Recorded music is more a marketing tool than a revenue source.
History shows fans want consolidation; you see it across the web every place. The big players are people like Google, Amazon, eBay, Facebook.
I don't want to not be important.
Radio stinks. The stations are making a lot of money, but they just aren't taking chances.
You can't be an entrepreneur and work in a public company anymore.
It comes down to that ... business tactic: the guy that yells loudest is right.