Links: Storytelling, the rump hi-res streaming consortium, the end of newspaper critics, Jim Bob.

Now that the labels aren’t the gatekeepers, and can’t even guarantee they’re the only ones who can get you a hit, they now sell claims of their superior abilities in “storytelling.” Except you don’t actually need that any more either.
A vast collection of music industry companies on their high-resolution streaming initiative! Apparently this will work without Spotify or Apple Music. Best of luck, chaps. What’s the proper term for an industry consortium comprising everyone except the significant players?
As newspapers slowly spiral inwards, almost none are employing arts journalists any more.
How Jim Bob from Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine tells Never Mind The Buzzcocks to cock off.