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Carrie Brownstein of NPR/Sleater-Kinney fame chairs a discussion on the role of the record label...
...featuring representatives from Kill Rock Stars, Matador, Merge, Saddle Creek and Secretly Canadian/Jagjaguwar:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monitormix/2009/11/roundtable_discussion_the_role_1.html#more
worth a read if you have the time