Description: A critical appraisal of the latest round of platform intermediation, centred on MusicTech, social media platforms and user-generated content, live streaming, crowdfunding and gamification, that is reshaping the contemporary music industry.
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Andrew Leyshon is Emeritus Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Nottingham.
Review Quotes: This book offers an in-depth analysis of platformization and its consequences for the music industries. Rich in empirical evidence, using primary and secondary data, the authors utilize their research on MusicTech start-ups, independent artists, and live streaming musicians, to show that platforms are not neutral technologies, rather they are shaped by the social, economic, and political environments they operate in.--Paul G. Oliver, Senior Research Associate and Lecturer in Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Edinburgh Napier University