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# Your Morning Coffee Podcast: UMG TikTok deal • AI Music explained • Spotify vs Songwriters • More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/your-morning-coffee-podcast-umg-tiktok-deal-ai-music-explained-spotify-vs-songwriters-more/
- Published: 2024-05-06T12:58:40.000Z
- Updated: 2024-05-06T14:19:54.000Z
- Description: Episode 195 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now….
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Podcasts, music, music industry, Music Tech, musician, musicians, Spotify, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

Episode 195 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 195

### **Listen on your favorite [podcast platform](https://bio.to/UloQY6?ref=hypebot.com).**

On this week’s YMC podcast, hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music business stories:

- “Universal Music And Tiktok Strike New Licensing Deal – Including ‘Improved Remuneration’ For UMG Artists And Songwriters” (Music Business Worldwide)
- “We Break Down Cleo Abrams YouTube Video “AI Music Simply Explained” (Cleo Abrams at Big If True)
- “Spotify vs. Songwriters (Again): NMPA Says Spotify’s Latest Move To Lower Royalty Rates Is ‘Likely To End Up In A Legal Conflict’” (Music Business Worldwide)

Plus, audio drops with Murray Stassen from Music Business Worldwide on the UMG/TikTok agreement and a clip from Cleo Abrams’s Big If True podcast on AI music.

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