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# Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Folk Clones, Live Nation Trial, the State of Streaming, More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/your-morning-coffee-podcast-43/
- Published: 2026-04-16T12:35:41.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-16T12:35:41.000Z
- Description: Episode 297 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, #beyondwords-skip

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**YMC Episode 297 — April 13, 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:

- **The State of Music Streaming in 2026**
- **As Live Nation Trial Ends, Jury Must Decide If It's a 'Monopolistic Bully' or a 'Fierce Competitor'**
- **The Music Business Has a Problem. Bill Ackman Just Pounced**
- **A Folk Musician Had Her Voice Cloned by AI — And Her Recordings Claimed by a Copyright Troll.**

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