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Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Spotify Playlists Are Shrinking, Luminate's 2026 So Far, Suno.

Episode 311 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 311 — July 20, 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:

  • Luminate Midyear Report 2026: R&B/Hip-Hop Falls, Dance Rises, CDs Surge 16% & More
  • Suno Scraped YouTube, Deezer to Train AI, Hacked Code Reveals - Potentially Strengthening UMG & Sony's Case
  • Spotify's Editorial Playlists Look Enormous, But They're Shrinking
  • Your Catalog Might Be Your Best Marketing Asset, Here's How To Use It

Plus an audio with Craig Meyer from GigLogic!

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