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Podcast: Decoder with Nilay Patel
Episode: AI is on a collision course with the music industry. Reservoir's Golnar Khosrowshahi thinks there’s a way through it
Description: Today I'm talking with Golnar Khosrowshahi, the founder and CEO of Reservoir Media, a newer record label that I think looks a lot like the future of the music industry. As Golnar explains, Reservoir thinks of individual songs as assets, and after acquiring them, the company sets about monetizing those assets in various ways. This is a copyright-based business in an age where copyright is under a lot of pressure — from TikTok, generative AI, and all of the now-familiar threats to the music business.If you're a Decoder listener, you know that I love th...