The growing playlist scene on streaming services is becoming a “closed shop” to independent labels, that are finding it increasingly difficult to infiltrate the major label-dominated playlists on Spotify, Apple Music et al. That was a key message from AIM’s annual Indie-Con in London on Friday (Jan 29), which hosted a day of panels debating the health of the independent sector worldwide, featuring execs from labels including BMG, Play It Again Sam, !K7, Secretly Group and Inertia.
Source: Streaming playlists becoming ‘closed shop’ to independent labels – Music Business Worldwide