Let’s talk ethics and music promotion
Ethics and music promotion have a long and sordid history together, and while while some things have improved, corruption in music journalism remains an ongoing issue, particularly when it comes to paid reviews.
In this piece, MusicThinkTank contributor Mark Knight tackles the thorny debate surrounding paid reviews.
“Surely if you are going to discuss ethics and music promotion you start at the top, not at the bottom with the blogs? Accusing small, independent blogs of unethical promotion feels like saying video games are responsible for gun crime. No guns are responsible for gun crime!
We’ll get to blogs, but before we do. Here are seven of the least ethical companies working in music right now.”
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