Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Spotify under fire, UMG Downtown Sale, Marketing Strategies & More

Episode 228 of the Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart hosted Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business podcast is available now. LISTEN HERE:

Episode 228

On this Christmas edition of the YMC podcast, hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart dive into these important music business stories:

• “The Ghosts In The Machine: Spotify’s Plot Against Musicians” (Harpers)
• “4 Observations On Downtown’s Agreed $775 Million Sale To Universal’s Virgin Music Group” (Music Business Worldwide)
• “Five Music Marketing Strategies To Leave Behind In 2024” (Forbes).

Plus an audio drop with MIDiA’s Kriss Thakrar on the UMG purchase of Downtown.

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