20 things I’ve learned during 20 years of running a music company

Absolute’s Henry Semmence looks back over two decades
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Why China is a hotbed of short-form music video opportunity

IPCN founder Rebecca Yang on the possibilities for the music business in the region
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Releasing music is easy. Building a music career is harder than ever

Absolute Label Services Director Simon Wills on Spotify’s challenge to traditional gatekeepers and why career artists may feel not much has changed
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Asaii-gn of the Times: What Apple’s acquisition of Asaii means for the music business

Instrumental founder Conrad Withey on some very interesting recent movements in his sector
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Spotify’s direct distribution deals are only a threat to those aggregators stuck in the past

Ditto Music CEO Lee Parsons on the big news that Spotify is accepting directly-distributed music from artists
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Jon Platt’s arrival marks an opportunity for aggressive Sony to finally sing in harmony

What Jon Platt’s move from Warner/Chappell means – and why it completes the new-look Sony
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Pascal Nègre: ‘Article 13 would take the music industry backwards.’

“It would erect new barriers for the creators and artists,” says French music industry legend
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