Is July the new January? BundleGate bundles on, and winding back the clock.
About this episode
The episode discusses trends in the music business, particularly focusing on Spotify and BundleGate.
Looking ahead, and a year back. Names in Today’s Pod: iHeart Media Sony Music Spotify Ed Christman Ashley King Lit Justin Beiber Birthdays this week: Lisa Wolf Liberty Lucken Marisol Segal Myles Grosovsky Andrew Stess JP Olsen Paul Sinclair LINKS: iHeart’s Showola Settlement https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/iheartmedia-settles-fcc-payola-probe-at-its-live-music-events-with-no-fine-and-no-admission-of-liability/ Spotify losing in podcasting to YouTube https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/10/spotify-podcasting-cant-compete-youtube/ But... Bundlegate Offsets Spotify Podcast Losses https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-bundles-how-much-decreased-per-stream-rate/ Lit gets its second hit https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/lit-the-band-behind-pop-punk-hit-my-own-worst-enemy-settles-sony-music-streaming-royalty-lawsuit/ One year ago SWAG Topped out at ”contender” https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/charts/theres-swag-all-over-this-2025-07-12 Follow Unlimited Supply on Substack: https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com/ Support Us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Today’s Music Business headlines in minutes. #musicbusiness #podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC The only…
Topics covered
- music business
- podcasting
- industry news
- Spotify
- bundling
- trends
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