How New Music Trusts TikTok and Rejects Radio (ep.229)

TikTok has totally taken over the reigns of new music discovery. KOP talks about how Radio's corporate consequences have cost them the leverage they had as a traditional linear medium to introduce listeners to new music. <br /><br />KROQ has Kevin Weatherly back: Here’s how the radio station gets back on top <a href="https://www.dailynews.com/2022/05/30/kroq-has-kevin-weatherly-back-heres-how-the-radio-station-get-back-on-top/" rel="noopener">https://www.dailynews.com/2022/05/30/kroq-has-kevin-weatherly-back-heres-how-the-radio-station-get-back-on-top/</a><br /><br />TikTok Is Testing Ground for New Singles — Why Labels Love It (and Some Artists & Writers Don’t) <a href="https://www.billboard.com/pro/tiktok-song-promo-campaigns-teasers-marketing-songwriter-splits/" rel="noopener">https://www.billboard.com/pro/tiktok-song-promo-campaigns-teasers-marketing-songwriter-splits/</a><br /><br />He Had a Billion-Stream Hit. Now His Songs Are in Limbo Until They Go Viral on TikTok <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tiktok-music-industry-halsey-trevor-daniel-1360904/" rel="noopener">https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tiktok-music-industry-halsey-trevor-daniel-1360904/</a><br /><br />Willow, Olivia Rodrigo and Pop Punk’s Long, Weird Legacy <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/pop-punk-willow-olivia-rodrigo-history-1352969/" rel="noopener">https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/pop-punk-willow-olivia-rodrigo-history-1352969/</a> <br /><br />Contact KOP for professional podcast production, imaging, and web design services at <a href="http://www.kingofpodcasts.com" rel="noopener">http://www.kingofpodcasts.com</a><br />Support KOP by subscribing to his YouTube channel and search for King Of Podcasts<br />Follow KOP on Twitter or Facebook @kingofpodcasts<br />Listen to KOP’s other programs, Depraved and Debaucherous… and the Wrestling is Real Wrestling Podcast.