Indie biz struggles, but startups bloom

June 25, 2009 Oscilloscope Laboratories founder Adam Yauch was hosting a DVD-release party last month at his offices high above SoHo when he was asked to summarize his startup's business strategy. Yauch's boldness is increasingly common among a segment of the otherwise-depressed indie-distributor world, where unlikely players with unorthodox attitudes suddenly are filling the landscape. Execs from gay-oriented media company Here! are getting into the foreign-film business.

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