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Doing so reveals the internal activities and conflicts that, while hidden from public view, enable processes of change: from paperwork, data systems, managerial pressures, and redundancies to graduate training schemes, departmental politics, and shared playlists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis provides a new route into understanding the broader cultures and infrastructures of the global recording industry. 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