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Unlimited Supply is your daily music tech and business TL/DR. It’s the industry’s only daily audio briefing. In less than 10 minutes you’ll know what should be paying attention to in the Business, Technology and Finance of Music. Music and Industry news is superabundant, and someone needs to sift though that unlimited supply of information for you every day. That’s where Unlimited Supply comes in. With a little bit of insight (and snark) on top. Presented by Nodisc.

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October 16, 2026Episode 63910 min

OUR pimps and thieves, actually bullish, and Bundlegate never dies...again

Busy Busy world... Names in the pod today: Ilene Farkas Amanda Molter BMG Charles Goldstuck Jacob Paul Kobalt Goldstate Music MCA Goldman Sachs Ben Katovsky Pipeline Spotify Christy DiNapoli Nathanial Marro Loren Wells Diana Hernandez Turbo Goth Links in Comments... LINKS: Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSuppl y Goldstuck On AI https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5393574 MCA Cuts https://www.billboard.com/pro/universal-music-mca-layoffs-staff-cut-restructuring/ Goldman's Doorstop https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/business/goldman-sachs-bullish-on-next-decade-of-music-growth-2026-10-15 Flooding the Bundlegate Zone https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/14/phonorecords-v-submission-spotify/ Song of the week: Stef Chura: Leadweight Listen on our playlists. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=167dcf3362df45f8 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/cae8e2c2d2e941f184d856c31b86dba3sune? Qobuz: https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/65211639 Support us directly! Introducing our merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

October 15, 2026Episode 63811 min

The last refuge of bipartisanship, nobody's perfect, and you okay?

You OK? Names In Today's Pod: Jim Roppo Universal Music Group Netflix Warner Bros. Records Daisy Chain Fields Kristin Robinson Elizabeth Dilts Marshall Melinda Newman Dan Rys Ashley King John Hickenlooper Marsha Blackburn LINKS: Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply UMG Layoffs https://www.billboard.com/pro/umg-shakeup-def-jam-polydor-interscope-execs-exit/ Roppo Sticks the Landing https://www.billboard.com/pro/republic-records-ceo-jim-roppo-coo-warner-records/ O-Rod isn't Perfect...Oh wait maybe she is. https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/09/daisy-chain-fields-vendor-complaints/ Music is still pretty bipartisan https://www.billboard.com/pro/music-tourism-act-signed-law-president-donald-trump/ Buy our merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop #musicindustry #livemusic #musictech #Podcast #performancerights #PROS Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC

October 14, 2026Episode 6377 min

Spotify gets saas-y, social media fixes traffic, and what's more unpopular than AI?

A global monopoly socffs at the music industry... Names in the pod today: Luxottica Spotify Instagram Meta Andrew Gregory Youtube Lil Uzi Vert TikTok Joe Sparrow Links in the Comments... LINKS EPISODE: https://lnk.to/unlimitedsupply Spotify SaaS-es https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-launches-spotify-technology-to-sell-its-internal-software-tools-to-other-companies-says-the-brand-is-becoming-the-rd-operating-system/ Luxottica is the worst. https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/12/warner-music-essilorluxottica-lawsuit/ Meta and TikTok throw hands https://musically.com/2026/10/09/meta-and-tiktok-engage-in-tit-for-tat-ad-bans-on-their-platforms/ A Gregory brother's Traffic Report https://abc7ny.com/post/brooklyn-mans-viral-song-explains-how-fix-nycs-3rd-worst-place-exit-31-bqe/19889837/ Lydia's V30 https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos Support us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC

October 13, 2026Episode 6369 min

Dolphins on a tuna boat, deception dies in daylight, and death by TOS?

The AI Slop tide looks like it's starting to ebb. Names in Today's Pod: Joel Gouveia Distrokid Suno Beatoven Mansoor Khan Ivan Mehta Links in Comments... LINKS DIstrokid's collateral Damage https://joelgouveia.substack.com/p/the-ai-purge-has-begun? Kat Norton misses the point entirely... https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kat-norton-miss-excel-7187aa58_claude-aitips-aitools-activity-7440076075537375236-YTVK? RIP Beatoven https://lnkd.in/p/gVNuafhD Morte Per TOS https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-faces-investigation-in-italy-over-its-terms-of-service/ EPISODE: https://lnk.to/unlimitedsupply 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 daily Music Industry Podcast. Listen and Follow!!

October 12, 2026Episode 6356 min

Power players, actual power players, and black boxes.

Two kinds of Black Boxes today... Names in Today's Pod: Murray Stassen The Mechanical Licensing Collective Mitch Glazier Bobby Haber Kristin Robinson Ariel King The Grammys The RIAA Clive Davis Techcrunch Disrupt The Vinyl Summit Happy Birthdays this week: Shamal Ranasinghe Syd Schwartz Mike Navarra Rob Tannenbaum Leslie Cooper David Hampian Links in the Comments... LINKS EPISODE: https://lnk.to/unlimitedsupply https://www.billboard.com/pro/clive-davis-pre-grammy-gala-continue-2027/ ariel king https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/five-time-grammy-winner-drake-did-not-submit-any-of-his-three-2026-albums-for-consideration-joining-bts-and-stray-kids-in-sitting-out-the-2027-awards-report/ https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-mlc-has-paid-out-more-than-4-2bn-to-songwriters-and-publishers-to-date-and-will-begin-market-share-distributions-of-unmatched-and-unclaimed-royalties-in-april-2027/ https://www.billboard.com/pro/riaa-ceo-midterms-ai-deepfakes-trump-botr/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/08/gta-vi-radio-station-hosts/ https://www.hypebot.com/what-gta-6-understands-about-music-that-your-label-doesnt/ Follow Unlimited Supply on Substack: https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com/ Support Us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e The only daily Music Industry Podcast. Listen and Follow!! #musicbusiness #podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC

October 9, 2026Episode 6349 min

Bundlegate never dies, What is a Phonorecords? and More big dogs.

Phonorecords V sounds suspiciously European, no? Names in the pod today: Michael Rapino Live Nation Joe Rogan Lucian Grainge Nathan Millman Tom Truitts The Copyright Royalty Board Kristin Robinson Ann Steele Spotify Pandora WRSTBND Links in Comments... LINKS: Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSuppl Big Dog #1 Speaks https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-features/lucian-grainge-interview-ai-music-universal-music-group-1236723328/ Big Dog #2 gets Paid https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/08/live-nation-michael-rapino-contract/ Big Dog #3 gets Paid https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/08/joe-rogan-spotify-deal-renewed/ What Is a phonorecords, and why should you care? https://www.billboard.com/pro/songwriter-streaming-royalties-phono-v-rate-explained/ Job of the Week. https://www.zrgpartners.com/jobboard/wrstbnd-chief-operating-officer Song of the week: Nicole Atkins: "Singing in the Mirror" Listen on our playlists. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=167dcf3362df45f8 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/cae8e2c2d2e941f184d856c31b86dba3sune? Qobuz: https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/65211639 Support us directly! Introducing our merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

October 8, 2026Episode 63312 min

Literal trials, figurative trials. Streams don't equal tickets, and the truth hurts.

I see what the Truth in Nashville did with their first bookings, and a parade of Hacks... Names In Today's Pod: Live Nation Tom Truitt Michael Smith Leonid & Friends Jeremy Young Ashley King Links in comments... LINKS: Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply Or on Substack: https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com/ Hacking streams bears bitter fruit https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/06/michael-smith-streaming-fraud-sentence/ Beware, stream hackers. https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/07/us-copyright-office-streaming-fraud-investigation/ Russians Hack US Touring https://www.hypebot.com/did-a-russian-cover-band-accidentally-stumble-onto-a-winning-us-tour-strategy/ Festival Hacks abscond with receipts https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/01/evolutions-music-festival-lawsuit/ Ticketmaster Hacked? Maybe. https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/05/ticketmaster-outage-2026/ Tickemaster Hacked? Definitely https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/07/live-nation-data-breach-class-action-lawsuits/ The Truth https://vanderbilthustler.com/2026/10/02/new-nashville-event-venue-the-truth-opens/ Buy our merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop #musicindustry #livemusic #musictech #Podcast #performancerights #PROS Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC

October 7, 2026Episode 6329 min

Yelling at the cloud, all you can eat is the real issue, and Newton's third law.

It's not the scale, it's the revenue model. Names in the pod today: Links in the Comments... Declan McGlynn Darius Van Armin Diana Umana Secretly Group The Base for Music Google Murray Stassen Adnrew Hutchinson Instagram Tone Loc Isaac Newton LINKS EPISODE: https://lnk.to/unlimitedsupply Declan Glynn is not exactly wrong but... https://substack.com/home/post/p-214843307?selection=9a0dfe93-b128-4976-916b-a66d04542577 What is you could actually predict your ROI? https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/google-picks-base-for-music-for-its-gemini-startup-forum-as-1-7m-backed-french-company-says-it-uses-ai-to-predict-music-marketing-roi/ Open to Reels is another death knell for social media https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/instagram-tests-option-to-open-to-reels/832202/ But there is hope: Shorts prioritizes meatbeings https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/02/youtube-shorts-prioritize-original-content/ Charli et al pushing back on relentless scaling https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-intimacy-economy-why-music-stars-are-going-small/ Lydia's V30 https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos Support us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #podcast

October 6, 2026Episode 6319 min

Why now? Why now? Skin in the game and do not F with a goal song (from The Drop House NYC)

We recorded this episode at the Drop House, a space dedicated to album drops, featuring a fully adaptable, Turnkey point of same and sales reporting, that has album drops and driven shart numbers for An $AP Rocky, Madonna, Miley Cyrus and more. Names in Today's Pod: Gabe Jagger Whynow The Drop House Jennifer Citron Warner Music Group Suno Sean Parker Stability AI The San Jose Sharks Oscar Celma Universal Music Group The Game Virgin Music OpenAI Anthony Ha David Robinson Dylan Smith Mikey Shulman Connie Loizos Google Links in Comments... LINKS EPISODE: https://lnk.to/unlimitedsupply Congrats to Another former Pandoran https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/universal-music-group-appoints-oscar-celma-who-helped-lead-development-of-spotifys-ai-dj-as-svp-of-applied-ai-and-machine-learning/ Suno Shares numbers https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/01/suno-revenue-october-2026/ An Infringe and Settle OG goes the other way https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/02/sean-parker-is-rebuilding-stability-ai-around-music/ More AI freakout https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/03/openai-safety-employee-resigns-claiming-the-companys-culture-is-broken/ More More AI freakout https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/04/google-froze-its-open-source-bug-bounty-program-due-to-a-significant-rise-in-ai-submissions/ Do not F with a Goal Song. https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/23/san-jose-sharks-suno-goal-song/ Kelly Clarkson https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/02/ai-music-separate-chart-debate/ 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 daily Music Industry Podcast. Listen and Follow!!

October 5, 2026Episode 6306 min

Tolstoy, or Weird Al; melting ice cubes; and other complications.

Garth has upside, Dolly has a global footprint. Names in Today's Pod: Ed Christman Harvey Mason Elizabeth Dilts Marshall David Schulhof MUSQ Universal Music Group Spotify Beyond the Music Confluence Conference Zach Bryan Robert Kraft Happy Birthdays this week: Davis Dibs Shackney Todd Goodwin Scott Walker Betsy Whitney Mark Kates Wayne Green LINKS EPISODE: https://lnk.to/unlimitedsupply Garth vs. Dolly https://www.billboard.com/pro/garth-brooks-music-catalog-how-much-worth/ Music Vs. the Stock Market https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/zach-bryan-gillette-attendance-record-free-palestine-shirt-1236353916/ Zach Bryan Sets record and trolls Kraft https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/zach-bryan-gillette-attendance-record-free-palestine-shirt-1236353916/ Why Not Jethro Tull? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/02/grammys-best-asian-pop-music-performance-category-decision/ Follow Unlimited Supply on Substack: https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com/ Support Us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e The only daily Music Industry Podcast. Listen and Follow!! #musicbusiness #podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC