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Your Morning Coffee Podcast: The State of Music, Amazon 'Pain', How to Launch, More

Episode 317 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 317 — August 31, 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 Music Industry Is in Good Shape - Despite What You May Have Heard
  • How Is Each Music Listening Platform Treating AI Music?
  • Best Practices for Launching Albums and Series in a Crowded Entertainment Marketplace
  • The Amazon "Pain" Forest

Plus an audio drop with Kristin Robinson from Billboard on the different policies for streaming AI generated music.

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