{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Music Ally","provider_url":"https:\/\/musically.com","author_name":"Music Ally","author_url":"https:\/\/musically.com\/author\/digitalmusically-com\/","title":"\"Unimaginable in any other sector\" \u2013\u00a0Impala's Helen Smith on planned Downtown acquisition","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"9XfDcbn2iA\"><a href=\"https:\/\/musically.com\/2025\/06\/25\/unimaginable-in-any-other-sector-impalas-helen-smith-on-planned-downtown-acquisition\/\">&#8220;Unimaginable in any other sector&#8221; \u2013\u00a0Impala&#8217;s Helen Smith on planned Downtown acquisition<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/musically.com\/2025\/06\/25\/unimaginable-in-any-other-sector-impalas-helen-smith-on-planned-downtown-acquisition\/embed\/#?secret=9XfDcbn2iA\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;&#8220;Unimaginable in any other sector&#8221; \u2013\u00a0Impala&#8217;s Helen Smith on planned Downtown acquisition&#8221; &#8212; Music Ally\" data-secret=\"9XfDcbn2iA\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/musically.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/musically.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MG_6727-2_EYELINER_FONDWORK-03-wide.jpg","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":768,"description":"Last week, the European Commission started its investigation into UMG's planned acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings.\u00a0A number of independent music companies and others in the space have raised their concerns in Brussels \u2013 and the executive chair of one of them, Impala's Helen Smith, has penned this guest column:"}