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# Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Fans become hitmakers • Algorithms take over • CDs are back!
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/your-morning-coffee-podcast-fans-become-hitmakers-algorithms-take-over-cds-are-back/
- Published: 2023-08-28T12:45:05.000Z
- Updated: 2023-08-28T12:45:08.000Z
- Description: Episode 159 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s popular podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now. Episode 159 Listen on your favorite podcast. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2023/08/your-morning-coffee-podcast-fans-become-hitmakers-algorit
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Podcasts, music, music industry, Music Tech, musician, musicians, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:44

Episode 159 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s popular podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now.

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### Episode 159

### **Listen on your favorite [podcast platform](https://bio.to/UloQY6?ref=hypebot.com).**

On this week’s podcast, hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories:

- “Pushing Songs Up the Charts Was a Label Job. Then Fans Took Over” (Billboard)
- “Up Close And Personal: When The Algorithm Goes Too Far” (MIDiA)
- “The CD Finds New Life Among Gen Z Collectors” (The Washington Post).

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