Music Futures > Is online media the industry's gatekeeper?

Part of Music Futures > Innovation and Digital Music seminar series.

This free seminar looks at how the music industry engages with online media. Do bloggers now fulfill a tastemaking role which was once undertaken in traditional A&R roles or are artists filling the gaps themselves with streaming, videos, podcasts and updates?

Is this a means of keeping fans updated and building a fanbase or can it provide something more? If this is the case are labels paying online media the respect it deserves?

Panellists:

Karen Piper

Radar Maker

James McMahon

STUNT

Alex Fordham

Authority Communications

Darren Hemmings

[PIAS] Entertainment Group

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Hashtag for the event is #musfutures