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Has Technology Killed the Music Industry? Watch the Virgin Disruptors Debate

30 October 2013

Vevo’s Nic Jones, Songkick’s Ian Hogarth, manager Scooter Braun, Spotfy’s Trevor Skeet, and artists Will.i.am, Amanda Palmer and Zoe Keating all took part in the Virgin Disruptors debate that posed the question ‘Has technology killed the music industry?’.

Streaming, music discovery, outdated contracts, financing new music, piracy and more were discussed.

If you missed it you can watch again here.

You can also read Music Ally’s write-up here.

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