Archive - Network Notes

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

🔵 Universal isn't winning. It is panicking.

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

Apr 24

🔵 Finding calm amid the AI insanity

Why this might not prove as bad as people think...

Apr 9

🔵 AI is reinforcing the need for artist websites

Why managing your artists' narrative is more important than ever

Apr 4

March 2025

🔵 Finding optimism among the next generation

Further proof that there's light at the end of the tunnel

Mar 27

🔵 We need subcultures and scenes back - both online and off

Why small communities could be the key to breaking future scenes and talent

Mar 18

🔵 Spotify payouts: a snapshot of what Joe Public thinks

I fed 900+ comments into ChatGPT to run a sentiment analysis, and the results are... telling.

Mar 13

🔵 Unpicking Spotify's rumoured AI remixing feature

How this next step might just be the straw that breaks the camel's back

Mar 12

February 2025

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