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NEW YORK, March 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Doug Morris, one of the most respected and influential executives in the global music industry, will join Sony Music Entertainment as Chief Executive Officer, effective July 1, 2011. The announcement was made today by Sir Howard Stringer, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Sony Corporation. Mr. Morris, who became Worldwide Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Music Group (UMG) in 1995, announced last year that he would...
TOKYO and FOSTER CITY, Calif., Feb. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Corporation ("Sony") announces that "Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity(TM)," will be available today in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand. https://music.qriocity.com "Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity(TM)" is a new, cloud-based, digital music service which gives music lovers access at any time to a constantly growing catalogue of millions of songs from major labels including Universal Music Group, Sony Music...
CANNES, France, Feb. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Something strange happened at MIDEM 2011. Under clear blue skies, one of the main topics of conversation among the 6,850 delegates from over 70 countries was about the cloud. More specifically, talk on the MIDEM exhibition floor was about the growth of cloud-based digital services which allow users to access music on different devices via a remote server rather than downloading it onto a computer. The question is...does every cloud have a silver...
NEW YORK, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Media Wire today announced the agenda and line-up of speakers for the upcoming Digital Music Forum East (www.digitalmusicforum.com/east) to be held at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York on February 24-25, 2010. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090319/LA86400LOGO) "Over a decade after the genesis of digital music, we find ourselves at a critical crossroad in the music industry when brands and bands are collaborating in ways...
Partnership to Leverage Combined Global Online Retail Distribution Network And Complementary Technologies NEW YORK, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Music Entertainment (SME) today announced that it has entered into a global partnership with IODA to create a new leading distribution and services network for independent rights holders. As part of the partnership, Sony Music has made a strategic investment in IODA, a leader in digital distribution, marketing, and technology solutions for the...
Deal Builds On Long-term Partnership To Include All Services NEW YORK, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Music Entertainment and Razor & Tie Entertainment have expanded their exclusive distribution agreement to include full digital rights, it was announced today by Thomas Hesse, President, Global Digital Business, U.S. Sales, and Corporate Strategy, Sony Music Entertainment, and Craig Balsam and Cliff Chenfeld, Co-owners, Razor & Tie Entertainment. Sony Music has distributed Razor &...
Digital Deal Expands Long-term Partnership NEW YORK, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Music Entertainment and Wind-up Records have expanded their exclusive distribution agreement to include digital rights, it was announced today by Thomas Hesse, President, Global Digital Business, U.S. Sales, and Corporate Strategy, Sony Music Entertainment and Ed Vetri, President, Wind-up Records. Under the terms of this multi-year agreement, Sony Music Entertainment will deliver digital content from...
The U.S. social network Project Playlist, Inc., has announced an agreement with Sony BMG to provide users direct access to the company's digital music library. Terms of the agreement weren't disclosed. We are pleased to enter into this content agreement with Project Playlist, Thomas Hesse, president of global digital business, U.S. sales and corporate strategy for Sony BMG Music Entertainment, said in a statement. We are excited about the company's efforts to create an attractive user...
PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Project Playlist, Inc., the leading social media network where music fans discover, create, and share playlists today announced an agreement with SONY BMG that will provide its users direct access to SONY BMG's extensive digital music library of audio and video. By adding SONY BMG's rich catalog to its service, Project Playlist will enhance fans' social networking and discovery experience, and ultimately increase the distribution and digital...
NEW YORK, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Qtrax, the ad-supported digital music service, today announced a global agreement with SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT that will make SONY BMG's premier digital music catalogue available to music fans worldwide on the Qtrax platform. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081111/CLTU129LOGO ) "We are always exploring new and exciting ways of bringing our music to fans in the digital space and are very happy to support Qtrax and their...
