Scholarship on music industry change neglects the role of finance

Evidence

Often missing from these structural assessments is the role of financialization. In other words, Madison Avenue and Silicon Valley are well represented, but Wall Street remains comparatively underexplored. — Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media, 179

Categorization

  • QUESTION: Why is Wall Street missing from music industry scholarship? The book presumably fills this gap — worth noting as the thesis-defining claim.