Barcelona, Spain - Independent digital music distributor IODA on Tuesday announced a deal with Telefonica, that will see the Spain-based telecom make the IODA catalog of over 1 million tracks available to its subscribers in 24 countries. IODA tracks will be offered as ringtones, mastertones and full-track downloads, and will also be available on Telefonica's mobile music subscription services.

Los Angeles - Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) recently doled out one-time bonus checks to independent digital music distributors including The Orchard (NASD: ORCD) and IODA, apparently to balance out the reported $1 per Zune sold it has granted to major labels including Universal Music Group, Hypebot reported. Both distributors plan to share the revenue with their label and artist partners.

San Francisco - Digital music distributor IODA is set to announce tomorrow the launch of IODA Label Stores, a white label download storefront that will allow labels and artists to sell digital music directly to consumers. The company partnered with DownloadCentric on the offering, which at launch will be used by partners including Six Degrees Records, Paper Bag Records, Om Records, ABB Records, Birdman Records, and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. IODA said it will eventually also offer customizable store widgets that can be embedded on any site.

San Francisco - Mobile media distributor SendMe announced on Thursday that digital music distributor IODA has signed on to offer its entire mobile catalog of independent music as ringtones through SendMeMobile.com.

San Francisco - IODA, a digital distributor of independent label music, said Monday that seven new independent music distributors have signed on to use its services. They include Darla, Malaco and Rev Distribution (USA); JetStar (U.K.); Integral (France); Tesco Distribution (Germany); and Creative Distribution (Australia).

Denver - Digital music distributor IODA has advised the independent record labels it represents not to sign streaming deals with free services like Imeem and Lala.com until it can negotiate more favorable royalty rates, Billboard reported.

San Francisco - IODA, a digital distributor of independent music, on Tuesday announced the iTunes-exclusive release of "Big Change: Songs for FINCA," a compilation album for charity that was executive produced by actress Natalie Portman. FINCA is an international microfinance organization that provides financial services to the world's lowest-income entrepreneurs, helping them to create jobs, build assets and improve their standard of living. The $7.99 compilation album features tracks from artists including Beirut, Antony & The Johnsons, Devendra Banhart, the Shins and Norah Jones.

San Francisco - IODA, a digital distributor of independent label music, said on Wednesday that it has partnered with Spectre Entertainment to launch Spectre Digital, a set of online promotional tools. Powered by San Francisco-based IODA's Promonet service, Spectre Digital will allow artists to securely service radio stations with single tracks, bundled songs or entire albums in digital format. The first promo distributed through the service will be FreeYRadio, a compilation CD sponsored by Toyota Yaris and Urban Outfitters featuring tracks from Sonic Youth, Grizzly Bear, Man Man and others.

Cupertino, Calif. - Confirming a report from yesterday, Apple on Wednesday announced that it has cut the price for DRM-free tracks at its iTunes Plus store from $1.29 to 99 cents, and expanded its catalog to include tracks from independent labels and distributors including Sub Pop, Beggars Group, IODA and The Orchard.

San Francisco - IODA, a digital distributor of independent label music, announced on Thursday the opening of a new office in Sydney, Australia. The San Francisco-based company named Nathan McLay as managing director of IODA AU. IODA also has offices in London and Paris.

New York - SpiralFrog, the developer of a free, ad-supported music download service, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a licensing deal with independent digital music distributor IODA. IODA's nearly 1 million-track catalog will be added to existing music from SpiralFrog partners including Universal Music Group, Universal Music Publishing, EMI Music Publishing, BMI and KOCH Records.

Los Angeles - Merlin, a newly-created trade group that will represent independent record labels in online negotiations worldwide, on Monday announced its official launch and the appointment of a 15-member board.

Las Vegas - IODA, a digital distributor of independent music, announced on Tuesday its entry into music video and film distribution, with the signing of distribution deals with Heretic Films, Greenline Digital, Lifestyle Media, Cyan Pictures, Crystal Clarity and Cugat, Inc. The deal includes the films "24 Hours on Craigslist," "Confessions of a Burning Man" and "End of the Century." IODA video distribution partners include movie download sites Netflix and EZTakes, music video distributors Veoh and Rhapsody, and several mobile outlets.

New York - Independent music digital distributor IODA said that it has signed a deal with MultiMusic, a Mexico-based music content broker for independent artists, which will distribute IODA's catalog to retail and promotional partners in Mexico. IODA will also digitally distribute MultiMusic's catalog, which includes 60,000 tracks from labels such as Discos IM, Multitrack, Discos Phoenix and Mexican Records.

San Francisco - Digital music distributor IODA announced on Thursday that it has partnered with Mondomix Media to launch its service in France. IODA France will distribute tracks to service partners including FNAC, VirginMega, iTunes and Musiwave. The company also said it has signed a deal to distribute tracks from French independent label Naïve both in North America and other territories.

San Francisco - Independent online music distributor IODA announced on Wednesday that it has signed distribution pacts with Australia-based Destra Entertainment, and Hong Kong-based iMagine. San Francisco-based IODA will distribute songs and music videos from Destra's more than 37 labels, including Central Station, MRA and Rajon. Under the other deal, iMagine will distribute the IODA catalog in Hong Kong, China and other markets in the region.

London - Online social music networking site Last.fm announced on Monday an agreement with digital music distributor IODA (Independent Online Distribution Alliance), which will make IODA's full catalog of over 800,000 tracks available to Last.fm's global user base. In addition, over 24,000 pre-cleared PromoTracks from IODA will be available for free on-demand streaming and download by users of Last.fm, which also has partnerships with The Orchard, EMI, Warner Music Group and others.

San Francisco - IODA (Internet Online Distribution Alliance), a digital distributor of independent label music, announced this week that it has partnered with DownloadCentric on a new service that will allow its 3,000 label partners to sell digital music directly to fans on label and artist websites. The service will allow labels and artists to set their own prices for downloads, and include merchandise like CDs and t-shirts in online shopping carts. IODA said custom stores have already launched for Six Degrees Records, ABB Records, G7 Welcoming Committee Records and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

San Francisco - IODA, a digital distributor of independent label music, announced on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement to distribute titles from CBC Records, the label of Canada's national public broadcaster, in all territories outside of Canada. The CBC catalog contains tracks from Canada's major orchestras, in addition to recordings from classical, jazz and world music artists.

San Francisco - Soundflavor, a developer of digital music search and discovery technology, said on Thursday that it has partnered with digital music distributor IODA to distribute free songs to users of the Soundflavor DJ application. The library of more than 20,000 promotional tracks from 3,000 labels from IODA will be recommended to users of Soundflavor, an iTunes companion that suggests similar songs based on what a user is currently listening to in iTunes.