Does the death of 6 Music mean the end of 'new music'? | Tom Ewing

Calls to save 6 Music invoke the idea of 'new music'. But the phrase needs unpicking – making music discovery a central promise is a fraught businessOn the morning its future was thrown into public jeopardy, the digital radio station BBC 6 Music featured an online chart-rigging campaign. Since Rage Against the Machine's chart success, Facebook has played host to a rash of these. Most simply baffle – lost souls trying to propel The Chicken Song back to No 1 – but some are more original. Thi...

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