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# Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Trump & OpenAI, Midyear Report, Isbell Lawsuit, More.
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/your-morning-coffee-podcast-57/
- Published: 2026-09-07T14:38:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-07T14:38:55.000Z
- Description: Episode 318 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, music business podcast, Music Business, News, Your Morning Coffee, #beyondwords-skip

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**YMC Episode 318 — September 7, 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:

- **RIAA 2026 Mid-Year Report: Streaming Growth Drives Revenue to $6 Billion, CD Sales Increase More Than 50%.**
- **Jason Isbell Files Class Action Lawsuit Claiming Suno Coded AI to 'Extract Musicians' Identities'.**
- **Trump Administration Just Sided With OpenAI In a Key 'Fair Use' Case. What It Means For Music's Fight With Anthropic and Suno.**
- **New Report Asks - Who Owns the Systems Behind Indie Music?**

Plus an audio drop with **Steve Shirley** from **Soundcloud** on letting artists sell tracks directly from their profiles. 

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