Universal Music Taps TuneCore for Branded A&R Portals

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 11, 2009 - 2:33pm.

New York - Major record label Universal Music Group on Wednesday announced a deal with TuneCore, a provider of flat-fee digital music distribution for artists to services like iTunes and eMusic, to create Universal-branded portals where unsigned artists can have their music heard by A&R executives from Universal labels. Three such branded sites have been created, for Interscope Geffen A&M, Island Def Jam and Universal Motown. In addition to distribution to iTunes via TuneCore, artists submitting through the Universal-branded sites will receive "potential access to such coveted major label services as worldwide distribution and marketing."

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