[ENG.] Hyperion sold to Universal: a kind of ignominy

This could be seen as a trivial and inevitable market consolidation after a technological breakthrough. But...

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This could be seen from an industrial point of view, as a banal and inevitable market consolidation, after a technological break. But the sale of Hyperion to Universal Music, beyond the fate of a catalog that will benefit from a wider distribution and will be able to be heard by more ears by integrating the streaming platforms, is a real devastation, a kind of ignominy for the very idea that one had of the independent classical record and its role.

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I take the risk of making astrological predictions, but here's what we'll probably soon hear from the buyer:

"The catalog and its development of this wonderful label which will continue its demanding policy will be entrusted to the good care of PIAS / harmonia mundi".