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Rebeat Says Music Distribution Is Out of Date. But What Does ‘Distribution 2.0’ Look Like?

July 13, 2020

Rebeat COO Christoph Enzinger Digital music distribution is sometimes dismissed as a simple task — even by music industry executives themselves. It’s just a matter of getting music files from point A to point... Read More...

Mattel Taps Warner Music Group for Global Distribution Pact

Ashley King

May 1, 2020

Photo Credit: Mattel Toy giant Mattel is signing a multi-year, global music licensing deal with Warner Music Group's Arts Music division. The deal will allow WMG to become the sole distributor of songs from ... Read More...

Believe, Nuclear Blast Launch ‘Blood Blast Distribution’ — Specializing in ‘Extreme Music’

Paul Resnikoff

February 24, 2020

Blood Blast Distribution (l to r): Bryce Lucien, Jérôme Riera, David Kaiser, Myriam Silberstein double down on brutality. Is genre-specialized music distribution next? Believe and Nuclear Blast Records are no... Read More...

End of an Era — CD Baby Is Shutting Down Its Online Music Store

Ashley King

February 19, 2020

Photo Credit: Unsplash The end of an era is here – CD Baby is shutting down its online music store at the end of March. CD Baby first launched its online presence in 1998 as one of the first online CD stores... Read More...

Apple Music Has Been Quietly Expanding Its Preferred Distributors List — Here’s Who Made the Winner’s List

Ashley King

February 11, 2020

Photo Credit: Unsplash The Apple Music Preferred Distributors Program continues to grow more than a year after its release. Here's how things look. Back in November of 2018, Apple launched its Preferred Dis... Read More...

Downtown Music Is Going ‘Full Stack’ — Acquires Amsterdam-Based FUGA

Marsha Silva

January 22, 2020

FUGA CEO Pieter van Rijn Downtown Music Holdings's AVL Digital Group has acquired FUGA, an Amsterdam-based digital music distributor and service provider. The purchase, which was announced publicly this morn... Read More...

As UMG Sale Talks Slow, Liberty Media, Apple, KKR, and Tencent Emerge as Frontrunners

Armed With $500 Million, Saban Music Group Inks a UMG Distribution Deal

Colin Cohen

January 9, 2020

The Saban Music Group has announced that it has reached a global distribution and marketing deal with Universal Music Group (UMG), which comes six months after billionaire Haim Saban pledged $500 million for ... Read More...

Redeye Signs U.S. Distribution Deal with Beggars Group, Domino, and Saddle Creek

Colin Cohen

January 6, 2020

Music distributor Redeye has announced that it has signed U.S. physical media deals with the Beggars Group as well as with Domino Recording Co. and Saddle Creek. Among the upcoming albums included in the dea... Read More...

Independent Distributor Redeye Acquires Sweden’s Border Music

Colin Cohen

December 11, 2019

North American independent music distributor Redeye Worldwide has announced the acquisition of Border Music, which is a music distribution company based in Sweden. The announcement was made at the company's ... Read More...

Asian Culture Powerhouse 88Rising Inks a Global Publishing Deal With Kobalt

Ashley King

December 10, 2019

Photo Credit: 88Rising Facebook Page Media collective and record label 88Rising has inked an exclusive worldwide deal with Kobalt. The partnership includes creative, sync, and world rights, excluding China. ... Read More...

Germany’s GEMA Acquires a Majority Stake In Digital Distributor Zebralution

Colin Cohen

December 4, 2019

In an unusual move, the German rights collection agency GEMA has acquired a majority interest in Zebralution, which is a digital distribution company. Currently, GEMA has nearly 75,000 members, which include... Read More...

African Streaming Service Boomplay Inks a Major Licensing Deal With Sony Music

Ashley King

November 19, 2019

Photo Credit: Unsplash African streaming service Boomplay has inked a deal with Sony Music. The streaming service now has licensing agreements with all three major labels. Sony Music Entertainment is the las... Read More...

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BMG and SESAC Digital Licensing Expand Partnership for Southeast Asia and Australia/New Zealand

Rebeat Says Music Distribution Is Out of Date. But What Does ‘Distribution 2.0’ Look Like?

Mattel Taps Warner Music Group for Global Distribution Pact

Believe, Nuclear Blast Launch ‘Blood Blast Distribution’ — Specializing in ‘Extreme Music’

End of an Era — CD Baby Is Shutting Down Its Online Music Store

Apple Music Has Been Quietly Expanding Its Preferred Distributors List — Here’s Who Made the Winner’s List

Downtown Music Is Going ‘Full Stack’ — Acquires Amsterdam-Based FUGA

Armed With $500 Million, Saban Music Group Inks a UMG Distribution Deal

Redeye Signs U.S. Distribution Deal with Beggars Group, Domino, and Saddle Creek

Independent Distributor Redeye Acquires Sweden’s Border Music

Asian Culture Powerhouse 88Rising Inks a Global Publishing Deal With Kobalt

Germany’s GEMA Acquires a Majority Stake In Digital Distributor Zebralution

African Streaming Service Boomplay Inks a Major Licensing Deal With Sony Music