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What You Missed In The Music Industry Podcast March 7 - 13, 2026

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Live Nation’s tentative settlement would cap amphitheater service fees at 15% and open Ticketmaster to rivals.

The podcast opens with a quick catch-up on music industry news for the week of March 7th through 13th, 2026. It treats the week as the sort of thing people miss while worrying about more immediate problems, and it points listeners to a companion show, What You Missed in the Music Business, for label and company coverage. The first big headline is a star-studded tribute album honoring Shane McGowan, with Bruce Springsteen's cover of A Rainy Night in Soho used as the preview. Tom Waits, the Dropkick Murphys, and Johnny Depp are among the contributors. Universal wins a bidding war for an upcoming Bon Jovi biopic, with Jon Bon Jovi set to take part. Casey Musgraves launches a cryptic Dry Spell campaign, with billboards and a voicemail previewing an upbeat new single. Then the show pivots into AI and copyright fights. The UK government is considering a commercial research exception that would let AI developers train on copyrighted music without upfront permission, and the proposal draws fast criticism across the industry. Sophie Jones of BPI calls it deeply troubling and a potential tool for stealing music for commercial purposes. Spotify's Loud and Clear report shows strong growth at the top, with 80 artists making more than $10 million each on Spotify in 2025 and more than 1,500 crossing the $1 million mark. Spotify also says the artist middle class between $1,000 and $10 million has tripled since 2017. Apple Music and TikTok announce a global partnership that lets subscribers play full songs discovered on TikTok without leaving the app, and the integration also adds Listening Party, a shared virtual space for fans to experience music together in real time. The episode closes with legal news from Munich, where GEMA is pursuing Suno over allegedly copyrighted training data, and with chart checks across Spotify, the British charts, Apple Music, YouTube, and Beatport, where Harry Styles, Bruno Mars, and Another and 54 Ultra all show up at the top.

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A brisk weekly scan of music-industry news, from settlements and tribute albums to AI disputes and platform updates.

This episode moves quickly through the week’s music-business churn: Live Nation’s settlement, a Shane McGowan tribute album, a Bon Jovi biopic bidding war, and Casey Musgraves’ cryptic billboards.

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You want the week’s music-business chaos in one fast pass.

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