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# Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Lefsetz’ Year in Music, BOTS Act, Spotify & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/your-morning-coffee-podcast-lefsetz-year-in-music-bots-act-spotify-more/
- Published: 2026-01-05T14:26:16.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-26T20:04:22.000Z
- Description: Episode 283 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, Music Tech, business, News, Your Morning Coffee

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**YMC Episode 283 — January 5, 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:

- **“Spotify And The Cost Of Chasing Numbers”**
- **“2025 – The Year In Music” by Bob Lefsetz**
- **“The BOTS Act Was Created By Ticketmaster. So Why Is The FTC Using It Against Them?”**

Plus audio drops from **Rick Beato** on artists promoting their own music, and **Liam Mason** on the five most *f\*\*cked up* things Spotify did last year.

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