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# “Indie Doesn’t Mean Anything… Because It Won”
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/indie-doesnt-mean-anythingbecause-it-won/
- Published: 2009-08-11T02:55:00.000Z
- Updated: 2009-08-11T02:55:00.000Z
- Description: "Indie doesn’t mean anything anymore. It’s dead. Which is OK, because it won. Open source, Twitter. Indie won. Etsy. The irresistible decline of major labels and network TV and corporate. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/08/indie-doesnt-mean-anythingbecause-it-won.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Indie Music, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

[![Indie](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20120a4e419a7970b-300wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20120a4e419a7970b-pi?ref=hypebot.com)   

"Indie doesn’t mean anything anymore.

It’s dead. Which is OK, because it won.   

Open source, Twitter. Indie won. Etsy. The irresistible decline of major labels and network TV and corporate publishing.   

Indie won."   

– [Richard Eoin Nash](http://rnash.com/?ref=hypebot.com)