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# Your Morning Coffee Podcast: #MyMerch blues • Capturing value • Music’s MAU addiction • Discmakers • more
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/your-morning-coffee-podcast-mymerch-blues-capturing-value-musics-mau-addiction-discmakers-more/
- Published: 2023-07-24T12:59:05.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-24T12:59:08.000Z
- Description: Episode 154 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now. Episode 154 On this week’s show, your hosts,. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2023/07/your-morning-coffee-podcast-mymerch-blues-capturing-value-musics
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, DIY musicians, music, music industry, Music Tech, musician, musicians, Spotify, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:44

Episode 154 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now.

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### Episode 154

On this week’s show, your hosts, Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart, chat about these important music business stories:

- “Talking Merch Cut Blues – #MyMerch; Jacki Benson Reading Her OpEd” (Music Technology Policy)
- “‘People Really Like Music. But The Music Industry Lets Everyone Else Capture The Value’ ” (Music Business Worldwide)
- “Music’s Addicted To The ‘Monthly Active User’ Metric. But It Tells Us Nothing.” (Music Business Worldwide).

Plus, an audio drop with Tony Van Veen from Disc Makers.

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