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CatalogsSpiralFrog Signs License Deal With Helene Blue MusiqueAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 18, 2006 - 1:14pm.
New York - SpiralFrog, the developer of an ad-supported music download service, announced on Monday that it has signed an agreement to license tracks from Helene Blue Musique.
tags: Licensing | Marketing | Advertising | Downloads | Music | Catalogs | SpiralFrog | Helene Blue Musique |
Gracenote Adds IODA Catalog to Song ID DatabaseAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 14, 2006 - 2:00pm.
Emeryville, Calif. - Gracenote, a provider of CD identification and other services, announced on Thursday that it has signed an agreement with the Independent Online Distribution Alliance (IODA), which distributes tracks for more than 3,000 record labels. IODA will provide Gracenote with metadata and audio fingerprints for all of its releases, which the company will integrate into its Global Media Database. The Gracenote database provides track information services for retailers like iTunes and Yahoo Music Unlimited, and on devices like Sony Ericsson Walkman phones.
Groove Mobile to Debut Exclusive Mobile Tracks from Orchard ArtistsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 7, 2006 - 4:01pm.
Bedford, Mass. - Mobile music service provider Groove Mobile announced on Thursday that a number of reggae and hip-hop musicians distributed by The Orchard will premiere new tracks exclusively on the company's mobile phone download service. Tracks from Pete Rock, Talib Kweli, DJ Crucial, Max Romeo and U-Roy will be available via Groove-powered services -- such as those from Sprint, Orange and Telenor -- several weeks before they go on sale on iTunes or in stores.
tags: Mobile | Mobile Music | Downloads | Music | Catalogs | The Orchard | Groove Mobile | Hip Hop | Reggae |
IODA Signs Distribution Deals with KOCH, Other Indie LabelsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 5, 2006 - 3:16pm.
San Francisco - The Independent Online Distribution Alliance (IODA), a digital distributor of independent music, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a number of new record label partners. ATO Records, Barnaby Records, Blind Pig Records, Ecstatic Peace and KOCH Records will add thousands of new songs to IODA's 700,000-track catalog, which is distributed through online retailers like iTunes.
Report: Beatles Songs Coming Soon to iTunesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 27, 2006 - 1:47pm.
New York - Songs by the Beatles may soon be available for purchase on Apple's iTunes Store, according to Fortune magazine. Citing a music industry executive apprised of the talks, details of the deal are still being worked on -- such as the amount of an advance to be paid to the Beatles, and how long any iTunes exclusivity for the band's catalog would last.
Universal Music to Cut European Download Prices on Catalog AlbumsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 30, 2006 - 3:08pm.
London - Major record label Universal Music Group has announced plans to discount the European digital album prices for some of its back catalog releases, Reuters reported. Beginning Nov. 1, more than 1,500 albums will be reduced in price at U.K. retailers like iTunes to between about $8.89 and $10.43, down from between $12.70 and $15.20.
eMusic to Distribute Tracks from Victory RecordsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 27, 2006 - 2:32pm.
New York - Digital music service eMusic announced on Friday that it has signed an agreement to distribute tracks from independent label Victory Records. The Chicago- and London-based label's artists include Hawthorne Heights, Taking Back Sunday, Earth Crisis and Hatebreed.
The Orchard to Distribute Digital Scores, Soundtracks for LionsgateAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 23, 2006 - 1:44pm.
New York - The Orchard, a provider of digital distribution and marketing services for independent music, announced on Monday an agreement with indie film studio Lionsgate, to digitally market and distribute soundtracks and scores from the company's library of movies and TV shows. Among the releases to be offered through The Orchard are the soundtracks to the film "Employee of the Month" and TV series "Weeds."
Digital Music Group to Distribute Shout Factory Label CatalogsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 3, 2006 - 7:05pm.
Sacramento, Calif. - Digital Music Group, a distributor of digital music and video recordings, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a long-term digital distribution agreement for two music catalogs owned by Shout Factory that will add 10,000 new tracks to its offering. The deal includes the catalogs of Biograph Records, which includes early jazz, ragtime and blues recordings, and Black Top Records, a label that released blues records in the late 1980s and 1990s. Last month, Sacramento, Calif.-based Digital Music Group acquired rival digital music distributor Digital Rights Agency for about $4.9 million.
Motorola to Preview Unreleased J/Arista Albums on iRadio ServiceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 2, 2006 - 1:31pm.
New York - Motorola announced on Monday that it has partnered with Sony BMG's J/Arista Records to offer previews of upcoming albums through Motorola's iRadio digital music service. The iRadio service offers over 600 channels of music and talk that can be accessed on mobile phones, the PC and car stereos. The first offering under the partnership is a sneak preview of Monica's album "The Makings of Me," available today in advance of its commercial release on Tuesday.
tags: Mobile | Mobile Music | Radio | Audio | Music | Catalogs | Motorola | Sony BMG | iRadio | J/Arista Records |
Groove Mobile to Distribute Mobile Music for IRIS DistributionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 27, 2006 - 5:20am.
New York - Groove Mobile, a provider of mobile music download services, announced on Wednesday a worldwide licensing deal with IRIS Distribution. The deal will provide independent record labels distributed by IRIS -- whose artists include Le Tigre, Modest Mouse and Godspeed You Black Emperor -- with the ability to sell full-track song downloads to mobile phones through Groove Network's wireless carrier partners.
Bertelsmann's Arvato Licenses AIM Catalog for P2P DistributionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2006 - 8:40am.
Berlin - Arvato Mobile, a unit of German media conglomerate Bertelsmann that distributes mobile entertainment content, announced on Thursday that it has signed a licensing agreement with the Association of Independent Music (AIM), which represents over 900 record labels. Under the deal, AIM's catalog will be made available as digital downloads through Gnab, a licensed peer-to-peer distribution network, with deals for subscriptions and video downloads expected to follow shortly.
The Orchard Licenses Catalog to Chinese Music Store The100.cnAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2006 - 8:32am.
New York - The Orchard, a digital distributor of independent label music, announced on Thursday that it has signed a licensing agreement with top100.cn, China's largest legal online music service. The deal makes New York-based The Orchard's catalog available for legal download in China. Market research firm In-Stat has predicted that the Chinese digital music market is poised to grow at a compound annual rate of 317% between 2005 and 2008.
KOCH Records Licenses Catalog to SpiralFrog Ad-Supported P2P ServiceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 20, 2006 - 12:04pm.
New York - Independent record label KOCH Records announced on Wednesday that it has licensed its catalog for distribution through SpiralFrog's advertising-supported free file-sharing service. New York-based SpiralFrog has also secured licensing agreements with Universal Music Group and EMI Music Publishing for its service, which is scheduled to launch in North America in December.
Universal Music Acquires BMG Music Publishing; Napster Litigation SettledAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 6, 2006 - 5:46pm.
 Paris - Media conglomerate Vivendi's Universal Music Group major record label announced on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with Germany's Bertelsmann, to acquire BMG Music Publishing for $2.1 billion. Bertelsmann's music publishing arm includes a catalog of over one million copyrights, for compositions from artists ranging from Coldplay and Justin Timberlake to Puccini and Ravel.
tags: Deals | Law | Music | Bertelsmann | Universal Music | Catalogs | Acquisitions | Napster | BMG |
Nareos Mobile Download Store to Sell Tracks from The OrchardAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 5, 2006 - 3:53pm.
Beverly Hills, Calif. - Nareos, an operator of a peer-to-peer music download service for mobile phones, announced on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with digital music distributor The Orchard. The deal will see The Orchard's library of over 1 million tracks made available for sale through Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Nareos' MyPeerBox online store.
tags: Mobile | Downloads | P2P | Music | Commerce | Catalogs | The Orchard | Mobile Commerce | Nareos |
Getty Images to Distribute 500,000 Clips from AP ArchiveAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 30, 2006 - 12:31pm.
Seattle - Online photography and video archive Getty Images announced on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with AP Archive, and will distribute nearly 500,000 AP film and TV news reports dating back to 1896. Getty Images also distributes video from Dick Clark Productions and Discovery FootageSource.
Linkin Park Catalog Added to iTunes StoreAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 29, 2006 - 1:15pm.
Los Angeles - Warner Bros. Records artists Linkin Park on Tuesday made the band's entire catalog available for purchase for the first time from Apple's iTunes Store. The addition includes several tracks and digital booklets exclusive to iTunes, and both audio and video downloads of live concerts currently available as CD and DVD releases.
Digital Rights Agency to Distribute K-tel CatalogAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 22, 2006 - 11:54am.
San Francisco - Digital Rights Agency, a digital music distributor, announced on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with Dominion Entertainment to distribute the K-tel International catalog to online and mobile retailers.
EMI Licenses Tracks to Qtrax Ad-Supported File-Sharing ServiceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 10, 2006 - 1:11pm.
New York - EMI Music Publishing, which holds the copyrights to over one million songs, announced on Thursday that it has licensed its compositions to Brilliant Technologies, for listening and download on the company's Qtrax ad-supported peer-to-peer file-sharing service.
tags: Licensing | Marketing | Advertising | Music | Catalogs | File-Sharing | EMI | Qtrax | Brilliant Technologies |
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