Not affiliated with a big company, briefly (5)

I believe the answer is:

indie

(Other definitions for indie that I've seen before include "paper" , "Kind of small record company" , "Non-mainstream film company" , "(In films or music) group not linked to a major company" , "Branch of pop music" .)

I've seen this clue in The Washington Post.

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