IMPALA Comes Out Swinging Against the UMG-Downtown Deal’s ‘Cultural Diversity’ Impact, Warns of ‘Fewer and Less Diverse Releases’ If the Purchase Proceeds

Does Universal Music’s proposed Downtown purchase threaten cultural diversity? IMPALA believes so, and amid a high-stakes European Commission investigation, it’s once again come out swinging against the $775 million acquisition. Brussels-based IMPALA explored this comparatively little-discussed angle in a paper entitled “Universal/Downtown – Why does it matter from a cultural diversity perspective?” While the question [&#8230…
Read More

About The Author

Jonathan Jeriah

See author's posts