Rock Super-Group Chickenfoot and Pre-Eminent Hip Hop Artist Mos Def Score the #(4) and #(9) Albums in Country, Respectively LOS ANGELES, June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Fontana, the independent distribution arm of Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's leading music company, has topped the national albums chart this week with two albums in the Top 10: the self-titled debut of Chickenfoot (#4)(Red Line) and Mos Def's Ecstatic (#9) (Downtown), according to Nielsen Soundscan. "Everyone at Fontana is delighted that so many people have discovered what we have already known--the unique talent and true artistry of our bands and partner labels," stated Ron Spaulding, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Fontana.

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Fontana, the independent distribution arm of Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, has signed an exclusive distribution deal for North America with Downtown Records, the innovative independent label formed in 2006.

By Jones, Gareth 80s house music star and self-confessed geek Rudy Tambala plans to reinvent Ministry of Sound's web offering as a digital lifestyle brand. Rudy Tambala was hailed as a pioneer of UK house music after his band Marrs had a hit with Pump Up the Volume in 1987.

blinkx, the world's largest video search engine, today announced that it has expanded its partnership with Ministry of Sound TV (MoSTV), the first digital content provider for dance music entertainment.

Vuze, the fast-growing online entertainment platform, with an established audience of 11 million viewers, today announced that it has inked a content deal with PBS to provide selected PBS programming on a download-to-own basis.