Automated recommendation systems now occupy a central position in the circulation of
media and cultural products. Using music as a test case, this article examines the use of …

This article contributes to research on the changing music industries by identifying three
dynamics that underpin the shift towards a post-record music industry. First, it examines how …

This article examines the roles of platform-based distribution and user data in the digital
music economy. Drawing on trade press, newspaper coverage, and a consumer privacy …

This article illuminates consumers' views of marketing in light of theories of resistance. It
argues that consumers engage in resistance to the power of marketing through their …

Drawing on the theory of organizational path dependence, we investigate how the length of
historical paths affects the digitalization of record labels—music organizations that release …

In a historical review focused on digital piracy, we explore the relationship between hacker
politics and the state. We distinguish between two core aspects of piracy—the challenge to …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the value created by Millennial interactions with
other critical actors on digital multi-sided platforms (MSPs) and to create a measuring …

Popular music policy is political. Not in the (largely meaningless) sense that 'everything is
political', but rather in the sense that popular music policy involves the allocation of prized …

This article uses the concept of social network markets to analyze the problem of uncertainty
in the music industry. On the basis of empirical data, the article puts forward the argument …

For this special section, the guest editors took every opportunity to collect submissions from
around the world on the topic of “piracy and social change.” This special section extends …