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# Your Morning Coffee Podcast #9: Radio Payola, Paid Subs Slide, Music Innovation & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/your-morning-coffee-podcast-9-radio-payola-paid-subs-slide-music-innovation-more/
- Published: 2020-10-13T13:15:01.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-13T13:15:02.000Z
- Description: Episode 9 of Your Morning Coffee: Weekly Music News for the New Music Business with Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart is live. Episode #9 Highlights In this week’s episode, Jay and. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2020/10/your-morning-coffee-podcast-9-radio-payola-paid-subs-slide-music-
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, Podcasts, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:51

Episode 9 of Your Morning Coffee: Weekly Music News for the New Music Businesswith Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart is live.

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### Episode #9 **Highlights**

**In this week’s episode, Jay and Mike cover:**

- “Pay For Play Was Banned From Radio – But Texts Reveal It May Still Be A Thing” (Rolling Stone)
- “Spotify Dominates Paid Subscriptions As Streaming Revenues Fall For First Time” (Hypebot)
- BMG Eliminates ‘Poisonous’ Controlled Composition Clauses From It’s US Record Contracts” (Music Business Worldwide)
- “Tools: IsItAGoodPlaylist.com – Analyze Spotify Playlists To Know If They’ll Increase Your Stream Count” (MusicAlly)
- “Independent Artist Creativity and Innovation In The Age of Covid-19” (MIDiA).
- “Scooter Braun and Jessie Reyez On How Covid-19 Is ‘Forcing The Entire Industry To Innovate” (Fast Co.)
- “Spotify News Announcements” (Symphonic, Hypebot, Variety, Verge, MBW).

**Plus**

- The Your Morning Coffee Newsletter! [https://bit.ly/3mUqXEO](https://bit.ly/3mUqXEO?ref=hypebot.com)

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