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# Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Artist centric payments • Spotify + money laundering • ‘An equitable music ecosystem’ • More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/your-morning-coffee-podcast-artist-centric-payments-spotify-money-laundering-an-equitable-music-ecosystem-more/
- Published: 2023-09-11T13:08:22.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-11T13:08:26.000Z
- Description: Episode 161 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business podcast is available now. Listen here. Episode 143 This week, hosts Jay. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2023/09/your-morning-coffee-podcast-artist-centric-payments-spotify-mon
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Podcasts, DIY musicians, music, music industry, Music Tech, musician, musicians, Spotify, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:44

Episode 161 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business podcast is available now. Listen here.

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### Episode 143

This week, hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important stories:

- “How to Make Artist Centric, Artist Centric” (Mark Mulligan Via The Music Industry Blog)
- “Multiple Criminal Gang Members Confirm They’ve Used Spotify For Money Laundering In Bombshell New Report” (Music Business Worldwide)
- “Independent Artists Deserve An Equitable Music Ecosystem” (A Guest Post By Ben Patterson, President, Artist & Label Services of Downtown Music)

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