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StrategyApril 14, 2026

AI Won’t Save Your Label. Your Operations Might.

Sammy Andrews wrote that AI exposes the music industry’s operational gap. She’s right. But the fix isn’t an AI readiness check — it’s the infrastructure you should have built before AI entered the conversation.

By Dennis Hausammann
IndustryApril 14, 2026

Someone Sold Your Independence While You Were Running Your Label

UMG bought FUGA for $775M. Warner took Revelator. Sony has The Orchard. If you chose your distribution platform because it was independent — that independence was sold out from under you. Here’s what I’d do.

By Dennis Hausammann