"Unimaginable in any other sector" –Impala's Helen Smith on planned Downtown acquisition

He understood that physical distribution was going away, that digital license strategies needed to change. He shared his view back then that Pandora should be incentivized to build a subscription business, Spotify to enter the radio space, new entrants to have an advantage in the beginning, and much more international access to digital content. The... See more

One lawyer said that this market is encouraging creators and publishers to improve their contracts and document-retention practices.

Now streaming is still the most important digital channel by far, but you're starting to see these new things emerge. So for an artist, there is a lot more complexity to distributing your product now.