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The Orchard Signs Deals with Ringtone Distributors

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 18, 2006 - 4:02am.
New York - The Orchard, a digital distributor of independent label music, announced on Wednesday that it has signed agreements with four new mobile entertainment distributors, each of which will offer all of The Orchard's ringtones through their services. The deals with GroupieTunes, Mobiletoolbox, Summus and Xingtone guarantee that between 15 and 50 percent of all non-major label ringtones they offer will come from Orchard labels and artists. The Orchard's partnership with Xingtone also will allow Orchard artists and labels to offer ringtones directly to their fans through their own ringtone stores.
tags: Deals | The Orchard | Ringtone | Distributors |

Major Label EMI to Sell Songs Through European Online Distributors

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 24, 2003 - 10:12am.
London -- In an unprecedented, wide-ranging push to enter into the European online music market, major record label EMI Group announced that is has negotiated deals with 20 European digital music distributors to sell a large chunk of its catalog online. The move comes as part of the company's strategy to get more involved in a medium that to date has been the bane of music retailers all over the world. With the deals, EMI now will be able to increase its online music library to more than 140,000 recordings, all of which will be available to download using OD2's technology on HMV, MTV, MSN and other retail sites. Users will be able to purchase tracks as soon as the songs are serviced to radio and before their commercial release on CD, and will be able to burn them onto CD-R as well as copy them to portable players. The global music industry has struggled to compete with a host of illegitimate online music services, and EMI's move reflects a growing trend within the "legitimate" industry.
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