🚨 DISTROKID | The pipe that carries 30-40% of ALL new music releases globally is up for sale.

DistroKid (2M+ artists, dominant indie distributor) is exploring a sale at $2 billion+, repped by Goldman Sachs and Raine. Up from a $1.3B valuation just 4 years ago.

No buyer confirmed. But Sony, major PE firms, and label-adjacent consolidators are all circling. (Just like the sale of CD Baby)

But there’s something nobody is saying loudly enough. Whoever buys DistroKid buys the infrastructure of independent music.

Pricing, terms, data, metadata; all of it shifts with the new owner's incentives. Independent artists who built DistroKid's value won't get a cent of this $2B exit.

Meanwhile, investor Insight Partners just snapped up rival distributor Zebralution from GEMA. The consolidation is already happening around you.

If a major label buys the biggest independent distributor, the indie revolution is in deep danger.

🫵🏼 What do YOU think? Would you keep using DistroKid if a major label bought it?

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