Radio Edit
a newsletter for the music industry
Wet Leg, a record-breaking concert, Summer School, and Country's deep struggles with streaming fraud
Girlpuppy, 'real music' in reality shows, Substack's new TikTok-like feed, and what the music industry can learn from Patreon and the creator economy
Eartheater, a Recording Academy recount, Canadians touring in the US, and why music investors aren't worried about slowing streaming and revenue growth
Caroline, K-Pop in crisis, manufacturing overnight fame, and why the women of gamma are the key to its multi-million dollar success
Horsepower, YouTube Shorts view counts, SoundCloud as a Gen-Z tastemaker, and how Japan is looking to export J-Pop to the rest of the world
Mura Masa, Southwest bag fees, the Napster acquisition, and the best argument for why streaming services should raise their prices in 2025
BALTHVS, Concord acquires Stem, StubHub's IPO, and the beautiful retro tech of two theatrical sound engineers
Japanese Breakfast, a student-run record label, YouTube's social commerce bet, and a look inside Google's two-year frenzy to catch OpenAI
Arc De Soleil, artist merch, marketing budgets, and Mexico becomes a top 10 global music market for the first time
Skuzland, music's gaming market, and how visa increases and delays are preventing international artists from touring the US
Snuggle, HYBE acquires majority stake in Confirmed 360, Stationhead unveils e-comm platform, and the US hits 100 million streaming subscribers
Parcels, The Royalty Guy, Target's ad business, and how a hit is valued now vs. in 1999
