ai-spotify-major-labels/
- Published: 2026-02-16T14:48:32.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-16T14:49:23.000Z
- Description: Episode 289 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now.
- Author: Your Morning Coffee
- Tags: Podcasts, News, Your Morning Coffee, Music Business

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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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