Los Angeles - News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) MySpace online social network announced on Thursday the addition of a number of independent music distributors to its nascent MySpace Music service. The deals with Nettwerk Music Group, INgrooves, IRIS Distribution and RoyaltyShare, along with Wind-up Records, will add several hundred thousand songs to the catalog available on MySpace Music.

New York - YouLicense.com, the provider of an online music licensing platform, announced on Tuesday the launch of a new automated, private label service that lets content owners set up their own branded online licensing marketplaces. The company said customers at launch include INgrooves, Big Fish media, AWAL and Cyberset Records.

San Francisco - INgrooves, a provider of digital distribution and marketing services for independent artists and record labels, on Wednesday announced a partnership with U.K. digital music store provider 7digital. Under the deal, music from INgrooves artists will be sold via the network of over 1,000 digital properties powered by 7digital in the U.K., Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Austria and Portugal.

New York - ReverbNation, an online marketing and promotions platform for musicians and labels, on Tuesday announced that it has added a service that distributes digital music from its users to iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, Napster and eMusic for a flat fee of $34.95. The distribution tool is powered by independent digital music distributor INgrooves. Currently, over 250,000 musicians, labels, managers and venues use ReverbNation's widgets and other Web marketing and promotional tools.

San Francisco - Digital music distributor INgrooves announced on Tuesday the release of "Songs For Tibet" through The Art of Peace Foundation, a benefit compilation in support of the Dalai Lama that features tracks from Sting, Dave Matthews, Alanis Morissette, John Mayer, Rush, Garbage, Moby, Underworld and others. The album is available through iTunes and the Art of Peace website today, and will be released as a physical CD on Aug. 12.

San Francisco - Digital music distributor INgrooves announced on Wednesday that it has added a "slew" of new artists and labels to its roster, including include Jimmy Buffett (Mailboat Records), John Michael Montgomery (Stringtown Records), K-Tel International (Chubby Checker, Tina Turner, Little Richard), Paid In Full Entertainment (Paul Wall, Chamillionaire), SMC Recordings and Strange Music. San Francisco-based INgrooves recently received a strategic investment from Universal Music Group, which also allowed the major label to use the company's proprietary software platform.

Los Angeles - Universal Music Group announced on Tuesday that it has made a strategic investment in digital music distributor INgrooves, and will partner with the company to distribute music. San Francisco-based INgrooves recently served as the exclusive digital distributor for Dolly Parton's "Backwoods Barbie" album, and also provides distribution and marketing services for partners including ESL Music, VP Records and Stones Throw Records.

San Francisco - Digital music distributor INgrooves announced on Tuesday that it has signed a deal with Dolly Parton and her Dolly Records label, and will digitally distribute her "Backwoods Barbie" album. Due out Feb. 26, the new record -- billed as Parton's "first mainstream country album in over 17 years" -- will also receive physical distribution through Artist2Market, Handleman's independent distribution division.

Fremont, Calif. - WaveGroup, the collective of musicians and studio professionals who produced the recordings for Activision/Red Octane's "Guitar Hero" video games, announced on Thursday that it will offer "The Guitar Hero Recordings" as digital downloads. Distributed by INgrooves, the set of 97 songs will be available from retailers including iTunes, Rhapsody and Napster.

San Francisco - INgrooves, a digital record label and provider of digital music distribution services, on Wednesday announced an upgrade to its ONE Digital media distribution platform. New features in ONE Digital 1.0 include weekly sales reporting; language localization; customized skinning and branding; object data modeling for handling diverse asset types; ad hoc file storage clustering and management tools; distributed grid computing for large asset sets; and intelligent text matching to tolerate imperfections during importing of sales reports.

New York - SpiralFrog, the developer of an ad-supported, free music download service, said on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with independent digital music distributor INgrooves, to include the company's audio and video catalog on its service. The deal includes some 100,000 songs and 2,000 videos. New York-based SpiralFrog is currently beta testing its service, which also offers tracks from Universal Music Group, in North America.

London - U.K.-based mobile entertainment publisher Pocket Group said on Tuesday that it has signed agreements with independent music distributors CD Baby and INgrooves, to offer their tracks through its network of over 50 mobile carriers. Following the deals, the company said it counts a catalog of more than 1.5 million tracks.

San Francisco - Independent digital music retailer INgrooves on Tuesday announced the launch of its INgrooves Film & Video division, which will initially offer a library of over 2,000 films and videos. Clients include IndiePix, Media Vision Entertainment Group, Pistol Digital and Capistrano Films. San Francisco-based INgrooves said it will distribute its video catalog through retail partners including Akimbo, IndiePix.net, Brightcove, Ruckus and VidZone, as well as through its existing music retail partners who also sell video, including iTunes, Rhapsody, Yahoo and AOL.