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# YOUR MORNING COFFEE PODCAST: UMG & Tidal royalties test, a major label refugee, Spotify subscriber growth & much more
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/your-morning-coffee-podcast-umg-tidal-royalties-test-a-major-label-refugee-spotify-subscriber-growth-much-more/
- Published: 2023-02-06T14:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-02-06T16:45:20.000Z
- Description: Episode #130 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is now live. Episode 130 On this week’s episode of the. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2023/02/your-morning-coffee-podcast-umg-tidal-royalties-test-a-major-label-refu
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Podcasts, Uncategorized, music, music industry, Music Tech, musician, musicians, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:44

Episode #130 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is now live.

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### Episode 130

On this week’s episode of the YMC podcast, your humble hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart yap about these important stories:

- “What Will The Future Of Streaming Royalties Look Like? Tidal And UMG Want To Find Out” (Billboard)
- “I Spent Two Decades Running Major Labels — Here’s Why I Left It Behind” (Mark Terry)
- “Spotify Hits 205 Million Paid Subscribers, Topping User Growth Targets For Q4 With Record Total Quarterly Gain” (Variety).

Plus audio interview audio drops with –

- **Bruce Houghton**, President of Skyline Artist Agency and publisher of Hypebotwith his perspective on the LA Times article “Everyone Hates Ticketmaster – Is Everyone Wrong?”
- **Steve Knopper**, Billboard Editor at Large on US cassette sales from the Billboard piece “Cassettes Are Making A Comeback, But Can Production Keep Up?”
- **Vickie Neuman**, Founder and CEO of CrossBorderWorks on her predictions for Web3 heading into the new year.
- **Jennifer Freed**, Founder and CEO of Trevanana Tracks on simplifying the complicated world of sync licenses.

Check out the Ren [“Hi Ren” video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s%5Fnc1IVoMxc&ref=hypebot.com)

Also check out The Verge article on[ why so many tech companies are laying off employees?](https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/26/23571659/tech-layoffs-facebook-google-amazon?ref=hypebot.com)

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