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# Your Morning Coffee Podcast: AI, Concert stats, Fandom & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/your-morning-coffee-podcast-24/
- Published: 2025-06-02T14:47:42.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-02T14:48:00.000Z
- Description: Episode 252 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, music, music industry, musician, musicians, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

Episode 252 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now.

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### Episode 252

On this week’s edition of the Your Morning Coffee podcast, hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat anout these important music business stories:

- “AI Continues To Alarm The Music Industry – But Artists Are Fighting Back” (Clash)
- “The Billboard Boxscore Midyear 2025 Report, Breaking Down The Year’s Biggest Tours, Venues And Promoters” (Billboard)
- “20 Years Ago, Labels Targeted Fandom. Will It Work The Second Time Around?” (MIDiA).

Plus audio drops from music tech writer Drew Thurlow on copyrights and royalties, and Benn Jordan on “The Art Of ‘Poison-Pilling’ Music Files”.

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