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# Chris Anderson: “Labels The Least Important Part”
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/chris-anderson-labels-are-the-least-important-part/
- Published: 2009-07-14T09:22:34.000Z
- Updated: 2009-07-14T09:22:34.000Z
- Description: "We wrongly correlated, or equated, the music industry with the record labels. It now turns out in fact that the labels are now the least important part. If you look. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/07/chris-anderson-labels-are-the-least-important-part.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

[![Chris anderson](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201157202ecdc970b-100wi "Chris anderson")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201157202ecdc970b-pi?ref=hypebot.com) "We wrongly  
correlated, or equated, the music industry with the record labels. It now  
turns out in fact that the **labels are now the least important part**. If you  
look at the rest of the industry now, from the bands to the fans from Apple  
to tour promoters, everyone’s doing OK, except for the labels. So there’s  
really **nothing wrong with the music industry**; we’re **just redefining what it** 
**is.**" 

*– "Free" author Chris Anderson in an interview with Times UK*