The Independent Music space is shrinking
Why is the Independent music space shrinking when the independent market is thriving?
Back in May of 2012 the Orchard; the largest worldwide digital distributor of independent music acquired fellow U.S. digital distributor IRIS Distribution, bringing further consolidation to the digital distribution marketplace after merging with the largest U.S. based independent music distributor IODA earlier in March of the same year. The merger came as no surprise considering that Sony had 51% control of IODA and had been courting the Orchard since early 2009.