TuneCore
Tunecore
|
| Type |
Private |
| Industry |
Music |
| Genre |
Publishing |
| Founded |
2005 |
| Founder(s) |
Jeff Price, Gary Burke, Peter Wells |
| Headquarters |
Brooklyn, United States
Main St. |
| Area served |
Worldwide |
| Key people |
Jeff Price
Peter Wells
Gary Burke |
| Products |
Online Delivery (Music) |
| Services |
On-demand music distribution |
| Employees |
40 |
| Website |
tunecore.com |
TuneCore is an online distribution service for music founded in 2005. TuneCore principally offers musicians and other rights-holders the opportunity to place their music into online retailers such as iTunes, AmazonMP3, Zune Marketplace, Rhapsody, eMusic, and others for sale.
History and overview
TuneCore garnered media attention from ABC's World News Tonight,[1] 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 the company 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. Jeff Price is president, CEO and chairman of the board, and co-founder, along with co-founders Peter Wells and Gary Burke. In December 2006, music instrument and equipment retailer Guitar Center bought a stake in TuneCore, giving the company access to the music retailer's customers. [6]
Notable Artists
Tunecore has been (or is currently) used by many notable artists, including Aretha Franklin.[7]
References
- ^ "TuneCore and the Music Revolution" (video). ABC. http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=1533847. Retrieved 2006-08-04.
- ^ "DOES TUNECORE SOUND THE END FOR LABELS?". The Daily Mirror. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/archive/web-gadets/2006/01/30/does-tunecore-sound-the-end-for-labels-115875-16631728/. Retrieved 2006-08-03.
- ^ Matthew Solarski (Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 12:00am). "TuneCore Helps Indie Acts Go Digital for Cheap". pitchforkmedia. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/36208-tunecore-helps-indie-acts-go-digital-for-cheap. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
- ^ "New Service Brings iTunes to Indie Artists". Spin. January 19, 2006. http://www.spin.com/features/news/2006/01/060119_tunecore/. Retrieved 2006-08-11.
- ^ Harding, Cortney; Cohen, Jonathan (March 2, 2008). "New Nine Inch Nails Album Hits The Web". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/news/new-nine-inch-nails-album-hits-the-web-1003718389.story. Retrieved March 10, 2008.
- ^ Lazarowitz, Elizabeth (November 25, 2007). "Brooklyn-based Web business helps sell music in the digital world". Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2007/11/26/2007-11-26_brooklynbased_web_business_helps_sell_mu.html. Retrieved November 27, 2007.
- ^ "Aretha Franklin's 'America' to be released on Web this week" (non-free archive). Detroit News. February 6, 2009. http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090205/ENT04/902050467/1361.
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