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# Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Spotify debate, Indies, Heap & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/your-morning-coffee-podcast-this-week/
- Published: 2025-04-28T12:47:47.000Z
- Updated: 2025-04-28T12:48:00.000Z
- Description: Episode 246 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now. LISTEN HERE.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Podcasts, music, music business podcast, music industry, musician, musicians, Spotify, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

Episode 246 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now. **LISTEN HERE.**

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### Episode 246

On this week’s episode of the Your Morning Coffee podcast, hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories:

- “Disc Maker CEO Responds To Spotify In ‘1,000 Streams’ Debate” (Hypebot)
- “What Is The Point Of An Independent Record Label In 2025?” (SmartDumb)
- “Imogen Heap Just Went Viral With ‘Headlock’ — Now She’s Letting You Borrow Its Vibe Via AI” (Rolling Stone).

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