With Tool back on top of the charts, Lana Del Rey evoking the Ladies of the Canyon, Post Malone racking up ginormous numbers and the biz churning toward a $10b year, the first week of September feels distinctly like the good old days. Monte Lipman and Steve Berman, who lead our latest gathering of trending topics, are living proof of the resilience of the biz, as adept at turning streams into torrents as they were at moving serious tonnage.
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RISE OF THE INDIES
How they're reshuffling the biz deck.
THE LATIN-MUSIC MARKETPLACE
Thoughts on a changing landscape.
KETCHUP
It's everywhere.
THE NEXT HUGE CATALOG STORY
Another stunning return.
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