A bouncing baby major, a Spotify disappointment, competitive birdsong, and dancing cats.
About this episode
The episode discusses recent developments in the music industry, including mergers and the performance of streaming services.
Have a cigar, BMG and Concord! Names in the pod today: Bob Valentine Thomas Coesfeld BMG Concord Spotify TikTok Tracy Gardner Ross Walthall Instagram Cleveland Research LINKS A baby major is born https://www.billboard.com/pro/bmg-to-buy-concord-in-indie-music-merger/ Spotify beats Guidance and still slumps https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/28/spotify-stock-spot-earnings-beat-guidance.html Thanks Ross! https://www.clevelandresearch.com/about-us/ AI for the worker bees https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/instagram-brings-simplified-ai-video-to-edits/818505/ TikTok Flexes https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tiktoks-add-to-music-app-tool-surpasses-6b-track-saves-in-the-past-year Lydia’s V30 https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos Support us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #podcast
People in this episode
Host: Nodisc
Topics covered
- music industry
- mergers
- streaming services
- AI in music
- social media
- podcast
Keywords
- BMG
- Concord
- Spotify
- TikTok
- music industry
- AI
- podcast
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: BMG, Concord, Spotify, TikTok, Cleveland Research, Instagram
Books & works: Lydia’s V30
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