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# Your Morning Coffee Podcast: RIAA Mid-Year Report • Indie music’s radio fight • fake artists • new hope for radio payments
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/your-morning-coffee-podcast-riaa-mid-year-report-indie-musics-radio-fight-fake-artists-new-hope-for-radio-payments/
- Published: 2022-09-26T13:32:11.000Z
- Updated: 2022-09-26T13:32:15.000Z
- Description: Episode 111 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business podcast is live, and you can listen to it here. Episode #111. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2022/09/your-morning-coffee-podcast-riaa-mid-year-report-indie-musics-radio-fight-
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Radio & Satellite, music, music industry, Music Tech, musician, musicians, Spotify, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:44

Episode 111 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business podcast is live, and you can listen to it here.

### Episode #111

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On this edition of the YMC podcast, hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss the following important stories:

- “From The RIAA (and other sources)The RIAA Mid-Year Report \~ We Break It Down”
- “Why Indie Artists Are a Rarity On Radio: ‘If You Don’t Pay, You Don’t Move Up’” (Billboard)
- “Why Major Labels And Spotify Love Fake Artists” (Penny Fractions)
- “House Legislation To Get Artists & Labels Paid For Radio Airplay Gets Companion Bill In U.S. Senate” (Billboard)

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