Universal Music Taps TuneCore for Digital Distribution

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 9, 2009 - 8:23am.

Los Angeles - Universal Music Group's sales and marketing division on Thursday announced that it has partnered with independent digital music distributor TuneCore, which will now provide and host distribution portals for Universal labels and artists. Launched in 2006, TuneCore offers artists a cheap way to distribute their music and other content to iTunes, eMusic and other digital retailers.

Universal will also provide TuneCore's customers with artist services including licensing opportunities and professional audio mastering, adding that, "as an artist's career grows, they may benefit from having a number of artist-discovery, marketing and upstreaming opportunities within the UMGD system."

Finally, TuneCore investor and partner Guitar Center will sell Universal physical product, including select TuneCore artist titles, at its 200 retail store locations.

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