Ian Woodward

The music industry is dominated today by three companies. Outside of it, thousands of small independent record labels have developed despite the fact that digitalisation made record sales barely profitable. How can those outsiders not only survive, but thrive within mass music markets? What makes them meaningful, and to whom? Dominik Bartmanski and Ian Woodward show how labels act as...

The music industry is dominated today by three companies. Outside of it, thousands of small independent record labels have developed despite the fact that digitalisation made record sales barely profitable. How can those outsiders not only survive, but thrive within mass music markets? What makes them meaningful, and to whom? Dominik Bartmanski and Ian Woodward show how labels act as...