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AVL Digital Group is on the cutting edge of helping musicians, authors, and artists to monetize, distribute, and promote their creative work both online and off. With offices across the United States, AVL consists of some of the most respected brands in the music and book publishing industries, including Disc Makers, Oasis, Disc Production Services, CD Baby, BookBaby and HostBaby. Through its own initiatives and through partnerships with companies like Apple, Google, YouTube, Amazon, Spotify, Facebook, Writer`s Digest, Xbox, Alliance Distribution, and many more, AVL has been able to open new opportunities for today`s artists and authors, giving them the most ways to earn money from their music, books, and films — without having to sign their rights away or make creative compromises.
Merlin, the virtual 4th major, represents the world`s most important set of independent music rights. Merlin commenced operations in May 2008 and since then has struck deals with a number of digital services including Rdio, Spotify, Sony Music Unlimited, Deezer, Google Play and Simfy. Merlin seeks to ensure its members have effective access to new and emerging revenue streams and that their rights are appropriately valued and protected. Merlin represents by far the largest and most compelling basket of global independent rights in the world and so offers the most efficient means of licensing this repertoire. Members include Rough Trade, Warp Records, Epitaph, Naïve, Tommy Boy, One Little Indian, Yep Roc/Red Eye, Kontor New Media, Beggars Group, Merge,!K7, PIAS, Domino and Koch/E1. Their artists include Vampire Weekend, Adele, Arcade Fire, The xx, Neko Case, The National, Tom Waits, Spoon, Grizzly Bear, DJ Khaled, Dorrough, Tiësto, Scooter and many, many more. A global organization, its members` market share in the US alone is reported at around 10%, equivalent to that of the smaller major labels, whilst in Europe member labels released 72% of the top 60 independent albums issued in the past three years and commanded a 11% digital UK market share in 2009. Most recently, streaming service Spotify publicly announced that Merlin repertoire represented over 10% of the usage on its service.
TuneCore, owned by Believe, is the global platform for independent musicians to build audiences and careers -- with technology and services across distribution, publishing administration and a range of promotional services. Why We Are Different: - TuneCore Music Distribution services help artists, labels and managers sell their music through Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, TikTok and more than 150 download and streaming stores worldwide, while retaining 100 percent of their sales revenue and rights for a low annual flat fee. - TuneCore, part of Believe, is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY, with offices in Los Angeles, Nashville, Atlanta, and Austin, and global operations in the UK, Australia, Japan, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Russia, India, Brazil as well as the LATAM, Africa and SEA markets. - TuneCore advocates diversity, equity and inclusion across all of our platforms and throughout our company. We are a company who cares deeply about our people and our artist community. TuneCore`s driving forces are Innovation and Collaboration. Innovation keeps us working hard for our artists, pushing our “Artists First” agenda. Collaboration drives the way in which we work, as well as the way in which we approach our company`s social responsibility. - With equality in mind, TuneCore and Believe partnered with leading entertainment and media analysis research firm MIDiA Research for a groundbreaking study on the underrepresentation of female creators in the music industry. The study, BE THE CHANGE: Women Making Music 2021, sheds light on the challenges and experiences of women and uncovers why there is a wide gender gap. The study aims to inspire meaningful change in the industry.
Epitaph Records is one of the leading companies in the Media and Entertainment sector.
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