TuneCore

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TuneCore is a digital music distribution service founded in 2005. TuneCore principally offers musicians and other rights holders to place their music into digital retailers such as iTunes, Rhapsody, AmazonMP3, eMusic and others for sale. TuneCore also offers other goods and services to the music community, including sales of equipment and expertise. TuneCore differs from traditional digital music distribution by taking no percentage of its customers' sales and asking for none of their rights, copyright or masters nor requiring exclusivity.

[edit] History and overview

The company's stated mission is to open the channels of music distribution to all. This position has garnered them some media attention, such as ABC's World News Tonight[1], United Kingdom's The Daily Mirror [2] and pitchforkmedia.com.[3] TuneCore's first customer was Frank Black, lead singer of the Pixies[4]. More recently, TuneCore achieved passing media attention when was tapped by Nine Inch Nails to deliver the music from their album, Ghosts I-IV, to the Amazon MP3 store. [5]

TuneCore is based in Brooklyn, NY, and is doing business within the larger company, YourTunes, Inc. Jeff Price is President, CEO and Chairperson of the Board, and co-founder, along with Peter Wells (SVP Operations, Sales, Customer Advocate) and Gary Burke (Chief Technology Officer). Ewald Christians is Chief Operations Officer, and Laurelin Outman is the SVP of Customer Support. Financial analyst and consultant Gian Caterine and Guitar Center SVP of Strategic Business Development Alan Cohen sit on the Board of Directors. In December 2006, music instrument and equipment retailer Guitar Center bought a majority stake in TuneCore, giving the company access to the music retailer's customers.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ TuneCore and the Music Revolution (video). Retrieved on 2006-08-04.
  2. ^ DOES TUNECORE SOUND THE END FOR LABELS?. Retrieved on 2006-08-03.
  3. ^ TuneCore Helps Indie Acts Go Digital for Cheap. Retrieved on 2006-08-03.
  4. ^ "SPIN Magazine: New Service Brings iTunes to Indie Artists. Retrieved on 2006-08-11.
  5. ^ Harding, Cortney and Jonathan Cohen (March 2, 2008). "Nine Inch Nails Album Hits The Web". Billboard. Retrieved on March 10, 2008.
  6. ^ Lazarowitz, Elizabeth (November 26, 2007). "Brooklyn-based Web business helps sell music in the digital world". Daily News. Retrieved on November 27, 2007.

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