Sep 29, 2025
Episode 269
On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "Spotify Has Deleted 75m+ ‘Spammy Tracks’ – As It Unveils New AI Music Policies" (Music Business Worldwide); "How TikTok Partnered With Luminate To Measure TikTok’s...
Sep 23, 2025
YMC Special Episode - A Conversation With Verswire's Sherry Saeedi and Nick Lippman
On this very special episode of the YMC podcast, your host Jay Gilbert sits down with Verswire's founders Sherry Saeedi and Nick Lippman for a conversation about their artist-first music industry disruptor, that empowers artists with...
Sep 22, 2025
Episode 268
On this week's episode of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart discuss these important music industry stories: "AI Won’t Replace Artists — It Will Make Them Unstoppable" (Guest column from Lyor Cohen in Billboard); "FTC Sues Live Nation, Ticketmaster for Allowing Ticket Brokers To...
Sep 16, 2025
On this very special YMC episode, your host Jay Gilbert sits down with MIDiA's VP of Music Strategy Tatiana Cirisano to discuss their recently released report entitled "All Eyes, No Ears: Why Virality Is Not Building Fandom", which was written by Tatiana and Olivia Jones.
This just-released white paper tackles one of...
Sep 15, 2025
Episode 267
On this week's edition of the YMC podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chatted about these important music business stories: "US Streaming Subscriptions Hit 105m In The First Half Of 2025, But Recorded Music Revenue Was Up By Less Than 1% YoY" (Music Business Worldwide); "Nearly A Third Of All...