🔵 So... when will change come?

The drawn-out threat of the Constant Now

Aug 15

29

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July 2025

🔵 Is a legendary, globally-known indie about to sell up to a major?

Rumours abound... but there's a point here most are missing

Jul 22

16

4

🔵 Want to take on the majors? Stop talking, start acting.

The only way to take on the majors is by out-manoeuvering them - and some companies are starting that fight.

Jul 17

9

🔵 Universal/Downtown gets personal, but it all misses the point

Irrespective of who wins, nobody is working to raise the value of music itself

Jul 4

13

5

June 2025

When did making music get so lonely?

It used to be the case that if you wanted to make pop music, you needed other people.

Published on Hugh Worskett • Jun 24

🔵 Immersive audio and re-establishing music's value

Could formats like Dolby Atmos provide a path to a better music experience?

Jun 19

10

8

🔵 The exit plans for indie labels

Many owners of large indies are approaching retirement point. What happens next?

Jun 12

7

6

🔵 Music needs to find its own path again

Big Tech and music are now fundamentally moving in opposing directions, and change is needed

Jun 3

21

10

May 2025

🔵 Reviewing the "time spent to money earned" ratio for artists

Is time being spent in all the wrong places?

May 22

21

9

The Big Carve Out

The Desperation Gate

Published on Forms + Shapes • May 2

April 2025

🔵 Exclusive: Universal tightens its grip around NTS Radio

Another grim development in the indie landscape

Apr 30

18

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🔵 Universal isn't winning. It is panicking.

Don't believe the hype: the biggest major is far from sitting pretty

Apr 24

16

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