Glide Effortless and The Orchard Announce Partnership to Drive Music Sales; Glide Effortless Readies The Glide Music Social Network |
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TransMedia
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New York, NY, 10011
USA
Press release date: March 16, 2006
NEW YORK, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- TransMedia - http://www.glidedigital.com/ - and The Orchard announced today that the forthcoming Glide Music Social Network will carry The Orchard's music catalogue of more than 800,000 songs. The Glide Music Social Network will offer an exciting new approach for consumers to securely share and experience music together.
"No force in the world brings people together better than music," said TransMedia Chairman and CEO, Donald Leka. "We are excited to populate the Glide Music Shop with The Orchard's catalogue of more than 800,000 songs from 73 different countries. This partnership brings together the best of the independent technology and music movements resulting in imaginative yet practical new approaches to the consumer experience that create new growth opportunities for the music industry."
"As we've all seen, social networking sites are a valuable tool for new artists - both to build audiences, and sell music. By partnering with Glide, Orchard is helping the artists and labels we represent to find new and enthusiastic fans," said Greg Scholl, CEO of The Orchard and managing director of Dimensional Associates, the company that owns The Orchard, eMusic and Dimensional Music Publishing. "With this new partnership, The Orchard delivers on our promise to distribute our labels' music not only to new digital music stores but also innovative online services that use music as part of a broader customer offering."
About The Orchard
The Orchard is the leading distributor and marketer of independent music in the world, representing thousands of labels spanning 73 countries and every music genre. The Orchard supplies its catalogue of more than 800,000 tracks to all of the leading legal digital music retailers and mobile operators throughout the world. The company is headquartered in New York and London, with operations in Tokyo, Buenos Aires, Tel Aviv, Hong Kong, Toronto, Kolkata, Johannesburg, Moscow and Melbourne, and local representatives in Paris, Milan, Berlin, Barcelona, Lausanne, Ramallah, Nairobi, and Sao Paulo. The Glide Music Social Network will be unveiled at a press conference in NYC on April 25th.
For More Information Please Contact: Marcus Farny, TransMedia 212.675.6664 ext.105 media@transmx.comhttp://www.glidedigital.com/
Source: TransMedia
CONTACT: Marcus Farny of TransMedia, +1-212-675-6664 ext.105, media@transmx.com
Web site: http://www.glidedigital.com/
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